Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2005, 13(3):246-251 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.171

The Development of the Institute of the Economic History of the Faculty of Economics and Public Administration, University of Economics, Prague

Václav Průcha, František Stellner

Prof. Ing. Václav Průcha, CSc. - Doc. PhDr. František Stellner, Ph.D., Katedra hospodářských dějin Fakulty národohospodářské Vysoké školy ekonomické v Praze (e-mail prucha@vse.cz stellner@vse.cz).

The study preciously analyses and reconstructs the difficult process of the constitution and development of the Institute of the Economic History since its origin (1958) to the time of changes after 1989. It was the first Czech institute of the conomic history; in its head there were Professor Rudolf Olšovský, Professor Václav Průcha, Ing. Daniel Váňa and Doc. Dr. František Stellner. The study is concentrated to the research of the activities of the members of the Institute, to the pedagogical and scientific part of the work of its directors and members; the study contains the analysis of the published works of the members of the Institute, too. They published these important works: Olšovský, R. a kol., Přehled hospodářského vývoje Československa v letech 1918-1945, Praha 1961; Faltus, J., Průcha, V., Všeobecné hospodářské dějiny 19. a 20. století, Praha 1966, Průcha, V. a kol., Hospodářské dějiny Československa v 19. a 20. století, Praha 1974, Průcha, V. a kol., Hospodářské a sociální dějiny Československa 1918-1992. I. díl Období 1918-1945, Brno 2004.

Keywords: Institute of the Economic History, Faculty of the National Economy, University of Economics, Prague

JEL classification: N14, N44, P20

Published: October 1, 2005  Show citation