Economic History

The central theme in the work of F.A. Hayek was the problem of order in society, and his focus was epistemological: he was concerned with the const...

In barely three generations the Spanish diet has changed beyond recognition. The traditional concerns around nutritional health and scarcity have b...

There is a striking chronological parallel between Germanys transition from a post-Malthusian regime to modern economic growth and the formation of...

This title was first published in 2003. Bringing together contemporary innovation pattern theories inspired by the two original patterns developed ...

Originally published in 1970, this volume is a valuable source of extensive data concerning Scotlands railways and locomotives. Material that has a...

Since the Middle Ages, literature has portrayed the economic world in poetry, drama, stories and novels. The complexity of human realities highligh...

Multinational Enterprise and Transnational Regions offers an innovative approach to the study of the history of transnational economic regions. The...

Published in 1968. Interest in the Luddite machine-breaking and food riots of 1812 which took place in the North and Midlands continues unabated. P...

Published in 1968. Interest in the Luddite machine-breaking and food riots of 1812 which took place in the North and Midlands continues unabated. P...

Including 11 essays published over the last 15 years, this volume by Dennis O. Flynn and Arturo Giráldez concerns the origins and early developmen...

The Viking Age was a period of profound change in Scandinavia. As kingdoms were established, Christianity became the encompassing ideological and c...

For centuries artists, diplomats, and merchants served as cultural intermediaries in the Mediterranean. Stationed in port cities and other entrepôt...

Published in 1959: This book is the only detailed study of the origin of the German customs union and its history up to the establishment of the un...

Although colonies are often viewed as having been of crucial economic importance to Britains empire, those responsible for administering the coloni...

Medieval Networks in East Central Europe explores the economic, cultural, and religious forms of contact between East Central Europe and the surrou...

Jean-Baptiste Say (17671832) was one of the first great economists to have laid down the foundations of economic science. Author of the famous Trea...

From antiquity to our own time those interested in political economy have with almost no exceptions regarded the natural physical environment as a ...

Every time the economy goes through a period of crisis, Keynes name is called upon by economists and politicians from diverse backgrounds. However,...

Transportation Network Companies and Taxis: The Case of Seattle is a modern economic case history and thorough analysis of the devastating impact o...

There has been much discussion about the origin of marketing and marketing thought, and whether it was truly American in origin. Nevertheless, it i...

Karl Popper and Friedrich von Hayek are remembered as two of the twentieth centurys greatest proponents of open society. However, over the years, H...

The theory of costs is a cornerstone of economic thinking, and figures crucially in the study of human action and society. From the first day of a ...

Henry Hellers short account of the history of capitalism combines Marxs economic and political thought with contemporary scholarship to shed light ...

People throughout the world are now commemorating the centenary of the start of the First World War. For historians of international business and f...

Grounded in the literary history of early modern England, this study explores the intersection of cultural attitudes and material practices that sh...

On the 20th of January 1526, the Santiago left Lisbon bound for Africa with a cargo of brass and tin bracelets, round bells, barber basins and clot...

Adam Smiths contribution to economics is well-recognised but in recent years scholars have been exploring anew the multidisciplinary nature of his ...

This book focuses on early examples of women who may be said to have anticipated, in one way or another, modern professional and/or career-oriented...

The Challenge of Labour (1980) explains the changing forms of labours relationship with British society during the period of 1850 to 1930 as the e...

Early Modern Knowledge Societies as Affective Economies researches the development of knowledge economies in Early Modern Europe. Starting with the...

Road Transport in Cumbria in the Nineteenth Century (1975) is a detailed study of transportation by road in one region of Britain. By the middle de...

One cannot conceive of capitalism without labor. Yet many of the current debates about economic development leading to industrialization fail to di...

Red Money for the Global South explores the relationship of the East with the new South after decolonization, with a particular focus on the econom...

This book provides the basic knowledge of Japanese contributions in political economy and the ongoing research agenda, such as the pursuit of theor...

Who would disagree that money matters? Economists have yet to sufficiently explore issues related to monetary inflation in relation to the Cantillo...

Throughout the history of economic thought, interest in business cycles and economic crises has sometimes been observed to rise during times of cri...

The United Dutch East India Company was the first public company, preceding the formation of the English East-India Company by over 40 years. Its f...

The Origins of the Consumer Revolution in England explores the rise of consumerism from the end of the medieval period through to the beginning of ...

Capitalism is historically pervasive. Despite attempts through the centuries to suppress or control the private ownership of commercial assets, pro...

Hayek thought that all economic behavior (and by implication other human behavior) is based on fallible interpretations of what information is impo...

First published in 2000, this volume responds to the rise and spread of advertising throughout Europe and the world in the past one and a half cent...

First published in 1937, this book examines the changes in working conditions and vast improvements on sugar plantations in 20th century Fiji. By t...

The marginalization of women in economics has a history as long as the discipline itself. Throughout the history of economics, women contributed su...

Published in 1997, this book traces the history of foreign investment policy in South Korea from 1961 until the present. It shows how Korea adopted...

Grounded in the literary history of early modern England, this study explores the intersection of cultural attitudes and material practices that sh...

This book brings together leading scholars of the history of economic thought to demonstrate the vitality and richness of a discipline that welcome...

The book was written in the heat of controversies to which illusion is made, the somewhat severe criticisms being justified by the then facts and c...

This book analyses the formation of the Spanish banking system. It provides a general overview of European financial systems in operation during th...