Economic history Books

"Del Commercio De' Romani Dalla Prima Guerra Punica A Costantino" by Francesco Mengotti, explores the economic activities of the Romans from the First Punic War to the time of Constantine. This dissertation examines the commercial practices, trade...

L'Italie Économique En 1867, Avec Un Aperçu Des Industries Italiennes À L'exposition Universelle De Paris... provides a detailed snapshot of Italy's economic landscape in 1867. Written by Pietro Maestri and the Direzione generale della...

Ausführliche Darstellung der Nationalökonomie oder der Staatswirthschaft presents a comprehensive exploration of national economics, authored by Jean Baptiste Say and Karl Eduard Morstadt. This significant work delves into the principles and practices...

Explore the fascinating history of "Valentine's Meat Juice" in this brief but informative account from 1874. Compiled by Mann Satterwhite Valentine, this book delves into the origins and production of the renowned meat extract, a staple in Victorian-era...

"Scotland's Work and Worth, Volume 2" by Charles W. Thomson offers a detailed examination of Scotland's economic and industrial landscape at the beginning of the 20th century. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of various industries, labor...

This book introduces the economic theories that have placed uncertainty at the core of economic discourse. Covering the works of John Maynard Keynes and Frank Knight, as well as those of John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern, and Leonard Savage, it...

The Routledge Handbook of Global Economic History documents and interprets the development of economic history as a global discipline from the later nineteenth century to the present day. Exploring the normative and relativistic nature of different...

In unpacking credit relationships and payments over the past 1000 years in addition to how technological innovations are shifting the credit relationships/payments landscape – from barter, commodity money, single layered to dual-layered financial...

"An Economic History of England, 1066-1874" by Charlotte Mary Waters offers a comprehensive overview of the economic development of England from the Norman Conquest to the late Victorian era. This detailed study examines the evolution of English society...

Geographical and Industrial Studies; the new Europe, by Nellie B. Allen, offers a detailed exploration of the European continent, focusing on its geographical features, industrial advancements, and economic structures. This book delves into the intricate...

"Old Babylonian Contracts, Issue 2, volume 8" presents a detailed examination of ancient legal and economic practices as evidenced in Babylonian contracts. Authored by Edward Chiera, this volume offers invaluable insights into the societal structures and...

For nearly half a century, Albania had been one of the most isolated and enigmatic countries in the world, where the confiscation of private property was more thoroughly accomplished than anywhere else in Europe. In an abrupt and radical turnaround...

When African American slaves were freed, did society welcome them with open arms? In this book, you will learn about the problems freed slaves faced and analyze if they were truly free. This book emphasis several discrimination as the main problem freed...

Examine the shift of primary industries in the US in the mid-1800s. The early settlers were farmers but when factories and different industries mushroomed, the people's lives changed dramatically. You will read about the big change in this book for fifth...

Children need to learn about the past in order to better appreciate the present. In this social studies book, your fifth grade will learn to identify and even understand the role of industry and factories in the economic development of the Northeast. Let...

Do you know what the major industries are in your state? If not then this is the book to help you learn. If you do, then use this book to review. It is important to know your state's major industries to better understand what natural resources are...

In this book, you will learn about the living conditions of African American slaves during the mid-1800s. Reflect on how they were treated and whether resistance was actually the right thing to do. Also, explain why slave labor was important at the time...

At the end of this book, you should be able to describe the differences between the three economic systems of traditional, market and command. Further analyze what the advantages and disadvantages of each system. The ability to recognize example of each...

In The Financial Crisis Reconsidered, Aronoff challenges the conventional view that reckless credit produced the US housing boom and the financial crisis, explaining how the large current account deficit, and its mercantilist origin, was a more...

Since its establishment in 1965, Business Economics has been an essential resource for those who use economics in the workplace. Its consistent intent has been to distinguish itself from academic journals by focusing on what is useful to practitioners of...

This book is a collection of specially-commissioned chapters from philosophers, economists, political and behavioral economists, cognitive and organizational psychologists, computer scientists, sociologists and permutations thereof as befits the...

