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An Economic History of Europe
Knowledge, Institutions and Welfare, Prehistory to the Present
Av Karl Gunnar Persson, Paul Sharp m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
520 kr
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In this revised and updated edition, An Economic History of Europe re-establishes itself as the leading textbook on European economic history. With an expanded scope, from prehistory to the present, it will be invaluable source for students, educators and researchers seeking to better understand …
Why Europe?
The Great Divergence and the West's Rise to Global Predominance
Häftad, 2026
426 kr
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Economic growth transformed the world. It freed us from a world where nearly everyone was mired in poverty and half of all children died before reaching adulthood. However, these benefits have not been felt everywhere, nor by everyone. In this groundbreaking new account of the divergence between …
A Concise History of International Finance
From Babylon to Bernanke
Av Larry Neal
Häftad, 2015
459 kr
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Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, doubts have been raised about the future of capitalism. In this broad-ranging survey of financial capitalism from antiquity to the present, Larry Neal reveals the ways in which the financial innovations throughout history have increased trade and prosperity …
The Wealth and Poverty of African States
Economic Growth, Living Standards and Taxation since the Late Nineteenth Century
Häftad, 2022
408 kr
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A wealth of new data have been unearthed in recent years on African economic growth, wages, living standards, and taxes. In The Wealth and Poverty of African States, Morten Jerven shows how these findings transform our understanding of African economic development. He focuses on the central themes …
A Concise History of International Finance
From Babylon to Bernanke
Av Larry Neal
Inbunden, 2015
1559 kr
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Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, doubts have been raised about the future of capitalism. In this broad-ranging survey of financial capitalism from antiquity to the present, Larry Neal reveals the ways in which the financial innovations throughout history have increased trade and prosperity …
Global Trade and the Transformation of Consumer Cultures
The Material World Remade, c.1500-1820
Häftad, 2018
502 kr
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The oceanic explorations of the 1490s led to countless material innovations worldwide and caused profound ruptures. Beverly Lemire explores the rise of key commodities across the globe, and charts how cosmopolitan consumption emerged as the most distinctive feature of material life after 1500 as …
Global Trade and the Transformation of Consumer Cultures
The Material World Remade, c.1500-1820
Inbunden, 2018
1509 kr
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The oceanic explorations of the 1490s led to countless material innovations worldwide and caused profound ruptures. Beverly Lemire explores the rise of key commodities across the globe, and charts how cosmopolitan consumption emerged as the most distinctive feature of material life after 1500 as …
Why Europe?
The Great Divergence and the West's Rise to Global Predominance
Inbunden, 2026
1358 kr
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Economic growth transformed the world. It freed us from a world where nearly everyone was mired in poverty and half of all children died before reaching adulthood. However, these benefits have not been felt everywhere, nor by everyone. In this groundbreaking new account of the divergence between …
The Rise of the Global Company
Multinationals and the Making of the Modern World
Häftad, 2016
574 kr
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This is the first full account of how an influential form of commercial organization - the multinational enterprise - drove globalization and contributed to the making of the modern world. Robert Fitzgerald explores the major role of multinational enterprises in the events of world history, from …
America's Economic Way of War
War and the US Economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War
Av Hugh Rockoff
Häftad, 2012
586 kr
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How did economic and financial factors determine how America waged war in the twentieth century? This important new book exposes the influence of economics and finance on the questions of whether the nation should go to war, how wars would be fought, how resources would be mobilized, and the …
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
Häftad, 2009
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
403 kr
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Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He …
The Changing Body
Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700
Av Roderick Floud, Robert W. Fogel m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
586 kr
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Humans have become much taller and heavier, and experience healthier and longer lives than ever before in human history. However it is only recently that historians, economists, human biologists and demographers have linked the changing size, shape and capability of the human body to economic and …
The Rise of the Global Company
Multinationals and the Making of the Modern World
Inbunden, 2016
1411 kr
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This is the first full account of how an influential form of commercial organization - the multinational enterprise - drove globalization and contributed to the making of the modern world. Robert Fitzgerald explores the major role of multinational enterprises in the events of world history, from …
America's Economic Way of War
War and the US Economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War
Av Hugh Rockoff
Inbunden, 2012
905 kr
