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Economic History of Modern Sweden
Inbunden, 2012
2600 kr
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The book is based on a rich and detailed quantitative material from research over the past decades with consecutive time series over production volumes, employment, productivity, investments etc. for sectors and branches covering the whole economy, even including estimates of non-marketed domestic …
Revolutionary Russian Economy, 1890-1940
Ideas, Debates and Alternatives
Häftad, 2006
776 kr
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The pre-revolutionary Russian economy was backward and stagnant. Whatever the criticisms of the economy post-revolution, the turnaround in terms of growth and output was staggering. This book looks at the alternatives to Stalin's reform program that had such tragic outcomes. Applying the ideas of …
Family Firms and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe
The Business, Bankruptcy and Resilience of the Höchstetters of Augsburg
Inbunden, 2019
2592 kr
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This fascinating study follows the fortunes of the Höchstetter family, merchant-manufacturers and financiers of Augsburg, Germany, in the late-fifteenth and early-sixteenth centuries, and sheds light on the economic and social history of failure and resilience in early modern Europe. Carefully …
Economic History of Famine Resilience
Av Jessica Dijkman, Bas van Leeuwen
Inbunden, 2019
2592 kr
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Food crises have always tested societies. This volume discusses societal resilience to food crises, examining the responses and strategies at the societal level that effectively helped individuals and groups to cope with drops in food supply, in various parts of the world over the past two …
Economic History of Regional Industrialization
Av Bas van Leeuwen, Robin C.M. Philips m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2517 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive study of regional industrialization in Europe and Asia from the early nineteenth century to the present. Using case studies on regional industrialization, the book provides insights into similarities and differences in industrialization processes between European, …
Paper and the British Empire
The Quest for Imperial Raw Materials, 1861–1960
Av Timo Särkkä
Inbunden, 2020
2592 kr
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Paper and the British Empire examines the evolution of the paper industry within British organisational frameworks and highlights the role of the Empire as a market and business-making area in a world of shrinking commerce and rising trade barriers.Drawing on a valuable range of primary sources, …
Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels
An Economic History of the European Timber Trade in the 1930s
Inbunden, 2020
2592 kr
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The Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels examines how international commodity cartels in the 1930s were impacted not only by commercial rivalry, but also by international trade political and diplomatic concerns. This work presents the rise and decline of the European Timber …
Economic History of the Spanish Welfare State
The Political Economy of Social Policy from the Mid-19th Century to the Present
Inbunden, 2025
2592 kr
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This monograph analyses the evolution of the welfare state in Spain from qualitative and quantitative perspectives. It basically relies on estimates of public social spending from 1850 to the present and offers comparisons with the rest of Europe.As a whole, the volume sheds light on the …
Global Financial History of Oil Crises
Inbunden, 2025
2517 kr
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In this book, Altamura analyses the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979, considering their impact on the world economy and subsequent reactions to the global instability.In terms of actors, the focus is on how international organisations such as the IMF, World Bank and OECD responded to the crisis, as well …
Economic History of Regional Industrialization
Av Bas van Leeuwen, Robin C.M. Philips m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
824 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive study of regional industrialization in Europe and Asia from the early nineteenth century to the present. Using case studies on regional industrialization, the book provides insights into similarities and differences in industrialization processes between European, …
Economic Development of Europe's Regions
A Quantitative History since 1900
Av Joan Ramón Rosés, Nikolaus Wolf
Häftad, 2020
743 kr
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This book is the first quantitative description of Europe’s economic development at a regional level over the entire twentieth century. Based on a new and comprehensive set of data, it brings together a group of leading economic historians in order to describe and analyze the development of …
Development of Modern Industries in Bengal
ReIndustrialisation, 1858–1914
Av Indrajit Ray
Häftad, 2020
713 kr
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Bengal’s traditional industries, once celebrated worldwide, largely decayed under the backwash effects of the British Industrial Revolution in the first half of the nineteenth century. Although colonial ambivalence is often cited as an explanation, this study also shows that a series of new …
Money, Currency and Crisis
In Search of Trust, 2000 BC to AD 2000
Av R.J. van der Spek, Bas van Leeuwen
Häftad, 2020
593 kr
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Money is a core feature in all discussions of economic crisis, as is clear from the debates about the responses of the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States to the 2008 economic crisis.This volume explores the role of money in economic performance, and focuses on …
Economy of Renaissance Italy
Inbunden, 2022
2592 kr
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Drawing on a wide range of literature and adopting a macroeconomic approach, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the Italian economy during the Renaissance, focusing on the period between 1348, the year of the Black Death, and 1630.The Italian Renaissance played a crucial role in the …
Economy of Renaissance Italy
Häftad, 2024
693 kr
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Drawing on a wide range of literature and adopting a macroeconomic approach, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the Italian economy during the Renaissance, focusing on the period between 1348, the year of the Black Death, and 1630.The Italian Renaissance played a crucial role in the …
Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels
