Economic History Society of Southern Africa

The Economic History Society of Southern Africa was formed in July 1980 "to promote the study of and interest in economic and social history". It does so by holding conferences at various South African universities and publishing The South African Journal of Economic History.

The South African Journal of Economic History

The South African Journal of Economic History was established in 1986 when the Economic History Society's occasional journal, Perspectives in Economic History, was renamed. The journal is published twice a year. Recent topics covered include:

• The development of the South African iron and steel industry 1934-45
• Reform of the labour market in South Africa
• Productivity in an imperial bank in the age of high imperialism: The case of the Standard Bank of South Africa 1882-1900
• Managing South Africa's environmental pollution
• A historical perspective on the changing role of the International Monetary Fund
• The Glen Grey Act: Forgotten dimensions in an old theme
• Wage regulations for African workers 1918-48
• The application of the theory of "economic backwardness" to South Africa 1881-1924
• "Working in the grave": Mining accidents on the Witwatersrand gold mines c1900-40
• Foreign and local investment in the South African motor industry 1924-92
• Sugar and gold in the making of the South African labour system: The crisis of supply on the Zululand sugar estates 1906-39

SPECIAL ISSUES
A recent innovation is a series of special issues devoted to a specific topic. Already published have been:

• Economic interpretations of 19th century imperialism, Vol 7(1), 1992
  
• Entrepreneurs of the industrial revolution, Vol 8(1), 1993
  
• The South African economy in the 1980s, Vol 9(2), 1994
• Business imperialism in South Africa, Vol 11(2), 1996
• The South African economy in the 1970s, Vol 14(1&2), 1999
• The South African economy in the 1990s, Vol 18(1&2), 2003

BACK ISSUES 1986-2005
Back issues are available at R60 (plus postage & packaging) each, except for Vol 1(1), September 1986, and Vol 2(1), March 1987, which are out of print. All issues are also available in PDF or XyWrite format at R60 per copy (plus postage & packaging if not sent by e-Mail). The first decade, an article by Jon Inggs in Volume 11(1), March 1996, contains a synopsis of every article published between 1986 and 1995. The second decade in Volume 21(1&2), September 2006, contains a synopsis of every article published between 1996 and 2005.

SUBSCRIPTIONS
The journal is sent free of charge to members of the Economic History Society of Southern Africa. Anyone interested in the study and teaching of Economic History is eligible to join the society. The annual subscription to the journal, which includes membership of the society, is R150-00 (R300 for foreign subscribers and institutions) which is payable to the Economic History Society of Southern Africa.

ENQUIRIES
To join, or for further information, please contact the Secretary of the Economic History Society of Southern Africa at the following e-Mail address or fax number: 27+12+429-3433 or postal address: c/o Economics Department, PO Box 392, UNISA, South Africa, 0003.

ARTICLES & REVIEWS:
Contributions should be submitted to: The Editor, SA Journal of Economic History, Economics Department, PO Box 392, UNISA, South Africa, 0003.

Articles and reviews submitted for publication should be printed with double-spacing using only one side of A4 paper. The manuscript should be submitted in triplicate. Articles should not exceed 6000 words and reviews 2000 words. All references are to be identified in footnotes, patterned on the following format:

1. E.N. Harte (ed), The study of economic history, London, 1971, pp 369-83
   
2. D.C.M. Platt, "The problem of numbers: the stock of British investment abroad on 4 August 1914", South African Journal of Economic History, 1(1), 1986, p 5

   Ibid, op cit etc should be used where appropriate.

If accepted for publication, the final draft of the article must be submitted on a diskette as a document of any well-known IBM-compatible word processing package. Articles can also be submitted via e-Mail to the Deputy Editor.