Economic History

Chapter 14 from this book is published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Scholarship Online, https://oxford.universitypressschol...

Things Still Fall Apart shows that Africa is a neglected and exploited continent. Since it was invaded c.1500 by Europeans, it has accumulated only...

The Gilded Age is in the air! This beautifully designed, fully illustrated, insightful book by noted historian Alan Axelrod provides a vivid view o...

Imagine if you were present as?a small pizza joint became one of?the most successful restaurants in the world. The Dominos Story will help you unde...

Mary Jo ORear rounds out her coastal bend trilogy with a deep and engaging look at the prehistory and history of the Texas barrier islands. In Barr...

Starting in the late nineteenth century, colonial rule in India took an active interest in regulating financial markets beyond the bridgeheads of E...

In Social-Imperialism in Britain Neil Redfern examines the relationship between British labour and British capital in the two world wars of the twe...

From the early 1870s until his death in 1902, John Mackay was among the richest men in the world and was without a doubt the wealthiest man to emer...

Chasing Automation tells the story of how a group of reform-minded politicians during the heyday of America's industrial prowess (19211966) sought ...

From the bestselling and award-winning author of An English Affair, a dazzlingly original thematic biography which throws fresh light on the greate...

This book is about a radical idea: the idea that each of us deserves enough money on which to live - and that it should be paid independently of ou...

Various politicians present themselves as having the answers to our financial woes yet, as bestselling author Guy Fraser-Sampson shows, they are no...