Economic History

Chinese economic growth is an extraordinary phenomenon that deserves an original analysis. Dynamics of China's Economy traces this dynamism from th...

Continuity and Change in Medieval East Central Europe explores the crucial societal, political, and cultural dynamics that defined medieval East Ce...

The book builds an overview of Chinese financial development in the past 70 years since the founding of the PRC. China's finance has experienced a ...

This book offers a comprehensive history of the Ethiopian labour movement, exploring the impact of trade unions on workers agency from the 1960s un...

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Gunnar Myrdal's life, as well as his significant scientific, political and international contributi...

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Gunnar Myrdal's life, as well as his significant scientific, political and international contributi...

Russia today is as prominent in international affairs as it was at the height of the Cold War. Yet the role that the economy plays in supporting Ru...

'Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong KongThe Red Emperor presents an ey...

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

This book offers an assessment of the benefits and contemporary relevance of free trade. With contributions from senior policy-makersranging from f...

From the workings of financial markets to our response to the ecological crisis, economic theory shapes the world. But where do these ideas come fr...

A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powersWhen scholars and policymakers consider how technological a...

This book offers a new interpretation of the origins of the contemporary global order - the set of institutions and international practices created...

This book, as the first volume of A General History of Chinese Accounting, addresses the origin and development of Chinese accounting in the long h...

We take for granted today that the assessments, measurements, and forecasts of economists are crucial to the decision-making of governments and bus...

States of Credit provides the first comprehensive look at the joint development of representative assemblies and public borrowing in Europe during ...

There's little doubt that most humans today are better off than their forebears. Stunningly so, the economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey argue...