Economic history Books

The aim of this book is to outline the neoevolutionary paradigm emerging in the social sciences and indicate possibilities for its application in the management sciences. This monograph has an interdisciplinary nature and refers to a theory that has been...

This dissertation comprises five studies analyzing daily stock returns of listed firms. Studies one and two shed light on corporate diversification through M&A and how related risk dynamics affect shareholder wealth. Carrying over the risk analysis...

By using a unique combination of methods and tools, including sentiment analysis and usage fluctuation analysis, this book sheds light on the interplay between language and socio-economic dynamics, showing how the sentiment of specialized terms in the...

This book addresses ethical and spiritual issues in economics. The central idea advanced in the book is that the extreme focus on the self by economic actors leads to the destruction of both material and non-material values. The assumptions of...

Ce livre traite de l'évolution des rapports public-privé dans le secteur de l'énergie au Cameroun. Il aborde diverses questions en lien avec l'exploitation de ressources énergétiques, la planification économique et la politique énergétique. Il explore...

Steven Pinker: "Magoon has made a valuable contribution in adding to our understanding of the facts and causes of the most important development in human history."Tyler Cowen: "Michael Magoon's new book... will change your thinking about progress and its...

Before the First Opium War, from 1839-1842, China had long had substantial commercial activity. After Europeans forced the country to open up to the West, one of the Western ideas to which China was exposed was economic liberalism. This way of thinking...

This volume, Scarce and Valuable Economical Tracts, was edited by John Ramsay McCulloch and originally published in 1859. It contains essays on political economy written by: Nicholas Barbon, Daniel Defoe, Henry Elking, Thomas Wise, Benjamin Franklin,...

Politicians, economists, and Wall Street would have us believe that limitless economic expansion is the Holy Grail, and that there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the environment. Supply Shock debunks these widely...

2016 Reprint of 1952 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.  Hoover’s “Memoirs” constitute his political statement.  This third volume in the series, forthright...

On The Strength Of Nations is a book written by Andrew Bisset and published in 1859. It is a historical and political analysis of the leading nations of Europe during the 19th century, including Great Britain, France, Russia, and Prussia. Bisset examines...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Ross's Business English: A Treatise On English As It Is Used In Modern Business (1917) is a comprehensive guide to the English language as it is used in modern business. Written by John Walter Ross, this book provides a detailed overview of the...

The Results of Machinery is a book published in 1831 by the Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge. The book explores the impact of machinery on production and employment, arguing that it has led to cheaper production and increased employment...

Monopolies And Trusts is a book written by Richard Theodore Ely in the year 1900. The book is a detailed analysis of the concept of monopolies and trusts and their impact on the economy. Ely delves into the history of monopolies and trusts, tracing their...

Speeches of Richard Cobden: On Peace, Financial Reform, Colonial Reform, and Other Subjects, Delivered During 1849 is a collection of speeches by Richard Cobden, a prominent British politician and economist of the 19th century. The book was published in...

""Technical, Industrial, and Commercial Education in France"" is a comprehensive exploration of the educational system in France during the late 19th century. Written by Thomas Henry Teegan and originally published in 1891, this book delves into the...

China is a large developing economy and it has been deeply involved in globalization since its economic reform and opening-up. Simultaneously, China has seen a significant change in the spatial distribution of economic resources, especially capital and...

The aim of this work is to make available to English-language readers a translation of Jean-Baptiste Say's main texts on money and banking which were not at present accessible in English. The work includes chapters from his books taking into account the...

Since many countries in the world at present were European colonies in the not so distant past, the relationship between colonial institutions and development outcomes is a key topic of study across many disciplines.This edited volume, from a leading...

History teaches us that agricultural growth and development is necessary for achieving overall better living conditions in all societies. Although this process may seem homogenous when looked at from the outside, it is full of diversity within. This...

This volume takes up bankruptcy in early modern Europe, when its frequency made it not only an economic problem but a personal tragedy and a social evil. Using legal, business and personal records, the essays in this volume examine the impact of failure...

The financial crash of 2008 showed the fragility of the financial system. A key question which surfaced in the aftermath of the global crisis was why economists were unable to predict this crash. This new volume argues that this failure can be...

