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Seven Centuries of Unreal Wages
The Unreliable Data, Sources and Methods that have been used for Measuring Standards of Living in the Past
Av John Hatcher, Judy Z Stephenson
Häftad, 2020
1917 kr
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The quality of life experienced by people in the past is one of the most important areas of historical enquiry, and the standard of living of populations is one of the leading measures of the economic performance of nations. Yet how accurate is the information on which these judgments are based? …
China's Labour Market, 1950–2050
The Role of Family Planning in Demographic and Income Transitions
Av Jane Du
Häftad, 2025
513 kr
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This book presents an in-depth examination of China’s population control policies from their establishment to the present and explores the developing implications of these policies on the Chinese labour market. The book connects original research on contemporary Chinese demographics with a …
Historical Casebook of Wage Formation
Wage Determination and Wage Bargains, 1500-1950
Av Giulio Ongaro, Judy Z. Stephenson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2019 kr
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This edited collection presents 16 new historical cases of wage formation and wage bargaining across the early modern and preindustrial world. Recent literature has revived an established interest in the economic history of wage formation, underlining the gaps still existing in our understanding of …
Swedish Economists in the 1930s Debate on Economic Planning
Inbunden, 2018
607 kr
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The 1930s, characterised by repercussions from World War I and the Great Depression, was an era of populism, nationalism, protectionism, government intervention and attempts to create planned economies. The perceived need for economic planning emerged in Sweden in part due to the increasing …
Japanese Colonialism in Manchuria, 1907–1945
A Study of State and Zaibatsu Investments
Inbunden, 2027
489 kr
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This book rigorously assesses Japanese colonial rule in the Chinese region of Manchuria from 1907 to 1945 through the lens of foreign investment. Through a firm-level analysis of public and private investment, the book examines the economic strategies and motivations behind Japanese rule in …
Japan and the Great Divergence
A Short Guide
Inbunden, 2016
793 kr
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This text offers an accessible guide to the ways in which our growing knowledge of development in early-modern and modernising Japan can throw light on the paths that industrialisation was eventually to take across the globe. It has long been taken as read that the industrial revolution was the …
Inside the Bank of England
Memoirs of Christopher Dow, Chief Economist 1973-84
Inbunden, 2012
1165 kr
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A personal memoir from Christopher Dow, an influential British economist and a key player in the banking establishments of the post-war era. Contains insights and revelations into the issues and protagonists shaping British economic policy in the late 20th Century.
Institutions Always 'Mattered'
Explaining prosperity in Mediaeval Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
Inbunden, 2014
569 kr
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The medieval Republic of Ragusa (now Dubrovnik) was a prosperous small open economy, rivalling bigger competitors. This study collects together evidence on how Ragusa compared to other economies of the region, and addresses the difficult question of why it outperformed its Dalmatian rivals (Kotor, …
Monetary Policy and Financial Repression in Britain, 1951 - 59
Av W. Allen
Inbunden, 2014
1130 kr
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British monetary policy was reactivated in 1951 when short-term interest rates were increased for the first time in two decades. The book explores the politics of formulating monetary policy in the 1950s and the techniques of implementing it, and discusses the parallels between the present monetary …
Evolution of Central Banking: Theory and History
Inbunden, 2017
1692 kr
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This book is the first complete survey of the evolution of monetary institutions and practices in Western countries from the Middle Ages to today. It radically rethinks previous attempts at a history of monetary institutions by avoiding institutional approach and shifting the focus away from the …
Industrial Collaboration in Nazi-Occupied Europe
Norway in Context
Av Hans Otto Frøland, Mats Ingulstad m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1580 kr
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This book bringstogether leading experts to assess how and whether the Nazis were successful infostering collaboration to secure the resources they required during World WarII. These studies of the occupation regimes in Norway and Western Europe revealthat the Nazis developed highly sophisticated …
Economy of Modern Malta
From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Inbunden, 2016
1692 kr
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This book provides the first wide-ranging account of the Maltese economy in the modern era, from colonialism to European Union membership. It sets arguments about growth and development, and the impact and legacy of colonization, against detailed histories of agriculture, manufacturing and trade, …
Before the Neoliberal Turn
The Rise of Energy Finance and the Limits to US Foreign Economic Policy
Av Simone Selva
Inbunden, 2017
1115 kr
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This book pinpoints continuities and changes in U.S. foreign economic policy from the fixed exchange rate system of the 1960s through to the period between the two oil crises of the 1970s. Chapters pay close attention to the interconnectedness between the long lasting decline of the U.S. Dollar on …
'Deficient in Commercial Morality'?
Japan in Global Debates on Business Ethics in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Av Janet Hunter
Inbunden, 2016
607 kr
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This enlightening text analyses the origins of Western complaints, prevalent in the late nineteenth century, that Japan was characterised at the time by exceptionally low standards of 'commercial morality', despite a major political and economic transformation. As Britain industrialised during the …
Inside the Bank of England
Memoirs of Christopher Dow, Chief Economist 1973-84
Häftad, 2013
1098 kr
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A personal memoir from Christopher Dow, an influential British economist and a key player in the banking establishments of the post-war era. Contains insights and revelations into the issues and protagonists shaping British economic policy in the late 20th Century.
