Economic History

This book sets out to explain the very particular characteristics of Spanish infrastructure policy. The capital city of Madrid plays a central role...

Saving Capitalism and Democracy tries to answer the difficult questions posed by intellectuals, the media, politicians, students and ordinary peopl...

The Leaderless Economy reveals why international financial cooperation is the only solution to today's global economic crisis. In this timely and i...

The papers presented in this collection offer a wide range of cases, from Asia, Africa and the Americas, and broadly cover the last two centuries, ...

This book analyzes the development of the Israeli economy in its historical context. It shows how the ideology of the dominant group in the Zionist...

Immanuel Wallerstein's highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century's greatest works of social science. A...

Published in 2008 and winner of the 2011 Thomas E. Skidmore Prize, Paulo Fontes's Migration and the Making of Industrial São Paulo is a detailed so...

Read the voices of the past to connect with the present. Kishlansky presents a well-balanced selection of readings that integrate coverage of socia...

Read the voices of the past to connect with the present. Kishlansky presents a well-balanced selection of readings that integrate coverage of socia...

Moving from the birth of Europe to the current crisis, this irreverent and topical book questions the relevance of the European Union today, addres...

In 1780 Richard Sheridan noted that merchants worked merely for money. However, rather than being a criticism, this was recognition of the importan...

In the early twentieth century, wage loans became a major source of cash for workers all over the United States. From Black washerwomen to white fo...

In the early twentieth century, wage loans became a major source of cash for workers all over the United States. From Black washerwomen to white fo...

The Ottomans were working to establish a stable economic system, while the Western capitalist world was developing an economic system that prioriti...

This book examines the emergence of capitalism and the ideologies surrounding its inception and subsequent progress; how markets are created and or...

Business history needs a shake-up, Philip Scranton and Patrick Fridenson argue, as many businesses go global and cultural contexts become critical....

Business history needs a shake-up, Philip Scranton and Patrick Fridenson argue, as many businesses go global and cultural contexts become critical....