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Insanity and the Lunatic Asylum in the Nineteenth Century
Av Serena Trowbridge, Thomas Knowles m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2588 kr
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The nineteenth-century asylum was the scene of both terrible abuses and significant advancements in treatment and care. The essays in this collection look at the asylum from the perspective of the place itself – its architecture, funding and purpose – and at the experience of those who were sent …
Luxury, Fashion and the Early Modern Idea of Credit
Av Klas Nyberg, Håkan Jakobsson
Häftad, 2022
712 kr
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Luxury, Fashion and the Early Modern Idea of Credit addresses how social and cultural ideas about credit and trust, in the context of fashion and trade, were affected by the growth and development of the bankruptcy institution.Luxury, fashion and social standing are intimately connected to …
Nordic Economic, Social and Political Model
Challenges in the 21st Century
Av Anu Koivunen, Jari Ojala m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2588 kr
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The Nordic Model is the 20th-century Scandinavian recipe for combining stable democracies, individual freedom, economic growth and comprehensive systems for social security. But what happens when Sweden and Finland – two countries topping global indexes for competitiveness, productivity, growth, …
History of States and Economic Policies in Early Modern Europe
Inbunden, 2019
2828 kr
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Why was early modern Europe the starting point of the economic expansion which led to the Industrial Revolution? What was the state’s role in this momentous transformation? A History of States and Economic Policies in Early Modern Europe takes a comparative approach to answer these questions, …
Credit and Debt in Eighteenth-Century England
An Economic History of Debtors’ Prisons
Inbunden, 2020
2588 kr
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Throughout the eighteenth century hundreds of thousands of men and women were cast into prison for failing to pay their debts. This apparently illogical system where debtors were kept away from their places of work remained popular with creditors into the nineteenth century even as Britain …
Luxury, Fashion and the Early Modern Idea of Credit
Av Klas Nyberg, Håkan Jakobsson
Inbunden, 2020
2828 kr
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Luxury, Fashion and the Early Modern Idea of Credit addresses how social and cultural ideas about credit and trust, in the context of fashion and trade, were affected by the growth and development of the bankruptcy institution.Luxury, fashion and social standing are intimately connected to …
Early Modern Overseas Trade and Entrepreneurship
Nordic Trading Companies in the Seventeenth Century
Av Kaarle Wirta
Inbunden, 2020
2588 kr
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Drawing on an impressive range of archival material, this monograph delves into the careers of two businessmen who worked for Nordic chartered monopoly trading companies to illuminate individual entrepreneurship in the context of seventeenth-century long-distance trade. The study spans the …
Culture, Philanthropy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London
Häftad, 2019
772 kr
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2018 Choice Outstanding Academic Title********************************The Late-Victorian cultural mission to London’s slums was a peculiar effort towards social reform that today is largely forgotten or misunderstood. The philanthropy of middle and upper-class social workers saw hundreds of art …
History of Cold War Industrialisation
Finnish Shipbuilding between East and West
Av Saara Matala
Inbunden, 2021
2588 kr
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This monograph explores the economic consequences of the Cold War, a polarised world order which politicised technology and shaped industrial development. It provides a detailed archival-based history of the Finnish shipbuilding industry (1952–1996), which f lourished, thanks to the special …
Franco Modigliani and Keynesian Economics
Häftad, 2022
712 kr
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This book follows the intellectual path of Franco Modigliani, Nobel Prize winner and one of the most influential Keynesian economists of the twentieth century, tracing his development and examining the impact of his research. The book begins with Modigliani’s early work as a young law student in …
Early Modern Overseas Trade and Entrepreneurship
Nordic Trading Companies in the Seventeenth Century
Av Kaarle Wirta
Häftad, 2022
712 kr
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Drawing on an impressive range of archival material, this monograph delves into the careers of two businessmen who worked for Nordic chartered monopoly trading companies to illuminate individual entrepreneurship in the context of seventeenth-century long-distance trade. The study spans the …
Credit and Debt in Eighteenth-Century England
An Economic History of Debtors’ Prisons
Häftad, 2022
712 kr
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Throughout the eighteenth century hundreds of thousands of men and women were cast into prison for failing to pay their debts. This apparently illogical system where debtors were kept away from their places of work remained popular with creditors into the nineteenth century even as Britain …
Agriculture and the Great Depression
The Rural Crisis of the 1930s in Europe and the Americas
Av Gérard Béaur, Francesco Chiapparino
Inbunden, 2022
2198 kr
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What role did the agricultural sector play in the economic crash of 1929? Taking evidence from country cases across Europe and the Americas, this edited volume explores short-, medium- and long- term perspectives on the primary sector.The monograph brings together the voices of an international …
Agriculture and the Great Depression
The Rural Crisis of the 1930s in Europe and the Americas
Av Gérard Béaur, Francesco Chiapparino
Häftad, 2024
667 kr
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What role did the agricultural sector play in the economic crash of 1929? Taking evidence from country cases across Europe and the Americas, this edited volume explores short-, medium- and long- term perspectives on the primary sector.The monograph brings together the voices of an international …
Labor Before the Industrial Revolution
Work, Technology and their Ecologies in an Age of Early Capitalism
Häftad, 2020
637 kr
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One cannot conceive of capitalism without labor. Yet many of the current debates about economic development leading to industrialization fail to directly engage with labor at all. This collection of essays strives to correct this oversight and to reintroduce labor into the great debates about …
