Economic History

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...

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

Takahashi reconstructs the key blocks of one of the founders of the institutional school, John R. Commons theories of the evolution of capitalism a...

The first comprehensive textbook covering all aspects of the economics of innovation and the role of intellectual property in encouraging or discou...

This revised and updated book provides unique insight into cross-border labor mobility, from the ancient forms of slavery to the present day. With ...

The ancient economy has long been a hotly debated topic. Did citizens of the ancient world understand markets? Did they have economic policies? Did...

Every country provides some form of direct cash transfer to people in need, and this provision of money reaches hundreds of millions of people worl...

Waves of military technological changes have swept through the Eurasian land mass since the dawn of civilization. Military technological changes de...

African slaves were brought into Brazil as early as 1530, with abolition in 1888. During those three centuries, Brazil received 4,000,000 Africans,...

Poverty in Contemporary Economic Thought aims to describe and critically examine how economic thought deals with poverty, including its causes, con...

Originally published in 1932, this volume The World's Economic Crisis: and the Way of Escape contains six lectures delivered under the auspices of ...

Incorporating political, economic, and environmental factors, this book explores the evolution of health and living standards in Brazil in the nine...

Originally published in 1933, this volume From Chaos to Control represents the expansion of notes used in the delivery of the Halley Stewart Lectur...

The Scottish miners experienced enormous changes during these sixty-five years. Enjoying a high degree of autonomy underground throughout the ninet...

Nearly two hundred years have passed since the birth of Karl Marx and continuing to this day the influence of his economic views, insights and theo...

Globalization is not an external force but a result of concrete business decisions made by millions of entrepreneurs and managers across the world....

This book considers Thorstein Veblens central preoccupation with the dark places of business enterprise, an integral part of the old institutional ...

How a group of intellectuals and policymakers transformed development economics and gave Latin America a new position in the world.After the Second...

Discover the captivating journey of the history of economic thought through the centuries with this comprehensive textbook. From the dawn of econom...

The big economic story of our times is not the Great Recession. It is how China and India began to embrace neoliberal ideas of economics and attrib...