Economic history

The exclusion of the destitute population from the formal financial system is a long-standing problem in India.

The Economic Transformation of China is a collection of essays written by an eminent observer of the Chinese economy.

This book is intended for policy-makers, academics and students of development studies, area studies, political economy, geography and political science.

Through the lens of the now-defunct Singapore government-linked company (GLC) called International Trading Company (INTRACO), this book offers a historical analysis of the country's economic development strategy.

This book aims to provide a comprehensive statistical picture of the Russian economic development covering the Imperial, Soviet, and New Russian periods.

This volume is a major breakthrough in helping decipher and piece together the major interactive and flow investment dynamics within the complex Chinese economic structure, in an effort to guide global investors to formulate their own macro assessment and investment strategy in or related to China.

Why are some nations rich and others poor?

From afar, Latin America looks like a blurry tableau: devoid of defining lines, particularities and nuances.

This book brings together a set of incisive essays that interrogate Malaysian history and social relations which began during pre-colonial times, and extended to colonial and post-colonial Malaysia.

This book is a full review of China's foreign trade in the past 70 years of institutional changes and reform.

This book critically discusses and systematically compares J.

The book integrates the latest scholarly literature on the entire Indian Ocean region, from East Africa to China.

These papers explore the history of the tropical regions of the Atlantic basin, sometimes focused on the Caribbean, sometimes on Africa, but always with a comparative dimension.

The narrative of China's history in this book is 'theme-led' rather than conventionally chronicle-based.

The rise of China is no doubt one of the most important events in world economic history since the Industrial Revolution.

This book clarifies the challenges and outcomes of the Sunshine Project, a national project in Japan for developing new energy that was launched about 40 years ago at the time of the first oil crisis in the early 1970s and ended, as planned, in the early 2000s.

Agricultural societies founded in the colony of Upper Canada were the institutional embodiment of the ideology of improvement, modelled on contemporary societies in Britain and the United States.

Bernie Sanders' socialist advocacy in the United States, communist China's economic successes and a Marxist revival are inspiring many to muse about improved strategies for building superior socialist futures.

The collective biography of the only generation of economists who lived their entire professional life in GDR''s socialism.

Atlantic slavery represents one of the blackest pages of human history.

This collective book offers a panorama of the history of tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax havens from the nineteenth century to the present day, based on the latest research in contemporary history.

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This book systematically addresses Bourdieu's key ideas and concepts in the context of Marxist thought.

This book systematically addresses Bourdieu's key ideas and concepts in the context of Marxist thought.

This Element provides a synthesis and updated examination of the Aztec economy (1325–1521 AD).

Exploring the professional and political ideas of Newfoundland naval governors during the French Wars, this book traces the evolution of the Naval Governorship and administration of the region, shedding a light on a critical period of its early modern history.

Exploring the professional and political ideas of Newfoundland naval governors during the French Wars, this book traces the evolution of the Naval Governorship and administration of the region, shedding a light on a critical period of its early modern history.

A modern reframing of Friedrich Hayek's most famous work for the 21st century.

The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory.

'A hymn to hardware, charming, lyrical' - The Sunday Times, BOOK OF THE WEEK'A paean to DIY' - The Times'Strung together very agreeably, with dry wit and, dare I say it, considerable polish' - Country LifeIn 2018 Tom Fort's daughter-in-law took over a century-old hardware shop.

How the creation of money and monetary policy can be more democraticThe power to create money is foundational to the state.

Analyses economic nationalism as a set of ideas and policies that have shaped the modern world economy over the past 250 years.

Analyses economic nationalism as a set of ideas and policies that have shaped the modern world economy over the past 250 years.

This is the first book written that examines ancient and premodern economies from a comparative and cross-cultural perspective.

An authoritative guide to the transformation of the Bank of England into a modern inflation-targeting independent central bank.

Analyzes the roots of Europe''s economic decline, examining institutions of the European Union and exploring possibilities for reform.

This book, the second of two volumes, explores the legacy of Trevor Winchester Swan, often described as Australia's greatest ever economist.

Australians and the Gold Rush: California and Down Under 1849-1854 vividly recounts the dramatic intersection of two worlds during the California Gold Rush.

For as long as humanity has ventured on the seas, naval warfare has been an integral part of their activities and the focal point for many histories and ideas of heritage.

Utilising new methodological approaches to understanding not only the poor as a social and economic group but also of the internal means of stratification which informed social organisation within local communities, this book looks at the place of the poor within the multi-layered hierarchies of Byzantine society using evidence from archaeology, art, architecture, as well as narrative, theological, and legal texts.

This collective book offers a panorama of the history of tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax havens from the nineteenth century to the present day, based on the latest research in contemporary history.

A detailed study of changing patterns of consumption, showing how these related to wider political, social and economic developments.

Essays exploring the potential of the Inquisitions post mortem to shed important new light on the medieval world.

An analysis of how Britain developed a superb supply system for the navy, with beneficial consequences both for victory in war and for Britain's economic development.

An illuminating history of the Fed from its founding through the tumult of 2020.

Medium-Sized Cities in the Age of Globalisation provides a brand-new perspective on academic discussions of globalisation through exploring urban development outside of select global cities including Paris, Tokyo, and London, and instead focuses on medium-sized cities in the context of a globalising world.

The book gives an account of an essential part of Britain's troubled relationship with the rest of Europe after 1945 - particularly considering the rivalry of France and Britain between 1945 and 2007.