This book was first published in 1966.  The city of Nottingham grew from the nucleus of a smaller and older town to become one of the nation's leading industrial centres, and although it was not a product of the industrial revolution Nottingham was...

First Published in 2005. The present volume is concerned with the beginnings of the English Tobacco trade, and therefore does not extend beyond the first few years of the eighteenth century or the manufacturing process

South Wales was one of the main centres of the Industrial Revolution in Britain but the story of the rapid growth of an industrial society there has not yet been fully told, since much of the work done has consisted of articles rather than books.This...

First published in 2005. Much has been written about the physical development of the railway system in Britain, the enormous investment of capital involved and the crucial effects on economic and industrial growth in the nineteenth century, but very...

This book was first published in 1966. It was surprising that so small and so remote a country as Switzerland should have played such an important part in the industrial revolution on the Continent in the nineteenth century. A lack of natural resources...

First Published in 2005. The Irish Report is a scarce document, known to comparatively few economists. This reprint of the Report and of portions of the Minutes of Evidence, set against the historical background, will not only be of interest to the...

First Published in 2005. The political manoeuvres which brought about the collapse of  Britain's last Liberal government in May 1915 have already been the subject of much scholarly debate. This book will attempt to go beyond the arena of strictly...

First Published in 2005. This volume looks at the period of 1919 to 1939 in British economic policy and the Empire, including documents on imperial policy.

This volume focuses on the history and company of Renold Chains and the rise of the Precision Chain Industry between 1879 and 1955. Originally published in 1956, Renold Chains Limited, as the largest precision chain and chain accessory producing...

This is a fascinating insight into some of the most important thinking of the industrial revolution in Israel.Technological revolution, rapid industrialization and higher levels of productivity all drew more and more people from the...

First Published in 2005. History books have told us for far too long that farming in Britain was, in the eighteenth century, Tull's drill, Townshend's turnips, and Bakewell's metamorphosis of the cow and sheep; in the nineteenth century, corn laws,...

The nineteenth century was a time of rapid change in forms of organization of economic activity. A central feature of such change was, inevitably, the development of new types of finance adapted to the radically new environment. An appreciation of the...

First Published in 2005. The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to and interpretation of the development of the Canadian economy since European settlement. The main contrast between the book's view and previous interpretations of Canada's...

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Profound Changes took place in British Agriculture between 1875 and 1914. After the prosperous years of the mid-nineteenth century came a period of difficulty for landowners and farmers, with falling prices, lower rents and untenanted farms. Previously...

This fascinating collection presents industrialization as a total historical process involving the destruction of one world simultaneously with the creation of another. Divided into two sections, it deals with elements of life such as the organization of...

First Published in 2005. This book looks at the commercial relations between England and Portugal during the mediaeval period, including merchant trading. Due to the relations between Prince Henry the Navigator, and Vasco da Gama, the Anglo - Portuguese...

In 1801 the population of Great Britain was 10.6 million; by 1901 it was 37.1 million. The national product in 1801 has been valued at £138,000,000; by 1901 it was £1,948,000,000. The rise per head was from £12.9 to £52.5 and, as these figures represent...

This text offers a short account of England's foreign trade in the nineteenth century and looks at the economic and social results of commerce. First published in 1893, this is a revised version and it includes ten statistical diagrams.

First Published in 2005. So many books have been written on the Industrial Revolution in Britain that it may be thought that there is hardly room for another. The present volume is an attempt to go some way towards filling what must surely appear to be a...

This book was first published in 1969. This volume includes essays on the development of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway network; the early Railway Capital Market and tables n expenses, capital and gross revenue and expediture.

Biographies of Frederick the Great generally emphasise the military and diplomatic events of his reign and neglect to discuss fully the significance of his economic policy. In this series of essays Dr. Henderson deals with various aspects of the...

First published in 1962. A study of the rise of great industries in Western Europe. The factors which promoted industrial growth in Britain also influenced economic developments on the other side of the English Channel and there were signs of progress in...

This book was first published in 1967.  This volume contains a number of essays looking at Scottish business history, its sources and archives. Section two explores domestic and enterprise organsation with examples of lead-mining, joint stock...