Economic history

A bold new interpretation of ''consumer revolution'' in 18th-century Europe, examining globalization and the politics of consumption in the age of Revolution.

An accessible and engaging economic history of the world told through a unique African lens.

An accessible and engaging economic history of the world told through a unique African lens.

Offers a distinctive history of money as an everyday social technology in the Dutch Republic from 1600 to 1850.

Offers a distinctive history of money as an everyday social technology in the Dutch Republic from 1600 to 1850.

Reinterprets Liberia''s economic history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to investigate the challenges and opportunities of sovereignty during the age of empires.

A history of international finance as seen through the eyes of Charles P.

A history of international finance as seen through the eyes of Charles P.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is reshaping the globe at a rate far quicker than earlier revolutions.

Combining history and ethnography, it traces the evolution of extra-legality in modern Indian finance and its socioeconomic ramifications.

Explores the history of land dispossession, slavery, colonialism, and inequality in Angola, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.

Explores the history of land dispossession, slavery, colonialism, and inequality in Angola, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.

Reveals how nationalism shapes global business strategy with a focus on the historical example of German firms in India.

Challenges the dominant narrative of an agricultural ''enlightenment'', showing how farming books appropriated traditional knowledge in pre-industrial Britain.

Challenges the dominant narrative of an agricultural ''enlightenment'', showing how farming books appropriated traditional knowledge in pre-industrial Britain.

Reveals the deep roots of the UK''s lack of resilience when COVID-19 hit and sets out an ambitious manifesto for change.

Reveals the deep roots of the UK''s lack of resilience when COVID-19 hit and sets out an ambitious manifesto for change.

An unprecedented global account of the emergence of modern economic growth and its spread across the world from 1870 to the present.

An unprecedented global account of the emergence of modern economic growth and its spread across the world from 1700 to 1870.

Explores how foreign banks financially connected modern China to international capital markets and the global economy.

Explores how foreign banks financially connected modern China to international capital markets and the global economy.

An inclusive economic history of America describing two centuries of American racial conflicts since the Constitution was written.

An inclusive economic history of America describing two centuries of American racial conflicts since the Constitution was written.

Analyses how and why financial crises stopped being treated as crimes and started being thought of as natural disasters.

Analyses how and why financial crises stopped being treated as crimes and started being thought of as natural disasters.

Colossus unpacks the intricacies and inequalities of economic, social and political life in India''s capital, Delhi.

This Element primarily focuses on interactions between government and industrial suppliers within the institutional peculiarities of the defence marketplace.

This Element primarily focuses on interactions between government and industrial suppliers within the institutional peculiarities of the defence marketplace.

Why do some countries of the world have obscene richness while others suffer from extreme poverty?

This book explores the twists and turns in Argentina's modern economic history and the debates that raged there around a problem common to all former colonies: how to achieve a level of economic growth for its population in a world characterized by unequal economic relations between the industrialized nations of the north and the commodity producers of the south.

This book explores the twists and turns in Argentina's modern economic history and the debates that raged there around a problem common to all former colonies: how to achieve a level of economic growth for its population in a world characterized by unequal economic relations between the industrialized nations of the north and the commodity producers of the south.

Modern Money and the Rise and Fall of Capitalist Finance examines the true nature of modern money and seeks ideas for an alternative economic system for a just society.

This book presents an innovative history of the first Portuguese public bank, by exploring the relationship between banking activities and the political context.

This book presents an innovative history of the first Portuguese public bank, by exploring the relationship between banking activities and the political context.

Modern Money and the Rise and Fall of Capitalist Finance examines the true nature of modern money and seeks ideas for an alternative economic system for a just society.

20th Century Britain provides an authoritative and accessible survey of contemporary research on economic activity, society, political development and culture.

20th Century Britain provides an authoritative and accessible survey of contemporary research on economic activity, society, political development and culture.

Originally published as a collection in 2006, this volume looks at the eighteenth century, which saw the high point of the Atlantic slave trade.

Originally published as a collection in 2006, this volume discusses the development of the Atlantic slave trade in the seventeenth century, looking at issues such as how African societies reacted to the trade; the economic origins of black slavery in the British West Indies; and the growth of plantations responding to changes in European diet - particularly the rise of the sugar economy.

Originally published as a collection in 2006, this volume looks at the eighteenth century, which saw the high point of the Atlantic slave trade.

Originally published as a collection in 2006, this volume discusses the development of the Atlantic slave trade in the seventeenth century, looking at issues such as how African societies reacted to the trade; the economic origins of black slavery in the British West Indies; and the growth of plantations responding to changes in European diet - particularly the rise of the sugar economy.

In traditional theory of economic crisis, and in all its manifestations, there is no fundamental difference between economic disorder and economic crisis: the two types of economic turmoil are both considered temporary states.

In traditional theory of economic crisis, and in all its manifestations, there is no fundamental difference between economic disorder and economic crisis: the two types of economic turmoil are both considered temporary states.

All schools of thought in economics, explicitly or otherwise, have referred to economic disorder as a self-evident fact.

All schools of thought in economics, explicitly or otherwise, have referred to economic disorder as a self-evident fact.

Originally published in 1963, The Railwaymen recounts the struggle of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants from its foundation in 1872 until the first national railway strike in 1911 to gain recognition from the companies and a reduction in the excessive hours of labour and the scandalously high accident rate among railwaymen.

Originally published in 1963, The Railwaymen recounts the struggle of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants from its foundation in 1872 until the first national railway strike in 1911 to gain recognition from the companies and a reduction in the excessive hours of labour and the scandalously high accident rate among railwaymen.

Since the late-19th century, Japan has made remarkable strides in industrialization.

Financialisation has become a widely discussed and debated term leading to a plurality of perspectives, but no fixed definition or single reading.

Since the late-19th century, Japan has made remarkable strides in industrialization.