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Economics and Politics in the Weimar Republic
Häftad, 2002
317 kr
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This is a succinct overview of the turbulent economic history of the Weimar Republic. Theo Balderston, an experienced teacher of economic history, summarises the wealth of recent research on the subject, and presents it in lucid, accessible form. He offers new perspectives on the economic effects …
The Social Bases of Nazism, 1919-1933
Häftad, 2003
452 kr
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This latest addition to the New Studies in Economic and Social History series sheds fascinating light on an essential aspect of the history of Nazism. The social background of the supporters of Nazism has been the subject of intense debate since the early 1930s. Was the Nazi party a predominantly …
Approaches to the History of the Western Family 1500-1914
Av Michael Anderson, Maurice Kirby
Inbunden, 1995
737 kr
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Over the past thirty years family history has been one of the most important and controversial growth areas in the development of social history. In this guide to the burgeoning literature on the Western family Professor Anderson reviews the main findings of historians and considers them in the …
The Economic Development of Japan 1868-1941
Av W. J. Macpherson, Maurice Kirby
Inbunden, 1995
871 kr
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The rise of Japan from a position of relative international obscurity in the mid-nineteenth century to that of third largest industrial nation in the 1980s has elicited an enormous amount of interest among academics. This short book provides an overview of Japanese economic history between 1868 and …
British Economic Performance 1945-1975
Inbunden, 1995
854 kr
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The debate over 'Britain in Decline' is one that still rages in the academic, political and public spheres. In this concise study, B. W. E. Alford takes issue with those economists who have a mechanistic approach to the subject. Instead, he examines Britain's economic development since the Second …
Women's Work, 1840-1940
Inbunden, 1995
770 kr
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This volume addresses some of the difficult issues surrounding women's work during a century of social upheaval, and demonstrates how hard it is to be precise about the nature and extent of women's occupations. It focuses on working-class women and the many problems relating to their work, …
The Great Irish Famine
Inbunden, 1995
1312 kr
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The Irish Famine of 1846-50 was one of the great disasters of the nineteenth century, whose notoriety spreads as far as the mass emigration which followed it. Cormac O'Gráda's concise survey suggests that a proper understanding of the disaster requires an analysis of the Irish economy before the …
Housing in Urban Britain 1780-1914
Inbunden, 1995
1341 kr
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Why did slums and suburbs develop simultaneously? Did the capitalist system produce these, and were class antagonisms to blame? Why did the Victorians believe there was a housing problem, and who or what created it? What housing solutions were attempted, and how successfully? These are amongst the …
The English Poor Law, 1531-1782
Inbunden, 1995
605 kr
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The poor law had a profound impact on English society between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries. Designed to reform the poor as much as to relieve poverty, it also shaped institutions of government and determined people's expectations and assumptions about social welfare. Over the last few …
Explaining Long-Term Economic Change
Inbunden, 1995
938 kr
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This book provides an introduction to, and critical review of, the competing models that have been developed to explain long-term and large-scale economic change. The global pattern of production and distribution has its origins in the historical heritage of component societies and in their …
Emigration from Europe 1815-1930
Inbunden, 1995
737 kr
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Why did 60 million people leave Europe for overseas destinations in the hundred years after the Napoleonic Wars? What were the social and economic causes and effects of this mass migration? Why did some people emigrate and not others, and why did so many emigrants return to Europe? This short …
Banks and Industrial Finance in Britain, 1800-1939
Inbunden, 1995
670 kr
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This accessible study investigates the role of banks in the finance of British industry, an issue which has long been the subject of dispute. From one perspective the history of British finance is one of success: from the late nineteenth century the City of London was the leading financial centre …
Decline and Growth in English Towns 1400-1640
Av Alan Dyer
Inbunden, 1995
653 kr
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Although historians have always studied towns, widespread interest in urban history as a specialised historical field is relatively recent. This fashion has stimulated the development of a major controversy about the fortunes of towns in England between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. …
Dearth, Public Policy and Social Disturbance in England 1550-1800
Av R. B. Outhwaite, Maurice Kirby
Inbunden, 1995
687 kr
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This concise survey examines the consequences of periods of dearth in England, in the years between 1550 and 1800. By the sixteenth century, periods of dearth no longer produced marked rises in mortality, as had happened previously. Instead, the ordinary people appear to have become more …
Education, Economic Change and Society in England 1780-1870
Inbunden, 1995
905 kr
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In this study, Dr Sanderson reviews the history of education in the nineteenth century and the academic debates surrounding it. He examines the discussion surrounding literacy, its trends and significance in the creation of an industrial labour force. He also considers the successful development of …
Universities and Elites in Britain since 1800
Inbunden, 1995
