Economic history

Is there a language which is adequate to describe our own economy?

This is a comprehensive history of a critically formative period in French economic history.

This is a comprehensive history of a critically formative period in French economic history.

In this volume an international team of distinguished monetary historians examine the historical experience of exchange rate behaviour under different monetary regimes.

In this volume an international team of distinguished monetary historians examine the historical experience of exchange rate behaviour under different monetary regimes.

This volume examines the leading professional societies since World War II - those in the free market economies of the United States, Britain, France, West Germany and Japan, and those in the collapsed command economies of East Germany and the Soviet Union.

This volume examines the leading professional societies since World War II - those in the free market economies of the United States, Britain, France, West Germany and Japan, and those in the collapsed command economies of East Germany and the Soviet Union.

This book reveals how the previously weak Portuguese economy has now experienced growth, convergence, structural change and international competition.

This book reveals how the previously weak Portuguese economy has now experienced growth, convergence, structural change and international competition.

This unique collection presents a Post-Keynesian perspective on international economics and trade.

This unique collection presents a Post-Keynesian perspective on international economics and trade.

For the past two centuries, brewing has been a constantly innovative and evolving industry, subject to changes in technology, taste and industrial structure.

Trade across the Pacific will be one of the dominant forces in the economy of the next century.

Trade across the Pacific will be one of the dominant forces in the economy of the next century.

This is the first study of the development of economic thought in Latin America.

Jan L.

Jan L.

Since the successful first edition of The Gold Standard in Theory and History was published in 1985, much new research has been completed.

Since the successful first edition of The Gold Standard in Theory and History was published in 1985, much new research has been completed.

The theory of the firm has recently undergone a dramatic transformation, drawing heavily on the pathbreaking work of Armen Alchian.

The theory of the firm has recently undergone a dramatic transformation, drawing heavily on the pathbreaking work of Armen Alchian.

In discussions on European pre-modern economic growth, the role of individual freedom and of the state has loomed large.

Carl Menger, Friedrich Wieser and Eugen Bohm-Bawerk are acknowledged as pioneers in the development of neoclassical economics, as well as being recognized as the founders of the Austrian School of Economics.

In Napoleon III and the Second Empire, Roger D.

In Napoleon III and the Second Empire, Roger D.

This volume brings together contributions from the world's most renowned scholars in accounting and celebrates the academic achievements of Bob Parker.

This volume brings together contributions from the world's most renowned scholars in accounting and celebrates the academic achievements of Bob Parker.

A Macroeconomics Reader brings together a collection of key readings in modern macroeconomics.

A Macroeconomics Reader brings together a collection of key readings in modern macroeconomics.

John Rae made a wide-ranging contribution to economics, in particular through his work on Capital Theory and Technical Change.

John Rae made a wide-ranging contribution to economics, in particular through his work on Capital Theory and Technical Change.

This fascinating study uses Domesday book data and Management Science methods to examine manorial production efficiency in Medieval Essex in 1086.

This fascinating study uses Domesday book data and Management Science methods to examine manorial production efficiency in Medieval Essex in 1086.

This study, first published in 1986, provides a systematic account of the processes and structure of class formation in the major advanced capitalist societies.

This study, first published in 1986, provides a systematic account of the processes and structure of class formation in the major advanced capitalist societies.

Covering the time span from the Shang to the Qing Periods (1520BC - 1911AD), Gang Deng examines important factors in the decline of the Chinese economy from medieval sophistication to modern underdevelopment.

Covering the time span from the Shang to the Qing Periods (1520BC - 1911AD), Gang Deng examines important factors in the decline of the Chinese economy from medieval sophistication to modern underdevelopment.

This volume takes a unique and challenging look at how money has operated in Islamic society and at how Islamic theoretical frameworks have influenced perceptions of money.

This volume takes a unique and challenging look at how money has operated in Islamic society and at how Islamic theoretical frameworks have influenced perceptions of money.

Economic Thought Since Keynes provides a concise overview of changing economic thought in the latter part of the twentieth century.

Economic Thought Since Keynes provides a concise overview of changing economic thought in the latter part of the twentieth century.

Important parts of development practice, especially in key institutions such as the World Bank, are dominated by economists.

Important parts of development practice, especially in key institutions such as the World Bank, are dominated by economists.

Written by one of the leading authorities on trade and finance in the early modern Atlantic world, these fourteen essays, revised and integrated for this volume, share as their common theme the development of the Atlantic economy, especially British America and the Caribbean.

Written by one of the leading authorities on trade and finance in the early modern Atlantic world, these fourteen essays, revised and integrated for this volume, share as their common theme the development of the Atlantic economy, especially British America and the Caribbean.

The relationship of economics, capitalism and wealth to the ethics and morality of religion has intrigued and challenged policymakers, pressure groups, theologians, sociologists, economists and historians for centuries.

The relationship of economics, capitalism and wealth to the ethics and morality of religion has intrigued and challenged policymakers, pressure groups, theologians, sociologists, economists and historians for centuries.

The Ephemeral Civilization is an astonishing intellectual feat in which Graeme Snooks develops an original and ground-breaking analysis of changing sociopolitical forms over the past 3,000 years.

The Ephemeral Civilization is an astonishing intellectual feat in which Graeme Snooks develops an original and ground-breaking analysis of changing sociopolitical forms over the past 3,000 years.

This book examines the spectacularly successful economies of East Asia, Japan and South Korea.