Economic History

A thought-provoking study of how knowledge of provenance was not transferred with enslaved people and goods from the Portuguese trading empire to R...

One of the most powerful books in the social sciences ever written Thomas Piketty'The twentieth century's most prophetic critic of capitalism' Pros...

This book revisits the history of industry and industrial and economic policy in independent Ireland from the birth of the state to the eve of EEC ...

Today's globalization debates pit neoliberals, who favour even deeper integration into the global economy, against neo-mercantilists, who call for ...

Much has been written about the trilateral relationship between Canada, the United States, and Mexico, and the free trade agreements that this rela...

Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of ...

India's caravan trade with central Asia was at the heart of the complex web of routes making up the Silk Roads. But what was the fate of these over...

The Contemporary Global Economy provides a lively overview of recent turbulence in the world economy, focusing on the dynamics of globalization sin...

The book presents the life of Louis Wolowski (18101876). Born into a family of Frankist Jews in Warsaw, Wolowski participated in the Polish insurr...

Between 1760 and 1860, the English countryside was subject to constant attempts at agricultural improvement. Most often these meant depriving cotta...

Shibusawa Eiichi (18401931) was a Japanese banker and industrialist who spearheaded the modernization of Japanese industry and finance during the M...

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canadas aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came t...

This book contends that structural reforms, the essential third arrow in Abe's 'Abenomics', will not happen. As a result, Abenomics is merely a com...

The Development of Managerial Culture examines the differences in underlying values and cultural distinctions in managerial cultures in Australia a...

The Multinational Enterprise and the Emergence of the Global Factory brings together research papers authored by Peter J. Buckley, focusing on thre...

Bernard Lonergan's economic writings span forty years and contain ideas that differ radically from those of his contemporaries. His theory of macro...

Harold A. Innis helped to found the field of Canadian economic history. He is best known for the staples thesis which dominated the discourse of Ca...

The Contemporary Global Economy provides a lively overview of recent turbulence in the world economy, focusing on the dynamics of globalization sin...

Contemporary capitalism is characterized by periods of vigorous economic growth and periods of slow or even negative growth. This book draws on the...

Countries that have suffered ethnic or religious conflict and become segregated societies reflect these divisions in education provision for their ...

Exploring the lives and achievements of 36 extraordinary individuals from across 18 nations and every continent, this books champions innovators: t...

Managing Cultural Heritage explores managerial and governance issues within the cultural heritage sector, with particular regard to the ecomuseum. ...

Evolution of the Property Relation defines an approach to economics which is centered around the concept of property and explores the historical ev...

An exploration of life in the early medieval West, using pigs as a lens to investigate agriculture, ecology, economy, and philosophy   From North A...

The term 'housing crisis' has recently been associated with rising foreclosure rates and tottering financial institutions, particularly in the US a...

Seven Moralities of Human Resource Management analyses morality of HRM from the perspective of American psychologist Laurence Kohlberg. This book e...

How inflation and deflation fears shape American democracy. Many foundational moments in American economic historythe establishment of paper money,...

Labour: A Heterodox Approach provides a theoretical reconstruction of the labour and job market by examining it in a rich historical context. It ex...

An incisive history of the venture-capital industry.New YorkerAn excellent and original economic history of venture capital.Tyler Cowen, Marginal R...