Economic history

Re-issuing 15 seminal volumes in the history of economics, originally published between 1906 and 1983, but which still have enduring validity, the volumes in this set, by Edwin Cannan, Michal Kalecki, Simon Kuznets, Erik Lindahl, A.

This enthralling book offers a new approach to Indian economic history, placing trade and mercantile activity in the region within a global framework.

This book illustrates the role of international economic advisors in the development of Israel's economic policies.

Between Brexit, efforts to 'Make America great again', and ongoing appeals for patriotic consumption to boost economies, the intersection between national identity, marketing campaigns, and consumer choices has been brought to the fore.

A Sourcebook of Early Modern European History not only provides instructors with primary sources of a manageable length and translated into English, it also offers students a concise explanation of their context and meaning.

The Indian Ocean world has a rich history of socio-economic and cultural exchanges across time and space.

This collection brings together a range of case studies by both established and early career scholars to consider the nexus between business and development in post-colonial Africa.

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling history of financial crisesThroughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing, and recovering their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises.

Reveals how global trade shaped early modern economic, social and political development, and inaugurated the first era of globalization.

This is the first book to focus comparatively on the development processes of finance in China and Japan during the prewar period.

This general introduction to the theory of money and of balance of payments adjustment was originally published in 1969.

The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records.

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

Despite abundant literature on transaction costs, there is little to no in-depth analysis regarding what the transaction is or how it works.

First published in English in 1935, this Routledge Revival is a reissue of Volume II of Knut Wicksell's Lectures on Political Economy.

The volumes in this set, originally published between 1967 and 1997, draw together research by leading academics in the area of the industrial revolution and provides an examination of related key issues.

Shows how the digital revolution, sponsored by government and funded by speculation, now challenges the authority and legitimacy of the state.

This edited volume provides an in-depth exploration into the influential work of Wade Hands, examining the changing relationship between methodology and the history of economics in connection with contemporary developments in economics.

The book uses archival data to examine how access to micro-finance credit played a role in facilitating adjustment to blight during the Great Famine of Ireland.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

Recently, a growing body of work on "e;law and finance"e; and "e;legal origins"e; has highlighted the role of formal legal institutions in shaping financial institutions.

How differences in national financial regulatory systems emerged from divergent beliefs about economic order and prosperityThe global financial crisis of the late 2000s was marked by the failure of regulators to rein in risk-taking by banks.

This book presents a unique historical study on the origins of longevity risk management and its links to religious institutions in the eighteenth century.

When the Act of Union was passed in 1707, Scottish parliament was dissolved and the nation's capital became London.

Between 1975 and 1979, the Communist Party of Kampuchea fundamentally transformed the social, economic, political, and natural landscape of Cambodia.

This is a coordinated presentation of the economic basis of revolutionary change in 16th- and early-17th century England, addressing a crucial but neglected phase of historical development.

No detailed description available for "e;The Rice Industry of Burma 1852-1940 (First Reprint 2012)"e;.

In the eight pieces that make up Land Without History, first published in Portuguese in 1909, Euclides da Cunha offers a rare look into twentieth century Amazonia, and the consolidation of South American nation states.

This book is a study of New Zealand shaking off its quasi-colonial dependence on Britain.

Bhotia is an exclusive ethnic community, different both from the Hindus and the Tibetans who inhabit the eastern and central Himalaya regions.

This book investigates the economic organization of ancient societies from a comparative perspective.

The so-called miraculous economic development in the southern half of the Korean peninsula has transformed from basically an agrarian economy to that of a major industrial power in a very short time period, and it is now considered one of a dozen or so of industrialized countries in the world.

Providing a radical new reading of Hayek's life and work, this new book, by an important Hayekian scholar, dispels many of the mysteries surrounding one of the most prominent economists and political philosophers of the twentieth century.

The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive account and reconsideration of the contribution to political economy of Thomas Tooke (1774-1858), classical economist and influential monetary theorist.

Originally published in Italian in 1980, Migone covers the relationship between the United States and Italy during the interwar years.

Widely praised as an outstanding contribution to social welfare and feminist scholarship, Regulating the Lives of Women (1988, 1996) was one of the first books to apply a race and gender lens to the U.

Nancy L.

This book was first published in 1935.

The articles in this volume, originally published in a variety of journals between 1890 and 1937, deal with the themes of the distribution of income and welfare.

The truth about the 2008 economic crisis from a Washington insider The 1980s opened with the prime interest rate at an astonishing 21.

The quality of life experienced by people in the past is one of the most important areas of historical enquiry, and the standard of living of populations is one of the leading measures of the economic performance of nations.

This detailed volume explores the role and actions of economists in US, Japanese and various European parliaments in the critical period between 1848 and 1920.

Many consider Foundations of Economic Method to be Lawrence Boland's best work.

This revised edition of the original 1923 text first appeared in 1929, a decade after the end of WWI.

In The Digital Hand, James W.

Critical Enthusiasm tracks the intertwined histories of religious radicalism and economic transformation in the long eighteenth century.

This volume is a collection of studies which presents new analyses of the nature and scale of Roman agriculture in the Mediterranean world from c.