Economic History

The Origins of the Consumer Revolution in England explores the rise of consumerism from the end of the medieval period through to the beginning of ...

Capitalism is historically pervasive. Despite attempts through the centuries to suppress or control the private ownership of commercial assets, pro...

Hayek thought that all economic behavior (and by implication other human behavior) is based on fallible interpretations of what information is impo...

First published in 2000, this volume responds to the rise and spread of advertising throughout Europe and the world in the past one and a half cent...

First published in 1937, this book examines the changes in working conditions and vast improvements on sugar plantations in 20th century Fiji. By t...

The marginalization of women in economics has a history as long as the discipline itself. Throughout the history of economics, women contributed su...

Published in 1997, this book traces the history of foreign investment policy in South Korea from 1961 until the present. It shows how Korea adopted...

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

This book brings together leading scholars of the history of economic thought to demonstrate the vitality and richness of a discipline that welcome...

The book was written in the heat of controversies to which illusion is made, the somewhat severe criticisms being justified by the then facts and c...

This book analyses the formation of the Spanish banking system. It provides a general overview of European financial systems in operation during th...

First published in 2000, Trade, Travel, and Exploration: An Encyclopedia covers the people, places, technologies, and intellectual concepts that co...

Adam Smiths contribution to economics is well recognised, but scholars have recently been exploring anew the multidisciplinary nature of his works....

First published in 1943, this work contains five interconnected essays presenting the author's renowned additions to the business cycle theory.Writ...

This title was first published in 2003. This book assumes a viewpoint practically absent from contemporary economics, and readdresses the first fun...

This title was first published in 2001. Spanning a quarter of a century, this collection makes conveniently accessible 14 of Yunkers thorough and h...

First published in 1909, the purpose of this book was to draw attention to the political, social and religious changes that were taking place in In...

Macroeconomic Principles and Problems: A Pluralist Introduction offers a comprehensive overview of the major topics in modern macroeconomics, from ...

First published in 1919, this book traces the growth of War Debt during the First World War, examines the real meaning of the Debt and discusses th...

This volume brings together a leading group of scholars to offer a new perspective on the history of conflicts and trade, focusing on the role of s...

Mercantilism and accounting remain two dynamic and debated concepts in terms of definition and scope. This volume brings together the research of i...

During the second half of the twentieth century, economics exported its logic utility maximization to the analysis of several human activities or...

Purity condemns filth; piety disparages corruption. Amassing riches offered to a transcendental world, the priests of ancient faiths found themselv...

Sub-Saharan Africa is the poorest region in the world. But its current status has skewed our understanding of the economy before colonization. Rönn...