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How did economic and financial factors determine how America waged war in the twentieth century? This important new book exposes the influence of economics and finance on the questions of whether the nation should go to war, how wars would be fought, how resources would be mobilized, and the …
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
Inbunden, 2009
1576 kr
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Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He …
The Changing Body
Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700
Av Roderick Floud, Robert W. Fogel m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1723 kr
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Humans have become much taller and heavier, and experience healthier and longer lives than ever before in human history. However it is only recently that historians, economists, human biologists and demographers have linked the changing size, shape and capability of the human body to economic and …
The Rise and Fall of the Italian Economy
Av Carlo Bastasin, Gianni Toniolo
Häftad, 2023
499 kr
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Carlo Bastasin and Gianni Toniolo provide a much-needed, up-to-date economic history of Italy from unification in 1861 to the present day. They show how, thirty years after unification, Italy began a long phase of convergence with more advanced economies so that by the late twentieth century …
The Rise and Fall of the Italian Economy
Av Carlo Bastasin, Gianni Toniolo
Inbunden, 2023
1358 kr
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Carlo Bastasin and Gianni Toniolo provide a much-needed, up-to-date economic history of Italy from unification in 1861 to the present day. They show how, thirty years after unification, Italy began a long phase of convergence with more advanced economies so that by the late twentieth century …
An Economic History of Europe
Knowledge, Institutions and Welfare, Prehistory to the Present
Av Karl Gunnar Persson, Paul Sharp m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1777 kr
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In this revised and updated edition, An Economic History of Europe re-establishes itself as the leading textbook on European economic history. With an expanded scope, from prehistory to the present, it will be invaluable source for students, educators and researchers seeking to better understand …
Institutional and Organizational Analysis
Concepts and Applications
Av Eric Alston, Lee J. Alston m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1249 kr
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What explains the great variability in economic growth and political development across countries? Institutional and organizational analysis has developed since the 1970s into a powerful toolkit, which argues that institutions and norms rather than geography, culture, or technology are the primary …
Institutional and Organizational Analysis
Concepts and Applications
Av Eric Alston, Lee J. Alston m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
541 kr
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What explains the great variability in economic growth and political development across countries? Institutional and organizational analysis has developed since the 1970s into a powerful toolkit, which argues that institutions and norms rather than geography, culture, or technology are the primary …
The Wealth and Poverty of African States
Economic Growth, Living Standards and Taxation since the Late Nineteenth Century
Inbunden, 2022
1391 kr
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A wealth of new data have been unearthed in recent years on African economic growth, wages, living standards, and taxes. In The Wealth and Poverty of African States, Morten Jerven shows how these findings transform our understanding of African economic development. He focuses on the central themes …
The Origins of Globalization
World Trade in the Making of the Global Economy, 1500-1800
Av Pim de Zwart, Jan Luiten van Zanden
Inbunden, 2018
1559 kr
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For better or for worse, in recent times the rapid growth of international economic exchange has changed our lives. But when did this process of globalization begin, and what effects did it have on economies and societies? Pim de Zwart and Jan Luiten van Zanden argue that the networks of trade …
The Origins of Globalization
World Trade in the Making of the Global Economy, 1500-1800
Av Pim de Zwart, Jan Luiten van Zanden
Häftad, 2018
464 kr
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For better or for worse, in recent times the rapid growth of international economic exchange has changed our lives. But when did this process of globalization begin, and what effects did it have on economies and societies? Pim de Zwart and Jan Luiten van Zanden argue that the networks of trade …
Human Development and the Path to Freedom
1870 to the Present
Av Leandro Prados de la Escosura
Inbunden, 2022
1307 kr
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How has human development evolved during the last 150 years of globalization and economic growth? How has human development been distributed across countries? How do developing countries compare to developed countries? Do social systems matter for wellbeing? Are there differences in the performance …
Human Development and the Path to Freedom
1870 to the Present
Av Leandro Prados de la Escosura
Häftad, 2022
426 kr
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How has human development evolved during the last 150 years of globalization and economic growth? How has human development been distributed across countries? How do developing countries compare to developed countries? Do social systems matter for wellbeing? Are there differences in the performance …
An Economic History of Europe
Knowledge, Institutions and Growth, 600 to the Present
Av Karl Gunnar Persson, Paul Sharp
Häftad, 2015
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
473 kr
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This revised and extended edition of the leading textbook on European economic history has been updated to take account of contemporary economic developments and the latest research and debates. A concise and accessible introduction that covers the full sweep of the European history, the book …
