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.
Este libro es una compilacion de ensayos que abordan las migraciones y desplazamientos provocados por razones climaticas y otras causas socioambientales, con un enfoque particular en las realidades latinoamericanas.
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.
A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 'AFFECTING' TELEGRAPH'ENGROSSING' ECONOMIST'MIRACULOUS' WIRED'MORE THAN CRIME REPORTAGE' WALL STREET JOURNAL When his mother fell for an 'American soldier' who promised to send gold bars to their Madrid apartment, Carlos Barrag n found himself with an unexpected window into the shadowy world of online romance fraud.
THE PATTERN OF WHOLENESS: The Civilizational Truth of Human Continuity is a comprehensive civilizational inquiry into the structural realities that sustain human continuity, relational balance, family stability, and social cohesion across generations.
SHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2026From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.
How to Draw a Map is a fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today.
'Brilliant, clear, and humane' Elizabeth Gilbert'Miraculous and hopeful' Emma StraubRiverman: An American Odyssey uncovers the story of an extraordinary man and his puzzling disappearance, and paints a picture of the singular spirit of America's riverbank towns.
WIE DAS ERWACHEN DIE KUNSTLICHE MATRIX ZERSTORTDavid Icke, einer der weltweit einzigartigsten Autoren und Forscher, bringt mit DIE ENTHULLUNG sein neuestes Meisterwerk heraus eine tiefgehende Offenlegung der wahren Natur unserer Realitat.
La Comunitat Valenciana afronta un nuevo contexto dominado por los efectos de un cambio climatico acelerado y de una transformacion territorial que no respeta las dinamicas naturales, basada en decisiones politicas que ponen en jaque logros del estado del bienestar y dan lugar a problemas y riesgos que obligan a repensar comportamientos y procesos socioeconomicos considerados estables hasta ahora.
Este libro aborda la representación actual de Patagonia como "reserva de vida" y su relación con la nueva racionalidad verde o conservacionista en el marco del capitalismo tardío.
The Italy Move: One Person's Journey to Living the Italian Dream — and How You Can TooHave you ever looked around at your life and thought… there has to be more than this?
BOOK DESCRIPTIONThe Afterlife of Armageddon: The Environmental and Human Legacy of Nuclear DisarmamentBook 3 of The START TrilogyWhen the Cold War ended and the START treaties dismantled over 13,000 nuclear warheads, the world celebrated peace.
