Economic history

This collection of essays aims to form a focused, original and constructive approach to examining the question of convergence and divergence in Europe.

This book is the first English-language monograph about Bishop Joseph Butler (1692-1752) by Japanese scholars.

This enlightening text analyses the origins of Western complaints, prevalent in the late nineteenth century, that Japan was characterised at the time by exceptionally low standards of 'commercial morality', despite a major political and economic transformation.

Vividly reconstructs economic conditions in ancient Roman cities and the socio-economic strategies of artisans who lived in them.

From precious jade articles to monumental stone arches, Huizhou salt merchants in Jiangnan lived surrounded by objects in eighteenth-century China.

First Published in 1967.

It is impossible to understand the history of modern Europe without some knowledge of the Weimar Republic.

This edited collection uses a history of economic thought perspective to explore the evolving role of Latin America within the context of globalization.

The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic element in the economic and social history of the world.

The economy of Iraq has fluctuated wildly since the 1950s.

Whilst much has been written about early modern urban history, the majority of this work has focussed on Western Europe with relatively little available in English on towns and cities in the former communist East.

John Maynard Keynes once observed that the "e;ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood.

This book, first published in 1981, examines the issues inspiring working-class movements after 1848 in France, Germany and Britain, with some consideration also of Austria, Italy, Spain and Russia.

'Jha is the right scholar and economist to take readers through the development of the Indian economy.

This pamphlet examines recent research into the poor laws of Tudor and Stuart England.

Recently described as "e;the single most important lawmaker in the history of American finance,"e; Carter Glass nonetheless remains a much misunderstood and overlooked figure in that history.

Money, magic and the theatre were powerful forces in early modern England.

For decades, the small, quiet town of Hamlet, North Carolina, thrived thanks to the railroad.

The Routledge Handbook of the History of Colonialism in South Asia provides a comprehensive overview of the historiographical specialisation and sophistication of the history of colonialism in South Asia.

For the past two centuries, the great power sitting atop the international global financial system has enjoyed outsized rewards.

Offering fresh insights into the history of labor policy, the New Deal, feminism, and southern politics, Landon Storrs examines the New Deal era of the National Consumers' League, one of the most influential reform organizations of the early twentieth century.

The 1973 'Oil Shock' is considered a turning point in the history of the twentieth century.

First published in 1930, New Zealand in the Making is an economic history of the democratic experiments in New Zealand.

Originally published in 1985, this book examines the extent of Scottish migration and Scottish involvement in the process of development.

Exploring the life of the world-shaping system of capitalism and the writings of leading thinkers, this book gives an account of recent developments of capitalism, including the impact of the global Climate Crisis, questions around democracy and capitalism, and the impact of COVID-19.

Since the 16th century, Paris has been a leading arbiter of taste and the ultimate source of luxury goods for Europe and the world.

First published in 1987, this is a reissue of the first book to offer a detailed comparison of two of the foremost stock exchanges in world before 1914.

An incisive economic and political history of the Panama CanalOn August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage.

Throughout human history luxury textiles have been used as a marker of importance, power and distinction.

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.

The Austrian School of Economics is an intellectual tradition in economics and political economy dating back to Carl Menger in the late-19th century.

This volume studies information as an economic resource in the Roman World.

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Published in 1959: This book is the only detailed study of the origin of the German customs union and its history up to the establishment of the united Reich in 1871.

This book, first published in 1990, examines Italy's economic history from its Unification in 1850 to the end of the First World War.

Most people have some idea what Greeks and Romans coins looked like, but few know how complex Greek and Roman monetary systems eventually became.

First Published in 1966.

In the early twentieth century, asbestos had a reputation as a lifesaver.

This is the first biography of a world-famous pioneering development economist, Sir Hans W.

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

This study is the first to comprehensively examine the development of the Continental rubber and tire company during the Nazi period using sources that have recently become available.

Three decades of research into retailing in England from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries has established a seemingly clear narrative: fixed shops were widespread from an early date; 'modern' methods of retailing were common from at least the early eighteenth century; shopping was a skilled activity throughout the period; and consumers were increasingly part of - and aware of being part of - a polite and fashionable culture.

This anthology honors the life and work of American economist John E.

Originally published in 1966, this is Volume II which is a straightforward account of the British nationalized coal industry in the first half of the twentieth century.

Originally published in 2011, this volume examines the Enron-era scandals and several corporate governance issues that were raised as a result of these scandals.

Using the basic economic principle of making decisions using a cost-benefit framework-and how changes in one or the other can result in a different decision-this book uncovers how various groups responded to incentives provided by the Prohibition legislation.

This book presents a comprehensive narrative and historical analysis of the political and economic relations between China and Italy from the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce signed in October 1866 to the Second World War.

This book reviews China's strategic pathway over the last 1000 years and considers its prospects for ascending to high-income status by the end of the 21st century.