Economic History

THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*Shortlisted for the 2021 Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award*'This unique and fas...

'If you feel you should understand how economists think but have no idea where to start, this book is the answer' Financial TimesWhy are all my clo...

In 1850, America's plantation economy reigned supreme. U.S. cotton dominated world markets, and American rice, sugarcane, and tobacco grew througho...

In 1850, America's plantation economy reigned supreme. U.S. cotton dominated world markets, and American rice, sugarcane, and tobacco grew througho...

With American independence came the freedom to sail anywhere in the world under a new flag. During the years between the Treaty of Paris and the Tr...

'An invaluable primer to some of the underlying tensions behind contemporary political debate' Financial TimesIt has always been an important part ...

In 1893, after a major British bank failure, a run on U.S. gold reserves, and a late-June stock-market crash, America was in the throes of a seriou...

In 1893, after a major British bank failure, a run on U.S. gold reserves, and a late-June stock-market crash, America was in the throes of a seriou...

In 1796, famed engineer and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe toured the coal fields outside Richmond, Virginia, declaring enthusiastically, Such a ...

David I. Spanagel explores the origins of American geology and the culture that promoted it in nineteenth-century New York. Focusing on Amos Eaton,...

In the aftermath of the French Revolution, advocates of protection against foreign competition prevailed in a fierce controversy over international...

Between Crown and Commerce examines the relationship between French royal statecraft, mercantilism, and civic republicanism in the context of the g...

A comprehensive analysis of European craft guilds through eight centuries of economic historyGuilds ruled many crafts and trades from the Middle Ag...

With American independence came the freedom to sail anywhere in the world under a new flag. During the years between the Treaty of Paris and the Tr...

Americans pay famously close attention to the market, obsessively watching trends, patterns, and swings and looking for clues in every fluctuation....

Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was ...

For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have...

The study deals with the multinationalization of European companies in the last third of the 20th century. Using the example of four large chemical...

John Maynard Keynes is arguably the most important and influential economist of the twentieth century, and stands alongside Adam Smith and Karl Mar...

The wealth of the Central European archives, particularly in urban records, has not been fully realised by Western European historians. However, th...

Lobbying America tells the story of the political mobilization of American business in the 1970s and 1980s. Benjamin Waterhouse traces the rise and...

Honorable Mention, 2019 Saul Viener Book Prize, given by the American Jewish Historical Society A vivid history of the American Jewish merchants wh...

From precious jade articles to monumental stone arches, Huizhou salt merchants in Jiangnan lived surrounded by objects in eighteenth-century China....

In recent decades, Tokyo, London, and New York have been the sites of credit bubbles of historically unprecedented magnitude. Central bankers have ...