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Decline and Rise of Democracy
A Global History from Antiquity to Today
Häftad, 2021
317 kr
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"One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation."—Steven Levitsky, New York Times–bestselling author of How Democracies DieA new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this history teaches us about the …
Son Also Rises
Surnames and the History of Social Mobility
Häftad, 2015
275 kr
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How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the …
Raised to Obey
The Rise and Spread of Mass Education
Häftad, 2024
411 kr
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How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control its citizensNearly every country today has universal primary education. But why did governments in the West decide to provide education to all children in the first place? In …
Power and Plenty
Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium
Av Ronald Findlay, Kevin H. O'Rourke
Häftad, 2009
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
479 kr
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International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has been available for both economists and general readers that traces the history of the international economy from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Power and Plenty fills this gap, providing the first full …
Power over Peoples
Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present
Häftad, 2012
638 kr
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For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed success. Power over Peoples examines Western …
Why Australia Prospered
The Shifting Sources of Economic Growth
Häftad, 2016
299 kr
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This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a few decades of European settlement, and how the nation has sustained an enviable level of income to the present. Why Australia Prospered is a fascinating historical examination of …
Farm to Factory
A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution
Häftad, 2009
476 kr
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To say that history's greatest economic experiment--Soviet communism--was also its greatest economic failure is to say what many consider obvious. Here, in a startling reinterpretation, Robert Allen argues that the USSR was one of the most successful developing economies of the twentieth century. …
Laissez-Faire Experiment
Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914
Inbunden, 2024
436 kr
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Why Britain’s attempt at small government proved unable to cope with the challenges of the modern worldIn the nineteenth century, as Britain attained a leading economic and political position in Europe, British policymakers embarked on a bold experiment with small and limited government. By the …
Pioneers of Capitalism
The Netherlands 1000–1800
Av Maarten Prak, Jan Luiten van Zanden
Häftad, 2024
254 kr
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How medieval Dutch society laid the foundations for modern capitalismThe Netherlands was one of the pioneers of capitalism in the Middle Ages, giving rise to the spectacular Dutch Golden Age while ushering in an era of unprecedented, long-term economic growth. Pioneers of Capitalism examines the …
Farewell to Alms
A Brief Economic History of the World
Häftad, 2009
290 kr
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Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world …
Power to the People
Energy in Europe over the Last Five Centuries
Av Astrid Kander, Paolo Malanima m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
520 kr
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Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries. It describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita energy …
Plagues Upon the Earth
Disease and the Course of Human History
Av Kyle Harper
Häftad, 2023
272 kr
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A sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues Upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity’s uniquely dangerous …
European Guilds
An Economic Analysis
Häftad, 2021
406 kr
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A comprehensive analysis of European craft guilds through eight centuries of economic historyGuilds ruled many crafts and trades from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, and have always attracted debate and controversy. They were sometimes viewed as efficient institutions that guaranteed …
Son Also Rises
Surnames and the History of Social Mobility
Inbunden, 2014
272 kr
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How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the …
Power to the People
Energy in Europe over the Last Five Centuries
Av Astrid Kander, Paolo Malanima m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
396 kr
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Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries. It describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita energy …
Going the Distance
Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400–1700
Av Ron Harris
Inbunden, 2020
441 kr
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A historical look at the early evolution of global trade and how this led to the creation and dominance of the European business corporationBefore the seventeenth century, trade across Eurasia was mostly conducted in short segments along the Silk Route and Indian Ocean. Business was organized in …
Winding Road to the Welfare State
Economic Insecurity and Social Welfare Policy in Britain
Inbunden, 2018
494 kr
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How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? The Winding Road to the Welfare State investigates the evolution of living standards and welfare policies in Britain from the 1830s to 1950 and provides insights into how British …
Escape from Rome
The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity
Häftad, 2021
228 kr
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The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern worldThe fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best …
Chosen Few
How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492
Av Maristella Botticini, Zvi Eckstein
Häftad, 2014
238 kr
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In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World, from Seville …
Pioneers of Capitalism
The Netherlands 1000–1800
Av Maarten Prak, Jan Luiten van Zanden
Inbunden, 2022
470 kr
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How medieval Dutch society laid the foundations for modern capitalismThe Netherlands was one of the pioneers of capitalism in the Middle Ages, giving rise to the spectacular Dutch Golden Age while ushering in an era of unprecedented, long-term economic growth. Pioneers of Capitalism examines the …
Vanishing Irish
Households, Migration, and the Rural Economy in Ireland, 1850-1914
Inbunden, 1997
1493 kr
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In the years between the Great Famine of the 1840s and the First World War, Ireland experienced a drastic drop in population: the percentage of adults who never married soared from 10 percent to 25 percent, while the overall population decreased by one third. What accounted for this? For many …
Growth in a Traditional Society
The French Countryside, 1450-1815
Häftad, 2000
688 kr
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Philip Hoffman shatters the widespread myth that traditional agricultural societies in early modern Europe were socially and economically stagnant and ultimately dependent on wide-scale political revolution for their growth. Through a richly detailed historical investigation of the peasant …
Black '47 and Beyond
The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory
Häftad, 2000
494 kr
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Here Ireland's premier economic historian and one of the leading authorities on the Great Irish Famine examines the most lethal natural disaster to strike Europe in the nineteenth century. Between the mid-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, the food source that we still call the Irish potato …
Strictures of Inheritance
The Dutch Economy in the Nineteenth Century
Av Jan Luiten van Zanden, Arthur van Riel
Inbunden, 2004
2404 kr
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A major feat of research and synthesis, this book presents the first comprehensive history of the Dutch economy in the nineteenth century--an important but poorly understood piece of European economic history. Based on a detailed reconstruction of extensive economic data, the authors account for …
Big Problem of Small Change
Av Thomas J. Sargent, François R. Velde
Häftad, 2003
853 kr
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The Big Problem of Small Change offers the first credible and analytically sound explanation of how a problem that dogged monetary authorities for hundreds of years was finally solved. Two leading economists, Thomas Sargent and Francois Velde, examine the evolution of Western European economies …
Cultures Merging
A Historical and Economic Critique of Culture
Inbunden, 2006
659 kr
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"Economists agree about many things--contrary to popular opinion--but the majority agree about culture only in the sense that they no longer give it much thought." So begins the first chapter of Cultures Merging, in which Eric Jones--one of the world's leading economic historians--takes an …
War, Wine, and Taxes
The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689–1900
Inbunden, 2007
564 kr
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In War, Wine, and Taxes, John Nye debunks the myth that Britain was a free-trade nation during and after the industrial revolution, by revealing how the British used tariffs--notably on French wine--as a mercantilist tool to politically weaken France and to respond to pressure from local brewers …
Creating Wine
The Emergence of a World Industry, 1840-1914
Inbunden, 2011
3,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
531 kr
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Today's wine industry is characterized by regional differences not only in the wines themselves but also in the business models by which these wines are produced, marketed, and distributed. In Old World countries such as France, Spain, and Italy, small family vineyards and cooperative wineries …
Evolution of a Nation
How Geography and Law Shaped the American States
Av Daniel Berkowitz, Karen B. Clay
Inbunden, 2011
488 kr
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Although political and legal institutions are essential to any nation's economic development, the forces that have shaped these institutions are poorly understood. Drawing on rich evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book …
European Economy since 1945
Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond
Häftad, 2008
432 kr
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In 1945, many Europeans still heated with coal, cooled their food with ice, and lacked indoor plumbing. Today, things could hardly be more different. Over the second half of the twentieth century, the average European's buying power tripled, while working hours fell by a third. The European Economy …
