Economic history

The Law of the Whale Hunt examines how property law was created in the absence of legal institutions regulating whaling in early America.

An authoritative synthesis of early medieval British and Irish coinage, supported by the catalogue of a world-class collection.

The first comprehensive historical overview of the OECD''s role in the concept of economic growth becoming an international norm.

Charts Britain''s transformation from the European periphery to a global economic power from the reign of Elizabeth I to Victoria.

A fresh look at Austrian economists and the dynamic intellectual and political context in which they lived and worked.

The first comprehensive study of China''s economic development across 3,000 years of history to be published in English.

Charts Britain''s transformation from the European periphery to a global economic power from the reign of Elizabeth I to Victoria.

A fresh look at Austrian economists and the dynamic intellectual and political context in which they lived and worked.

The first comprehensive study of China''s economic development across 3,000 years of history to be published in English.

A revised and updated edition of the leading overview of economic regimes and economic performance in twentieth-century Europe.

A revised and updated edition of the leading overview of economic regimes and economic performance in twentieth-century Europe.

The first comprehensive historical overview of the OECD''s role in the concept of economic growth becoming an international norm.

An accessible examination of Indonesia''s economic history from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century from a comparative perspective.

This book focuses on slave ownership in Virginia as it was practiced by a variety of institutions.

An accessible examination of Indonesia''s economic history from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century from a comparative perspective.

This book focuses on slave ownership in Virginia as it was practiced by a variety of institutions.

At a micro level, this collection unveils the contractual knowledge that led to the globalization of markets over the last century.

This book contributes to a new economic history of late antiquity, with tightly argued, stimulating studies of class, money and exchange.

This book uses a series of high-profile case studies to examine the processes by which auto companies fail or survive.

At a micro level, this collection unveils the contractual knowledge that led to the globalization of markets over the last century.

This book contributes to a new economic history of late antiquity, with tightly argued, stimulating studies of class, money and exchange.

This book uses a series of high-profile case studies to examine the processes by which auto companies fail or survive.

This book explores the controversial Anglo-American struggle over empire and economic globalization in the mid- to late-nineteenth century.

This book explores the controversial Anglo-American struggle over empire and economic globalization in the mid- to late-nineteenth century.

This is the first scholarly history of the industrial gases industry from its origins to the present.

This is the first scholarly history of the industrial gases industry from its origins to the present.

Comparative and critical, Anthropology and Economy offers a uniquely cross-cultural view of economy.

Comparative and critical, Anthropology and Economy offers a uniquely cross-cultural view of economy.

Why Britain's attempt at small government proved unable to cope with the challenges of the modern worldIn the nineteenth century, as Britain attained a leading economic and political position in Europe, British policymakers embarked on a bold experiment with small and limited government.

A major new interpretation of the Zheng family of merchants and militarists, who dominated the seventeenth-century China Seas.

A major new interpretation of the Zheng family of merchants and militarists, who dominated the seventeenth-century China Seas.

A comprehensive survey of international financial history across three thousand years that reveals how previous crises were successfully overcome.

A comprehensive survey of international financial history across three thousand years that reveals how previous crises were successfully overcome.

A major new interpretation of Nazi influence in southeastern Europe through the concepts of soft power and informal empire.

One of the first long-term studies of the Catalonian city of Manresa during the late medieval crisis.

A major new interpretation of Nazi influence in southeastern Europe through the concepts of soft power and informal empire.

One of the first long-term studies of the Catalonian city of Manresa during the late medieval crisis.

This book presents a detailed description of the political, cultural, and economic world of ancient Kanesh (present-day Kültepe, Turkey).

The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy.

This book presents a detailed description of the political, cultural, and economic world of ancient Kanesh (present-day Kültepe, Turkey).

The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy.

This book retraces the history of macroeconomics from Keynes''s General Theory to the present.

This book retraces the history of macroeconomics from Keynes''s General Theory to the present.

The book reviews the finance, economics, and history of tontines, and argues that they should be resurrected in the twenty-first century.

The book reviews the finance, economics, and history of tontines, and argues that they should be resurrected in the twenty-first century.

A fascinating account of the trade patterns and consumption practices that arose following European colonisation of the Atlantic world.

A fascinating account of the trade patterns and consumption practices that arose following European colonisation of the Atlantic world.

This study shows that modernity has its origins in the advancement of knowledge, and not in the Scientific Revolution.

Early modern European economic development seen through the interaction of two major players in the Mediterranean economy: Venice and England.

Early modern European economic development seen through the interaction of two major players in the Mediterranean economy: Venice and England.