Taking French participation in the Seven Years War as a case study, this book examines the effects of war on the economy and on government finance, finding that the economic toll has usually been exaggerated and the financial toll seriously underestimated.
In an attempt to understand the political history of the German middle class in the nineteenth century, Jeffry Diefendorf studies in detail the political, social, and economic behavior of three business communities on the Left Bank of the Rhine between 1789 and 1834.
A pioneer in American social history, Jackson Turner Main presents the first continuous and detailed picture of the economic and social structure of an American colony from its founding up to the Revolution.
The rise of Japan from agrarianism to a position as one of the leading industrial powers is one of the most dramatic and meaningful phenomena in economic history.
As economic adviser and manager of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski observed at first hand the crisis that preceded the overthrow of the Belaunde administration on October 3, 1968.
Debating the promises and limits of the "e;new economic history,"e; seventeen economists and economic historians look at Great Britain, from the peak of her industrial dominance in 1840 to her eclipse by the surging economies of Germany and the United States.
Volume II contains basic data underlying the study of the national balance sheet in the postwar period treats statistical problem, structure and trends and application of the balance sheet approach.
In 1900 the newly appointed Austrian prime minister, Ernest von Koerber, initiated a novel program of economic development designed to solve the political and economic problems of the Habsburg Monarchy.
How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threatIn the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable.
A nonpartisan plan of action for fixing the global economy from fifteen of the world's leading economistsIn the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists-representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion-gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake.
As the fallout from the financial meltdown of 2008 grows progressively worse, companies, industries, and entire markets cling precariously to life or have ceased to exist altogether.
An award-winning journalist presents a tour-de-force analysisdrawing from history, economics, sociology, and popular cultureof the profound and transformative years of the early 2020s, both for individuals and for the global economy.
During the 1990s, the United States underwent a dramatic transformation: investing in stocks, once the province of a privileged elite, became a mass activity involving more than half of Americans.
How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threatIn the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable.
How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world historyAre mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality?
As the fallout from the financial meltdown of 2008 grows progressively worse, companies, industries, and entire markets cling precariously to life or have ceased to exist altogether.
Purpose and a Paycheck tells the compelling story of how a growing movement of older entrepreneurs and part-time workers are creating a stronger and more vibrant economy.
Why our addiction to debt caused the global financial crisis and is the root of our financial woesAdair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in redesigning global financial regulation.
Brazil is the world's sixth-largest economy, and for the first three-quarters of the twentieth century was one of the fastest-growing countries in the world.
Este libro pretende destacar que la geografía es una ciencia desde la cual se puede desarrollar el pensamiento crítico, además de resaltar que no es un instrumento más al servicio de la planificación de las fuerzas del mercado.
La agricultura periurbana está adquiriendo en los últimos tiempos un gran interés analítico y prospectivo en el marco de las renovadas políticas agroalimentarias y de planificación territorial.
Durante años, el principal objetivo de las investigaciones urbanas en España consistió en estudiar las raíces del intenso proceso urbanizador asociado a la burbuja inmobiliaria.
Este libro tiene como objetivo ofrecer una radiografía actualizada de la sociedad valenciana que ayude a comprender los aspectos básicos de su estructura y las dinámicas seguidas durante las últimas décadas.
La cultura, entendida como esfera de actividad humana dirigida a la elaboración simbólica, ha tejido una estrecha relación con la ciudad a partir del Renacimiento.
El trabajo explica en profundidad la realidad politica y socioeconomica de Cuba, desde el final del dominio espanol en 1898, hasta la actualidad, con la finalidad de aportar un analisis critico de su contexto en relacion con la factibilidad o no de politicas de desarrollo local.
Fins a quin punt els actuals models d'ordenació del territori permeten donar solució a problemes tan greus com la despoblació de l'interior, la infraestructura verda o la sostenibilitat dels ecosistemes?
La compilación de textos que se presenta en este libro es la expresión de una voluntad de colaboración académica entre los profesores e investigadores del Instituto Interuniversitario de Desarrollo Local de la Universidad de Valencia (España), y de la Universidad de Oriente (Cuba).
Transcurridos mas de cinco anos desde la quiebra de Lehman Brothers en septiembre de 2008, son ya numerosos los trabajos cientificos que, desde distintas disciplinas, han tratado el origen, el desarrollo y el impacto de la Gran Recesion, asi como sus implicaciones politicas, estrategicas, economicas, sociales, culturales o ambientales.
Bajo el lema de 'Turismo Cultural, desarrollo territorial y sostenibilidad' la Universitat de València y los Institutos de Estudios Comarcales del País Valenciano celebraron el 2013 su primer congreso.
We inhabit an increasingly interconnected world, yet too often policymakers and advisors view each issue in a vacuum, focusing primarily on short-term impacts.
Asia continues to assert ist status as a major force in the global economy, as well as a formative influence on several key political, cultural and religious issues now affecting our daily lives.
Der Aufstieg Asiens bestimmt heute die Lage der Weltwirtschaft ebenso wie die großen politischen Fragen der Zeit und viele kulturelle und religiöse Einflüsse, denen wir im Alltag unterliegen.