606 kr
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In recent years, the history of universities has become a thriving field of research, but no convenient summary has been available to the reader. This book offers a clear and concise introduction to the subject. It surveys the debate on the significance of British university development, and …
The Development of the French Economy 1750-1914
Av Colin Heywood, Maurice Kirby
Inbunden, 1995
552 kr
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Understanding French economic development in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has always proved a formidable challenge for historians. This concise 1995 survey for students is designed to make clear the areas of controversy among historians, and to guide the reader through the complexities …
The Population History of Britain and Ireland 1500-1750
Inbunden, 1995
885 kr
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Over the past thirty five years population history has been one of the most important growth areas within the flourishing field of social and economic history. Our understanding of demographic history in the period before the Industrial Revolution has been transformed. The amount of literature …
Social Classes and Social Relations in Britain 1850-1914
Inbunden, 1995
854 kr
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The analysis of social classes and social relations in the second half of the nineteenth century has caused major debates among social historians. In this book, first published in 1995, Alastair Reid provides a critical summary of the different approaches to the subject, giving an account of how …
The Population of Britain in the Nineteenth Century
Av Robert Woods, Maurice Kirby
Inbunden, 1995
854 kr
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This book provides a clear interpretation of the causes of demographic change in the nineteenth century. This critical period followed the demise of the old pre-industrial population regime (often associated with Malthus's Principle of Population) and the changes that occurred at this time led to …
The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990
Av Theo Barker, Dorian Gerhold
Inbunden, 1995
803 kr
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Most books about Britain's transport history have concentrated upon canals and railways. It is now clear that a great deal of traffic went by road even before turnpikes, and that goods as well as passenger services were much more highly developed than used to be supposed. This book is an important …
The Spanish Economy
From the Civil War to the European Community
Inbunden, 1995
703 kr
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This book presents a concise survey of the Spanish economy from the end of the Civil War of 1936-9 to the present. In it the author analyses the transformation of Spain from a backward agrarian economy - committed by Franco and the country's military rulers to the impossible quest of …
The Rise and Decline of the British Motor Industry
Av Roy A. Church, Maurice Kirby
Inbunden, 1995
1391 kr
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The decline of the British motor industry is one of the most spectacular developments in Britain's economic history. Conflicting explanations have been offered by scholars from different disciplines to produce a complex debate, which this 1995 study attempts to unravel. Placing the industry firmly …
Children's Work and Welfare 1780-1890
Inbunden, 1995
656 kr
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This short book provides a succinct account of changes in children's work and welfare in Britain between 1780 and 1890. It examines both the scale and the nature of child employment and the changing attitude of society towards it at a time when Britain was becoming the 'workshop of the world'. The …
Agriculture in Depression 1870-1940
Inbunden, 1995
770 kr
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This concise 1995 survey of British agriculture between 1870 and 1940 shows how, after a period of comparative prosperity, British farmers faced a period of depression. The prime cause of this was the increase in world food supplies and the competition from cheaper producers. The author explains …
The Nazi Economic Recovery 1932-1938
Inbunden, 1996
921 kr
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The performance of the German economy between the Great Crash and the Second World War has been the subject of intense academic debate. The problems of economic growth were acute in inter-war Germany, and the depression of the early 1930s intensified these problems, driving many Germans towards the …
The Nazi Economic Recovery 1932-1938
Av R. J. Overy
Häftad, 1996
442 kr
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The performance of the German economy between the Great Crash and the Second World War has been the subject of intense academic debate. The problems of economic growth were acute in inter-war Germany, and the depression of the early 1930s intensified these problems, driving many Germans towards the …
Agriculture in Depression 1870-1940
Av Richard Perren, Maurice Kirby
Häftad, 1995
452 kr
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This concise 1995 survey of British agriculture between 1870 and 1940 shows how, after a period of comparative prosperity, British farmers faced a period of depression. The prime cause of this was the increase in world food supplies and the competition from cheaper producers. The author explains …
Children's Work and Welfare 1780-1890
Av Pamela Horn
Häftad, 1995
442 kr
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This short book provides a succinct account of changes in children's work and welfare in Britain between 1780 and 1890. It examines both the scale and the nature of child employment and the changing attitude of society towards it at a time when Britain was becoming the 'workshop of the world'. The …
The Rise and Decline of the British Motor Industry
Av Roy A. Church, Maurice Kirby
Häftad, 1995
442 kr
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The decline of the British motor industry is one of the most spectacular developments in Britain's economic history. Conflicting explanations have been offered by scholars from different disciplines to produce a complex debate, which this 1995 study attempts to unravel. Placing the industry firmly …
