Economic History

Although colonies are often viewed as having been of crucial economic importance to Britains empire, those responsible for administering the coloni...

Medieval Networks in East Central Europe explores the economic, cultural, and religious forms of contact between East Central Europe and the surrou...

Jean-Baptiste Say (17671832) was one of the first great economists to have laid down the foundations of economic science. Author of the famous Trea...

From antiquity to our own time those interested in political economy have with almost no exceptions regarded the natural physical environment as a ...

Every time the economy goes through a period of crisis, Keynes name is called upon by economists and politicians from diverse backgrounds. However,...

Transportation Network Companies and Taxis: The Case of Seattle is a modern economic case history and thorough analysis of the devastating impact o...

There has been much discussion about the origin of marketing and marketing thought, and whether it was truly American in origin. Nevertheless, it i...

Karl Popper and Friedrich von Hayek are remembered as two of the twentieth centurys greatest proponents of open society. However, over the years, H...

The theory of costs is a cornerstone of economic thinking, and figures crucially in the study of human action and society. From the first day of a ...

Henry Hellers short account of the history of capitalism combines Marxs economic and political thought with contemporary scholarship to shed light ...

People throughout the world are now commemorating the centenary of the start of the First World War. For historians of international business and f...

Grounded in the literary history of early modern England, this study explores the intersection of cultural attitudes and material practices that sh...

On the 20th of January 1526, the Santiago left Lisbon bound for Africa with a cargo of brass and tin bracelets, round bells, barber basins and clot...

Adam Smiths contribution to economics is well-recognised but in recent years scholars have been exploring anew the multidisciplinary nature of his ...

This book focuses on early examples of women who may be said to have anticipated, in one way or another, modern professional and/or career-oriented...

The Challenge of Labour (1980) explains the changing forms of labours relationship with British society during the period of 1850 to 1930 as the e...

Early Modern Knowledge Societies as Affective Economies researches the development of knowledge economies in Early Modern Europe. Starting with the...

Road Transport in Cumbria in the Nineteenth Century (1975) is a detailed study of transportation by road in one region of Britain. By the middle de...

One cannot conceive of capitalism without labor. Yet many of the current debates about economic development leading to industrialization fail to di...

Red Money for the Global South explores the relationship of the East with the new South after decolonization, with a particular focus on the econom...

This book provides the basic knowledge of Japanese contributions in political economy and the ongoing research agenda, such as the pursuit of theor...

Who would disagree that money matters? Economists have yet to sufficiently explore issues related to monetary inflation in relation to the Cantillo...

Throughout the history of economic thought, interest in business cycles and economic crises has sometimes been observed to rise during times of cri...

The United Dutch East India Company was the first public company, preceding the formation of the English East-India Company by over 40 years. Its f...