An Economic History of the European Timber Trade in the 1930s
Häftad, 2022
713 kr
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The Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels examines how international commodity cartels in the 1930s were impacted not only by commercial rivalry, but also by international trade political and diplomatic concerns. This work presents the rise and decline of the European Timber …
Paper and the British Empire
The Quest for Imperial Raw Materials, 1861–1960
Av Timo Särkkä
Häftad, 2022
713 kr
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Paper and the British Empire examines the evolution of the paper industry within British organisational frameworks and highlights the role of the Empire as a market and business-making area in a world of shrinking commerce and rising trade barriers.Drawing on a valuable range of primary sources, …
Economic History of Famine Resilience
Av Jessica Dijkman, Bas van Leeuwen
Häftad, 2021
743 kr
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Food crises have always tested societies. This volume discusses societal resilience to food crises, examining the responses and strategies at the societal level that effectively helped individuals and groups to cope with drops in food supply, in various parts of the world over the past two …
Global History of Money
Inbunden, 2020
2592 kr
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Looking from the 11th century to the 20th century, Kuroda explores how money was used and how currencies evolved in transactions within local communities and in broader trade networks. The discussion covers Asia, Europe and Africa and highlights an impressive global interconnectedness in the …
History of Market Performance
From Ancient Babylonia to the Modern World
Av R.J. Van der Spek, Jan Luiten van Zanden m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
743 kr
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This exciting new volume examines the development of market performance from Antiquity until the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Efficient market structures are agreed by most economists to serve as evidence of economic prosperity, and to be prerequisites for further economic growth. However, …
Famines in European Economic History
The Last Great European Famines Reconsidered
Av Declan Curran, Lubomyr Luciuk m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
693 kr
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This volume explores economic, social, and political dimensions of three catastrophic famines which struck mid-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Europe; the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór ) of 1845–1850, the Finnish Famine (Suuret Nälkävuodet) of the 1860s and the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of …
Regulating Competition
Cartel registers in the twentieth-century world
Av Susanna Fellman, Martin Shanahan
Häftad, 2019
713 kr
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Cartels, trusts and agreements to reduce competition between firms have existed for centuries, but became particularly prevalent toward the end of the 19th century. In the mid-20th century governments began to use so called ‘cartel registers’ to monitor and regulate their behaviour. This book …
Central Banking in a Democracy
The Federal Reserve and its Alternatives
Av John Wood
Häftad, 2019
713 kr
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The Federal Reserve System, which has been Congress’s agent for the control of money since 1913, has a mixed reputation. Its errors have been huge. It was the principal cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s and the inflation of the 1970s, and participated in the massive bailouts of financial …
History of Migration in Europe
Perspectives from Economics, Politics and Sociology
Häftad, 2019
693 kr
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The History of Migration in Europe belies several myths by arguing, for example, that immobility has not been the "normal" condition of people before the modern era. Migration (far from being an income-maximizing choice taken by lone individuals) is often a household strategy, and local wages …
Second Bank of the United States
“Central” banker in an era of nation-building, 1816–1836
Häftad, 2019
713 kr
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The year 2016 marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Second Bank of the United States (1816-1836). This book is an economic history of an early central bank, the Second Bank of the United States (1816-36). After US President Andrew Jackson vetoed the re-chartering of the Bank in 1832, …
War, Power and the Economy
Mercantilism and state formation in 18th-century Europe
Häftad, 2019
743 kr
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War, Power and the Economy contains a comparative history of Great Britain, France and Spain, the three rival empires of the 1700s. It explores how the states prepared for war, what kind of economic means they had, what institutional changes they implemented, and how efficient this was. As such, …
Western Allies and Soviet Potential in World War II
Economy, Society and Military Power
Av Martin Kahn
Häftad, 2019
713 kr
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World War II was the largest and most devastating war in modern history with far-reaching consequences. The single most important campaign was the Soviet–German war, which consumed the lion share of Germany’s military resources. In contrast to the tone in German and Anglo-American precampaign …
Innovation and Technological Diffusion
An economic history of early steam engines
Häftad, 2019
743 kr
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This book deals with two key aspects of the history of steam engines, a cornerstone of the Industrial Revolution, specifically the road that led to its discovery and the process of diffusion of the early steam engines. The first part of the volume outlines the technological and scientific …
European Banks and the Rise of International Finance
The post-Bretton Woods era
Häftad, 2019
713 kr
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The banking and financial sector has expanded dramatically in the last forty years, and the consequences of this accelerated growth have been felt by people around the world.European Banks and the Rise of International Finance examines the historical origins of the financialised world we live in by …
Economic Ideas and Government Policy
Contributions to Contemporary Economic History
Inbunden, 1995
2600 kr
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This volume collects together Sir Alec Cairncross' most important contributions to the economic history of the post-1939 period. They address such major issues as the role of economists in the 2nd World War, the significance of the Marshall plan and Britain's relative economic decline. Together …
