The main content of economic history refers to the development history of economic field and the change history of economic state. The broad sense of economy and history refers to the general name of the past human economic activity process, which is an objective event independent of human consciousness. The narrow sense of economy and history refers to the description and explanation of the above-mentioned economic activities by economic historians through words and symbols. It is a study of the past economy and economic phenomena.

Basic features:

1, economic history description reproduces the economic history of human society.

2. Economy and history analyze and explain the laws of economic activities on the basis of the above.

3. Characteristics of economic history research methods: empirical induction and historical analysis study human activities and historical and economic development. Economic historiography comprehensively adopts historical and statistical methods and applies economic theory to analyze historical phenomena and organizational systems. Research topics include the intersection of business history, financial history and social history, such as population history and labor history. Quantitative economic history also refers to historical metrology.