Economic history

Italy faced a number of catastrophes in the long sixteenth century.

Annie Abram was born in London in 1869 and died in Sussex in 1930.

This book explores the complex history of Catalonia in relation to Spain from an economic and political perspective.

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Uganda: A Modern History (1981) provides a comprehensive political, social and economic history of Uganda from the beginnings of colonial rule in 1888.

This book explores an industry that was of profound importance both in terms of the local economy and the history of mining nationally, but is long forgotten: the late medieval royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers in the Tamar Valley.

A history of the extraordinary society that has touched all aspects of British lifeFrom its beginnings in a coffee house in the mid-eighteenth century, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce has tried to improve British life in every way imaginable.

Part 1 of this volume analyses the main issues in the theory of Applied Economics.

A guide to the early decisions that can make or break startup venturesOften downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: should they go it alone, or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business?

This book offers a novel explanation of the transformation of London's transport from a free market to a public corporation rooted in social and political legitimacy rather than economic rationality.

Adam Smith (1723-1790) is widely regarded as one of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment period.

The Dynamics of International Business offers a comparative, chronological overview of the strategic and structural evolution of international firms.

This book looks at agriculture, development, poverty and British rule in India, especially in the Patna Division in Bihar between c.

This book provides a history of the New Deal, exploring the institutional, political, and cultural changes experienced by the United States during the Great Depression.

As the premier livery company, the Mercers Company in medieval England enjoyed a prominent role in London's governance and exercised much influence over England's overseas trade and political interests.

Of Poverty and Wealth: Eric Hobsbawm, Barry Supple and Gareth Stedman Jones is a collection of interviews that is being published as a book for the first time.

Established in 1542, the Roman Inquisition operated through a network of almost fifty tribunals to combat heretical and heterodox threats within the papal territories.

From the arrival of Europeans in the Pacific in the 16th century, introduced psychoactive drugs have played a crucial role in the history of societies from China to Peru, and from Alaska to Australia.

The Twilight of European Colonialism (1961) is a comprehensive appraisal of modern colonialism, as well as providing historical background, of the governments of British, French, Belgian and Portuguese colonies.

For most of the vast span of human history, economic growth was all but nonexistent.

This book provides a historical understanding of current debates over tax reform and offers a comparative framework for discussing the relationship between fiscal policy and the distribution of income and wealth.

A study of the history of Sierra Leone concentrating on economic aspects.

The Handbook of Cliometrics is a milestone in the field of historical economics and econometric history through its emphasis on the concrete contribution of cliometrics to our knowledge in economics and history.

The nineteenth century saw the expansion of Western influence across the globe.

Lionel Robbins's now famous lectures on the history of economic thought comprise one of the greatest accounts since World War II of the evolution of economic ideas.

Feeding the world's growing population is a critical policy challenge for the twenty-first century.

A collection of papers reflecting a wide range of thought, from the history of Russian economic thought to the possible ramifications of changes in contemporary Soviet economic policy with respect to the problems created by a functioning "e;capitalist-style"e; market.

At what stage of their careers do great artists produce their most important work?

This book focuses on those features of the Roman economy that are less traceable in text and archaeology, and as a consequence remain largely underexplored in contemporary scholarship.

This book offers a detailed account, based on primary source materials from Britain, Canada, and Australia, of the process by which the Empire settlement programme and the Ottawa Agreements were devised.

Money and payments are familiar to everybody.

First Published in 2005.

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.

The world has seen several financial and economic crises in the past few years.

Geographical works embracing the whole of Canada, few in number until recently, have become more numerous during the last few years.

For the first time since its invention over 500 years ago, the print medium is being challenged as the primary means of recording and communicating ideas.

This book investigates the tensions between subjectivism and objectivism in the history of economics.

This book celebrates the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 by gathering together a century of interpretation and commentary on that piece of legislation.

Reflecting Professor Holzman's important work, this book deals with major issues relating to both East-West and intra-bloc trade.

This cultural history examines the global rise of American-style supermarkets during the Cold War era and how they shaped the way we eat today.

In recent years, there have been a number of new developments in what came to be known as the "e;Capital Theory Debates"e;.

English society until the mid-eighteenth century was a predominantly rural and a peasant society.

The later Middle Ages was an overwhelmingly rural world, with probably three out of four households reliant upon farming for a living.

This book challenges the notion that economic crises aremodern phenomena through its exploration of the tumultuous credit-crunch ofthe later Middle Ages.

This monograph provides a comprehensive analysis of the political economy of the Turkish Cypriot governance in the northern part of Cyprus after 1974.

This book revisits the forgotten history of the 'European Dependency School' in the 1970s and 1980s, explores core-periphery relations in the European integration process and the crises of the contemporary European Union from a dependency perspective, and draws lessons for alternative development paths.

The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management offers a comprehensive and timely analysis of the nature and importance of innovation and the strategies and practices that can be used to improve organizational benefits from innovation.