Economic History

Chocolate is one of the most visible examples of how a deeply exotic consumer product penetrating our daily lives fascinated Europeans during the E...

The Western literature on the history of Chinese economic thought is sparse, and comparisons with the history of Western economic thought even more...

The Great Irish Famine remains one of the most lethal famines in modern world history and a watershed moment in the development of modern Ireland –...

Originally published in 1985, this book examines the extent of Scottish migration and Scottish involvement in the process of development. Although ...

The Englishwoman’s Review, which published from 1866 to 1910, participated in and recorded a great change in the range of possibilities open to wom...

The Great Irish Famine remains one of the most lethal famines in modern world history and a watershed moment in the development of modern Ireland –...

Slovakia has a rich and complex history, but until now there has not been a comprehensive analysis of the nation’s economic thought. This volume ex...

This overview of Australasian economic thought presents the first analysis of the Australian economic contribution for 25 years, and is the first t...

This study, first published in 1983, is primarily concerned with what the British economists over the period 1860 to 1914 wrote on a range of econo...

The Great Irish Famine remains one of the most lethal famines in modern world history and a watershed moment in the development of modern Ireland –...

Despite his achievements, David Ricardo’s views on money have often been misunderstood and underappreciated. His advanced ideas had to wait until t...

Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War: A Tale of Two Empires Over Two Centuries studies the fascinating encounters between the two historic...

A History of European Economic Thought grafts the history of economic thought onto Global History by showing how significant economic ideas have in...

Mark Blackburn was one of the leading scholars of the numismatics and monetary history of the British Isles and Scandinavia during the early mediev...

The Englishwoman’s Review, which published from 1866 to 1910, participated in and recorded a great change in the range of possibilities open to wom...

The Englishwoman’s Review, which published from 1866 to 1910, participated in and recorded a great change in the range of possibilities open to wom...

The purpose of this volume, first published in 1925, is to provide the historical account of the regime whereby the State, in different countries, ...

This book presents the sharp regional diff erences within the integrating European continent. Four regions – Northwestern Europe, Southern Europe, ...

The Great Irish Famine remains one of the most lethal famines in modern world history and a watershed moment in the development of modern Ireland –...

Volume 34 contains articles on the economic history of Europe, North America and South America and brings new analysis, and newly created datasets ...

First published in 1905, this volume on the Cotton Industry emerged in the context of Joseph Chamberlain’s proposed Tariff Reform and provided an a...

This book examines European history and politics between two very well-known but flawed treaties: The Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Maastr...

Recently, students and scholars have expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of economics and have called for the reintroduction of histor...