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This book provides a contemporary assessment of Marx's theory of money. This theory is often praised as one of Marx's greatest achievements, especially when compared with either classical or neoclassical economics. On the other hand, Marx's theory of...

One theme of this volume is whether the complementarity between technology and human capital is a recent phenomenon, or whether it can be traced through history. Different approaches to human capital as well as technology are applied, and besides...

Euro on Trial looks back - to the aspirations of the founders - and forward - to the possibility of reform or splitting up. After five years of experience with the new currency, new insights are possible into the old arguments for and against union...

This volume examines attempted changes to industrial relations in Britain during 1948-1990, designed to promote institutional reforms of management and trade unions. Specific focus is given to the Donovan Commission and other trade union reforms, and...

Price theory has provided solutions to myriad problems affecting society without invoking any precepts beyond those encapsulated in the standard economic postulate. Fiscal theory, meanwhile, has been closely attentive to the political, sociological and...

This book is an important and original account of life in the new lean production workplace - the car industry where it all began. It brings together the two emblematic features of the twentieth century: a working class meant to topple the social order,...

For twenty-five years, the International Monetary Fund administered a worldwide system of fixed exchange rates until their system was destroyed by a combination of market forces and those who advocated market forces. The first destructive element has...

This title, first published in 1983, considers the Haitian economy, placing it in its historical context, and explores the reasons why it has performed so badly. Mats Lundahl examines agriculture, which has failed to provide an adequate standard of...

This book proposes a comparative study of the history of manuals of political economy in the most representative countries for the development of economics in the 19th and early 20th centuries demonstrating and the 'professionalisation' of economics.

Essays in Our Changing Order is the ninth volume in the collected works of America's pre-eminent social scientist

Consumer capitalism arose with the second industrial revolution, the application of continuous-mass production to consumer goods during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book adopts a Veblenian, Keynesian viewpoint, presenting an...

ይህ መጽሐፍ በፖለቲካዊ፣ ኢኮኖሚያዊና ማኅበራዊ ጉዳዮች ዙርያ በስፋት በሚስተዋሉ የተሳሳቱ ዕምነቶችና አመለካከቶች ላይ የሚያተኩር ሲሆን ድሕነት ከባህል እንደሚመነጭ እንዲሁም ዲሞክራሲ እንደ ኢትዮጵያ ላለ ድሓ ማህበረሰብ እንደማይገባ ወይም እንደማይበጅ የሚገልጹ ዕሳቤዎችን በስፋት ይቃኛል። የኢትዮጵያ ኢኮኖሚ ከሚሌኒየሙ መግቢያ ወዲህ ከፍተኛ ዕድገት እንዳሳየና የሕዝቡ ገቢ እንደጨመረ በስፋት...

Shows how different groups and individuals around the globe have succeeded or failed in not paying their due taxes, whether in kind or in cash, on their properties, or on their crops. Addresses questions of tax morale and fairness, and how social and...

Our elaborate market exchange system owes its existence not to our calculating brain or insatiable self-centeredness, but rather to our sophisticated and nuanced human sociality and to the inherent rationality built into our emotions. The modern economic...

This book collects together for the first time Anthony Brewer's work on the origins and development of the theory of economic growth from the late eighteenth century and looking at how it came to dominate economic thinking in the nineteenth century.

This book presents an analysis of systemic trends in profitability and capital accumulation in the US and other major OECD countries leading up to the Great Recession of 2008. The authors conclude that the long-term falling accumulation trend in the...

Many important economic and political debates today refer to the nature and the role of the State: should governments intervene in the economy and interfere with the operation of markets? In which occasions, and how? In order to better understand these...

Based on new datasets, this book presents an economic history of Indonesia. It analyses the causes of stagnation of growth during the colonial and independence period, making use of new theoretical insights from institutional economics and new growth...

This is the third and final volume of collected papers of A.W. Bob Coats. Following Coats' death in 2007, the work was completed by Roger Backhouse and Bruce Caldwell.

The book reveals the interconnection between social, cultural and political protest movements and social and economic changes in a post-communist country like Russia still dominated by bureaucratic rulers and "oligarchs" controlling all basic industries...