Small and Medium Powers in Global History
Trade, Conflicts, and Neutrality from the 18th to the 20th Centuries
Av Jari Eloranta, Eric Golson m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
712 kr
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This volume brings together a leading group of scholars to offer a new perspective on the history of conflicts and trade, focusing on the role of small and medium, or "weak", and often neutral states. Existing historiography has often downplayed the importance of such states in world trade, during …
Mercantilism, Account Keeping and the Periphery-Core Relationship
Häftad, 2020
712 kr
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Mercantilism and accounting remain two dynamic and debated concepts in terms of definition and scope. This volume brings together the research of international scholars from a wide variety of disciplines – accounting, anthropology, native studies, economic geography, economic history and management …
Urban History of The Plague
Socio-Economic, Political and Medical Impacts in a Scottish Community, 1500–1650
Häftad, 2020
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As a medical, economic, spiritual and demographic crisis, plague affected practically every aspect of an early modern community whether on a local, regional or national scale. Its study therefore affords opportunities for the reassessment of many aspects of the pre-modern world.This book examines …
Sanitation in Urban Britain, 1560-1700
Häftad, 2020
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Popular belief holds that throwing the contents of a chamber pot into the street was a common occurrence during the early modern period. This book challenges this deeply entrenched stereotypical image as the majority of urban inhabitants and their local governors alike valued clean outdoor public …
Development Economics in the Twenty-First Century
Av Claudia Sunna, Davide Gualerzi
Häftad, 2020
712 kr
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Development Economics has been identified as a homogeneous body of theory since the 1950s, concerned both with the study of development issues and with the shaping of more effective policies for less advanced economies. Development Economics in the Twenty-First Century brings together an …
Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa
The case of the Gold Coast
Häftad, 2020
712 kr
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Sub-Saharan Africa is the poorest region in the world. But its current status has skewed our understanding of the economy before colonization. Rönnbäck reconstructs the living standards of the population at a time when the Atlantic slave trade brought money and men into the area, enriching our …
Prostitution and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Ports
Häftad, 2020
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In the last third of the eighteenth-century, Bristol and Nantes were two of the most active commercial ports of England and France, despite a slowdown of their economy. Their economies were based primarily on the maritime trade, but they developed alongside Atlantic industries that attracted many …
Early Modern Trading Networks in Europe
Cooperation and the case of Simon Ruiz
Häftad, 2020
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In the early modern period, trade became a truly global phenomenon. The logistics, financial and organizational complexity associated with it increased in order to connect distant geographies and merchants from different backgrounds. How did these merchants prevent their partners from dishonesty in …
Merchants and Trading in the Sixteenth Century
The Golden Age of Antwerp
Häftad, 2020
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Sixteenth-century Europe was powered by commerce. Whilst mercantile groups from many areas prospered, those from the Low Countries were particularly successful. This study, based on extensive archival research, charts the ascent of the merchants established around Antwerp.
Merchant Communities in Asia, 1600–1980
Häftad, 2020
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This book is the first to use local primary sources to explore the interaction between foreign and native merchants in Asian countries. Contributors discuss the different economic, political and cultural conditions that gave rise to a variety of merchant communities in Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, …
Philanthropy and the Funding of the Church of England, 1856–1914
Av Sarah Flew
Häftad, 2020
692 kr
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The changing relationship between the church and its supporters is key to understanding changing religious and social attitudes in Victorian Britain. Using the records of the Anglican Church’s home-missionary organizations, Flew charts the decline in Christian philanthropy and its connection to the …
Consuls and the Institutions of Global Capitalism, 1783–1914
Häftad, 2020
712 kr
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The nineteenth century saw the expansion of Western influence across the globe. A consular presence in a new territory had numerous advantages for business and trade. Using specific case studies, de Goey demonstrates the key role played by consuls in the rise of the global economy.
North Eurasian Trade in World History, 1660–1860
The Economic and Political Importance of the Baltic Sea
Inbunden, 2021
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This book offers the first long-term analysis of the protracted struggle between Britain, France, Prussia, Russia, and Sweden for economic power and political influence in the northern part of the Eurasian continent between 1660 and 1860. This book shows how their commercial, diplomatic, and …
North Eurasian Trade in World History, 1660–1860
The Economic and Political Importance of the Baltic Sea
Häftad, 2023
667 kr
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This book offers the first long-term analysis of the protracted struggle between Britain, France, Prussia, Russia, and Sweden for economic power and political influence in the northern part of the Eurasian continent between 1660 and 1860. This book shows how their commercial, diplomatic, and …
Queer Trades, Sex and Society
Male Prostitution and the War on Homosexuality in Interwar Scotland
Av Jeffrey Meek
Inbunden, 2023
2588 kr
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This book is the first scholarly work to explore male homosexual prostitution in interwar Scotland. The male prostitute occupies a contested position within interwar society – depending on the perspective he was representative of a descent into turpitude, of tenacious organised criminality or of …
