Economic history

Economic development is full of discontinuities.

The global financial crisis has drawn attention to the importance of understanding historical ideas and learning lessons from the past.

The global financial crisis has drawn attention to the importance of understanding historical ideas and learning lessons from the past.

Economic Thought and History looks at the relationship between facts and thought in historical economic research, viewing it in the context of periods of economic crisis and providing detailed analyses of methods used in determining the bond between economic history and economic theory.

Economic Thought and History looks at the relationship between facts and thought in historical economic research, viewing it in the context of periods of economic crisis and providing detailed analyses of methods used in determining the bond between economic history and economic theory.

Egmond's study investigates horticultural techniques, fashions in the collection of rare plants, botanical experimentation and methods of scientific evaluation, as well as tracking the exchange of knowledge.

Egmond's study investigates horticultural techniques, fashions in the collection of rare plants, botanical experimentation and methods of scientific evaluation, as well as tracking the exchange of knowledge.

In life, Benjamin Franklin sought to manage debt, organize credit, build capital and promote virtue.

In life, Benjamin Franklin sought to manage debt, organize credit, build capital and promote virtue.

Filling an important gap in the historiography of Victorian Britain, this book examines the English Catholic Church's efforts during the second half of the nineteenth century to provide elementary education for Catholics.

Filling an important gap in the historiography of Victorian Britain, this book examines the English Catholic Church's efforts during the second half of the nineteenth century to provide elementary education for Catholics.

This book gives a comprehensive account of the history and underlying economics of the modern art market in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain.

The Indian railway network began as a liberal experiment to promote trade and commerce, the distribution of food and military mobility.

The Indian railway network began as a liberal experiment to promote trade and commerce, the distribution of food and military mobility.

This study is based on a wide range of business sources as well as newspapers, journals, novels and oral history, allowing Heller to put forward a new interpretation of working conditions for London clerks, highlighting the ways in which clerical work changed and modernized over this period.

This study is based on a wide range of business sources as well as newspapers, journals, novels and oral history, allowing Heller to put forward a new interpretation of working conditions for London clerks, highlighting the ways in which clerical work changed and modernized over this period.

As a businessman, financier, diplomat, minister, and first Managing Director of the IMF, Camille Gutt (1884-1971) was involved in all the important financial negotiations between the 1920s and the 1950s.

As a businessman, financier, diplomat, minister, and first Managing Director of the IMF, Camille Gutt (1884-1971) was involved in all the important financial negotiations between the 1920s and the 1950s.

This study is the first in a decade to provide an overview of banking in Brazil.

This study is the first in a decade to provide an overview of banking in Brazil.

This book gives a comprehensive account of the history and underlying economics of the modern art market in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain.

'Mining and the State' examines the fundamental economic institutional structure of Brazil through the prism of its mineral endowment.

'Mining and the State' examines the fundamental economic institutional structure of Brazil through the prism of its mineral endowment.

This study looks at entrepreneurial history from three angles: Entrepreneurial Typologies; Business Leaders; and Culture vs Institutions.

This study looks at entrepreneurial history from three angles: Entrepreneurial Typologies; Business Leaders; and Culture vs Institutions.

Despite their economic and social importance, there are relatively few book-length studies of national insurance industries.

Despite their economic and social importance, there are relatively few book-length studies of national insurance industries.

At the heart of this study on cross-cultural trade lies a concrete case-study of a network of diamond merchants operating in the early eighteenth century.

At the heart of this study on cross-cultural trade lies a concrete case-study of a network of diamond merchants operating in the early eighteenth century.

This detailed study is the first exploration of rural consumption of clothing in early nineteenth-century Britain.

This detailed study is the first exploration of rural consumption of clothing in early nineteenth-century Britain.

By looking at the decline of the jute industry, this study assesses the successes and failures of Britain's managed economy.

By looking at the decline of the jute industry, this study assesses the successes and failures of Britain's managed economy.

This study is both a history of the American wine industry and an examination of its current structure and performance.

This study is both a history of the American wine industry and an examination of its current structure and performance.

This study offers a vital reappraisal of the trade relationship between north-east Asia and the Gulf.

This study offers a vital reappraisal of the trade relationship between north-east Asia and the Gulf.

Fiscal relations between states and cities in early modern Europe is a major concern for economic and financial historians.

Fiscal relations between states and cities in early modern Europe is a major concern for economic and financial historians.

Over the last twenty years, historians have become increasingly interested in the role of non-state organizations in the development of welfare services.

Over the last twenty years, historians have become increasingly interested in the role of non-state organizations in the development of welfare services.

Based on archival research undertaken in Japan, Britain and the United States, Mihalopoulos offers a new perspective on the relations between gender hierarchies and the political economy in a newly modernized Japan.

Based on archival research undertaken in Japan, Britain and the United States, Mihalopoulos offers a new perspective on the relations between gender hierarchies and the political economy in a newly modernized Japan.

The papers in this edited volume discuss key elements of monetarism, including coin denominations, the role of bullion and case studies of substitute moneys.

The papers in this edited volume discuss key elements of monetarism, including coin denominations, the role of bullion and case studies of substitute moneys.

Entrepreneurship is increasingly being recognized as an important facet of economic history.

Entrepreneurship is increasingly being recognized as an important facet of economic history.

This is the first study to analyze a wide spread of price data to determine whether market development led to economic growth in the early modern period.

This is the first study to analyze a wide spread of price data to determine whether market development led to economic growth in the early modern period.

This study, based on government records, newspaper articles and fanzines, explores the complex interaction between politicians, police and the perpetrators of football violence.