Economic History

A wonderful blend of politics and economics, micro and macro, past and present in an accessible narrative (The Washington Post), Global Capitalism ...

Lewis examines the complex combinations of British and Argentine forces involved in the rapid development of modern Argentina after its former past...

During the 2008 presidential campaign over 4,000 students gathered at the University of Michigan to hear Republican candidate Ron Paul speak. As he...

The unknown history of economic conservatism in India after independenceNeoliberalism is routinely characterized as an antidemocratic, expert-drive...

The book is based on Arabic sources, documents in archives of centers of Levantine trade, and material from the files of the firm of Francesco Dati...

While many associate the concept commonly referred to as the 'military-industrial complex' with President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1961 farewell addr...

After the fall of the Iron Curtain, people across the former socialist world saw their lives transformed. In just a few years, labor markets were c...

After the fall of the Iron Curtain, people across the former socialist world saw their lives transformed. In just a few years, labor markets were c...

Of all the sciences and social sciences, management is the one that most deliberately turns its back on the past. Yet management as we know it toda...

A provocative new account of how India moved relentlessly from its hope-filled founding in 1947 to the dramatic economic and democratic breakdowns ...

This stimulating collection of essays by distinguished British, American, Australian and German scholars, originally published in 1985, offers a pi...

One of The Chronicle of Higher Education's Best Scholarly Books of 2021Revolution in Development uncovers the surprising influence of postrevolutio...

This first of a two-part examination of the economic development of the Czech lands deals with the period from the mid-eighteenth century (the acce...

How creditors came to wield unprecedented power over heavily indebted countriesand the dangers this poses to democracyThe European debt crisis has ...

The first comprehensive study of Pliny the Elders economic thoughtand its implications for understanding the Roman Empires constrained innovation a...

This book uses the experience of three generations of the Earle family to throw light on the social and economic history of Liverpool during its ri...

Today's global economy, with most developed nations experiencing very low inflation, seems a world apart from the Great Inflation that spanned the ...

Land and Trade in Early Islam discusses the latest developments in the field of early Islamic economic and social history, and explores the notion ...

A definitive reframing of the economic, institutional, and intellectual history of the managerial eraThe twentieth century was the managerial centu...

During the Aegean Bronze Age (ca. 30001500 BCE), the spread of woolen textiles triggered an increased demand for color. The dyes included those mad...