Monetary Policy and Financial Repression in Britain, 1951 - 59
Av W. Allen
Häftad, 2014
1130 kr
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British monetary policy was reactivated in 1951 when short-term interest rates were increased for the first time in two decades. The book explores the politics of formulating monetary policy in the 1950s and the techniques of implementing it, and discusses the parallels between the present monetary …
Regulation of the London Clearing Banks, 1946–1971
Stability and Compliance
Av Linda Arch
Inbunden, 2018
504 kr
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This book explores the way in which banks were regulated in the UK in the period from 1946 until 1971. It focuses upon a group of 11 banks known as the London clearing banks. These banks included the ‘Big Five’ – Barclays, Lloyds, Midland, National Provincial and Westminster – and were the …
Agricultural Transition in China
Domestic and International Perspectives on Technology and Institutional Change
Av Jun Du
Häftad, 2018
1425 kr
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This book extends current research on the political economy of modern China, with particular regard to agricultural development and its role in economic transition. It uses Neoclassical principles to re-interpret agricultural growth and technological change under complex market institutions with …
Technology and Globalisation
Networks of Experts in World History
Av David Pretel, Lino Camprubí
Häftad, 2018
2406 kr
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This book examines the role of experts and expertise in the dynamics of globalisation since the mid-nineteenth century. It shows how engineers, scientists and other experts have acted as globalising agents, providing many of the materials and institutional means for world economic and technical …
Confucian Capitalism
Shibusawa Eiichi, Business Ethics, and Economic Development in Meiji Japan
Häftad, 2019
1467 kr
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With the life story of Shibusawa Eiichi (1840–1931), one of the most important financiers and industrialists in modern Japanese history, as its narrative focal point, this book explores the challenges of importing modern business enterprises to Japan, where the pursuit of profit was considered …
Botswana – A Modern Economic History
An African Diamond in the Rough
Häftad, 2019
1467 kr
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Together with Mauritius, Botswana is often categorized as one of two growth miracles in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to its spectacular long-run economic performance and impressive social development, it has been termed both an economic success story and a developmental state. While there is uniqueness …
Women, Work and Colonialism in the Netherlands and Java
Comparisons, Contrasts, and Connections, 1830–1940
Av Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk
Inbunden, 2019
1243 kr
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‘This book makes an important contribution to the history of household labour relations in two contrasting societies. It deserves a wide readership.’—Anne Booth, SOAS University of London, UK‘By exploring how colonialism affected women’s work in the Dutch Empire this carefully researched book urges …
Economic Development in the Twenty-first Century
Lessons for Africa Throughout History
Inbunden, 2019
1243 kr
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This book uses lessons from history to help African countries take charge of their own economic development agenda. History is an important part of Africa’s economic development narrative, and Ocran investigates how the development outcomes between Africa and Western Europe became so divergent when …
Political and Economic History of North Cyprus
A Discordant Polity
Av Tufan Ekici
Inbunden, 2019
1128 kr
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This monograph provides a comprehensive analysis of the political economy of the Turkish Cypriot governance in the northern part of Cyprus after 1974. Examining the political and state structure, labour market, social security, state economic enterprises and allocation of land, Ekici shines a light …
Political and Economic History of North Cyprus
A Discordant Polity
Av Tufan Ekici
Häftad, 2020
792 kr
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This monograph provides a comprehensive analysis of the political economy of the Turkish Cypriot governance in the northern part of Cyprus after 1974. Examining the political and state structure, labour market, social security, state economic enterprises and allocation of land, Ekici shines a light …
Economic History of Development in sub-Saharan Africa
Economic Transformations and Political Changes
Häftad, 2019
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792 kr
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‘This is a desperately needed book. It not only surveys the field of African economic history at the level of undergraduate students, but provides several fresh perspectives, drawing on insights from the latest research on the evolution of African societies and their economic prosperity. This …
US Financial System and its Crises
From the 1907 Panic to the 2007 Crash
Inbunden, 2019
1018 kr
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Looking at the precedents set by the panic of 1907 and the Great Depression in America, this book investigates the causes of the 2007-2008 financial crisis. Pizzutto examines the effects of monetary policy, as well as of expanding and contracting financial cycles, in order to analyze the breakdown …
Methods in Premodern Economic History
Case studies from the Holy Roman Empire, c.1300-c.1600
Av Ulla Kypta, Julia Bruch m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1804 kr
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This edited collection demonstrates how economic history can be analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methods, connecting statistical research with the social, cultural and psychological aspects of history. With their focus on the time between the end of the commercial revolution and the …
Methods in Premodern Economic History
Case studies from the Holy Roman Empire, c.1300-c.1600
Av Ulla Kypta, Julia Bruch m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
1804 kr
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This edited collection demonstrates how economic history can be analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methods, connecting statistical research with the social, cultural and psychological aspects of history. With their focus on the time between the end of the commercial revolution and the …
Commodity Frontiers and Global Capitalist Expansion
Social, Ecological and Political Implications from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day
Inbunden, 2019
1580 kr
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This interdisciplinary edited collection explores the dynamics of global capitalist expansion through the concept of the ‘commodity frontier’. Applying an inductive approach rather than starting at the global level, as most meta-narratives have done, this book sheds light on how local dynamics have …
