Economic History

As it is today, the property market was a key and dynamic economic sector in Ancient Rome. Its study demands a deep understanding of Roman society,...

This book explores the early globalization of prostitution from the perspective of the Italian case. It is a story of prostitution, migration, and ...

Drawing on modern economic theory, this book provides new insights into the economic development of ancient economies and the sustainability of the...

This book offers a comparative and polycentric approach to the formation of global trade networks and goods that circumnavigated China, America, an...

This book analyzes the roots of one of the main human activities that can be developed in natural and agricultural ecosystems: tourism. Attention t...

This book sheds light on the roots of sustainability in the Iberian Peninsula that lie in the interrelations between shipbuilding and forestry from...

Getting divorced and remarried are now common practices in European societies, even if the rules differ from one country to the next. Civil marriag...

This handbook presents a systematic and comprehensive overview of economic sociology, an exemplary interdisciplinary field which draws on theoretic...

The Florentine traveler, merchant, and academician Filippo Sassetti was one of the premier economic thinkers of the late Renaissance. Well known fo...

What is a contract in Islam? Is it an aspect of Muslim religion or of secular life? How much has it changed over the centuries? Undertaking a searc...

An incisive account of the crucial role money played in the formation and development of British North America.  Promise to Pay follows Americas f...

Russia is rarely out of the news. This has been particularly true since it launched the largest war in Europe since World War II when it invaded Uk...

Nineteenth-century London was not only the greatest city of its time but it had an equally immense port. Although the relationship between the two ...

This volume presents a global study of the economic and cultural global systems in which smoking materials, practices and ideas circulate, intertwi...

An incisive account of the crucial role money played in the formation and development of British North America.  Promise to Pay follows Americas f...

India in the 1950s and 1960s, with its diversity of economic structures and different levels of regional development, offers a unique opportunity t...

Business historians and economic historians frequently contribute to our understanding of strategic management, and strategy scholars often rely on...

When President Biden announced Janet Yellen as his choice for secretary of the treasury, it was the peak moment of a remarkable life. Not only the ...

The Ottoman Empire went through rapid economic and social development in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as it approached its en...

After two government bailouts of the American economy in less than twenty years, free market thought is due for serious reappraisal. Free Market: T...

The Dynamics of International Business offers a comparative, chronological overview of the strategic and structural evolution of international firm...

John Maynard Keynes died in 1946 but his ideas and his example remain relevant today. In this distinctive new account, Peter Clarke shows how Keyne...

Volume 35A of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology features a symposium on historical epistemology, guest edited by Till Düp...

Volume 36A of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology features a symposium on Bruce Caldwells Beyond Positivism after 35 years....

Volume 37B of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology features a symposium on the work of Ludwig Lachmann, edited by Giampaolo ...

Volume 40A of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology features a symposium on the work of the radical economist David Gordon, e...

Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology Volume 38A features a symposium on public finance in the history of economic thought co...

Volume 40C of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology features a symposium on the work of the controversial French economist Fr...

Historically, commerce has existed in Assam in different forms. In the late medieval and early modern times, Assam had trading connections with nei...

Mining finance houses were substantial public corporations with access to money markets in the City of London, the worlds leading capital market fo...

Uncertainty--doubt about what is or could be--fuels our ambitions and fears. Tantalizing possibilities spur us to innovate and explore. Yet, we als...

This book presents a comprehensive overview of central banks and their functions, from the first banks of issue in the late 17th century to their p...

This book examines the concept of moral economy originally established by E.P. Thompson, focusing on the impact of religious norms on economic prac...

This book, the first of two volumes, explores Indias economic development from 5000BC through to the Indias independence period from 1947AD to 2022...

A new look at Britain's industrial revolution showing how communities of shared skill, knowledge and experience drove industrial innovation. Maki...