The new economic history revolution actually began in the mid-1960s and was resisted because many incumbent economic historians were either historians or economists who had very little connection to economic modeling or statistical techniques.
Ny økonomisk historie opstod i 1960'erne og mødte oprindelig modstand i universitetskredse, fordi mange daværende økonomiske historikere enten var historikere af uddannelse eller økonomer, der havde meget lille kendskab til økonomisk modellering og statistisk metode.