Economic history Books

The Dawn Of A New Era In Finance is a book written by Freeman Otis Willey and originally published in 1887. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the financial industry during the late 19th century, exploring the emerging trends and changes taking...

The Advertising Book, 1916 is a comprehensive guide to the principles and practices of advertising, written by Paul Terry Cherington. First published in 1916, the book provides a detailed overview of the advertising industry at the time, including the...

""System of Economical Contradictions V1: Or The Philosophy of Misery"" is a book written by Pierre Joseph Proudhon in 1888. It is a philosophical treatise on the contradictions inherent in the capitalist economic system. Proudhon argues that the system...

Money Or Men? is a book written by Bruce Verne Crandall and published in 1919. The book is a social commentary on the role of money and men in society. The author argues that there is a constant struggle between the two, with money often taking...

Ce livre, intitul����� ""Histoire Financi�����re de la France V1: Depuis l'Origine de la Monarchie jusqu'������ la Fin de 1786 (1830)"", est �����crit par Antoine Bailly. Il s'agit d'une �����tude approfondie de l'histoire financi�����re de la France...

L'ouvrage intitul����� ""L'Industrie Le Commerce Et Les Travaux Publics En Normandie: Au XVII Et Au XVIII Siecles"" a �����t����� �����crit par Celestin Hippeau. Il a �����t����� publi����� en 1870 et traite de l'histoire de l'industrie, du commerce et...

Le livre ""Histoire Du Commerce De La France V2: Le Seizieme Siecle Henri IV, Richelieu (1897)"" �����crit par Henri Pigeonneau est une �����tude approfondie sur l'histoire du commerce de la France au XVIe si�����cle, en se concentrant sur les r�����gnes...

Ce livre, intitul����� ""Etude Historique Sur L'Impot Et L'Administration De L'Enregistrement"", a �����t����� �����crit par A. F. Bonnefon et publi����� en 1882. Il s'agit d'une �����tude approfondie de l'histoire de l'imp�����t et de l'administration...

Le livre ""De L'Influence D'Une Grande R�����volution: Sur Le Commerce (1808)"" de Laboulini�����re, Pierre, traite de l'impact de la R�����volution fran�����aise sur le commerce. L'auteur explore les changements �����conomiques et politiques qui ont...

'Essai Sur Les Monnaies Du Comte De Bourgogne (1855)' de Plantet, L est un livre qui explore les monnaies �����mises sous le r�����gne des comtes de Bourgogne. L'auteur examine en d�����tail les diff�����rents types de monnaies, leur valeur, leur poids...

Le livre ""Le Tonkin Industriel et Commercial (1883)"" de Calixte Imbert est une �����tude approfondie sur l'�����conomie et le commerce de la r�����gion du Tonkin, au Vietnam, ������ la fin du XIXe si�����cle. L'auteur examine les ressources naturelles...

By applying a distinctive law and religion approach to the study of the contract in Islam, the book provides a comprehensive exploration of a topic that is of interest to legal and economic historians and comparatists, but also of topical meaning for...

The Soviet Economy on the Brink of Reform (1988) is a collection of essays in honour of Alec Nove and covers such topics as Leon Trotsky, Navrozov, Soviet Investment criteria, Soviet Agricultural, and economic politics under Andropov and Chernenko.

The Socialist Industrial State (1976) examines the state-socialist system, taking as the central example the Soviet Union - where the goals and values of Marxism-Leninism and the particular institutions, the form of economy and polity, were first adopted...

Labour in Transition (1992) examines the massive transformations undertaken by state socialist regimes at the end of the 1980s. It traces developments in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China, in particular the impact of changes in the labour...

The Communist Economic Challenge (1965) examines the substantial industrial development in the Soviet Union, and evaluates the reality of the Soviet claims that its growth was a mark of the 'inherent superiority' of its economic system over capitalism.

The Northern Sea Route and the Economy of the Soviet North (1956) evaluates the commercial value of the route on the basis of a detailed study of the economy of the Soviet North. While the primary focus is on economic, strategic and material grounds, it...

Agricultural Co-operation in the Soviet Union (1929) examines agriculture in the USSR as the government was restructuring all national economic life and enterprise on a state socialist basis. It looks at the significance of farming co-operatives in...

Economic Trends in Soviet Russia (1930) examines the economic position of the USSR a decade after the Revolution. It displayed the contradictions evident in an economy that had been isolated from the world economy while undergoing great changes, and...

Soviet Agriculture in Perspective (1969) examines the framework of Soviet agriculture and in analysing Soviet agricultural policy, it looks at the appropriate volume of agricultural output, the need for massive capital investment, the level of prices and...

The Second Five-Year Plan of the Development of the U.S.S.R. (1934) contains a summary of the achievements of the Soviet Union's First Five-Year Plan and the provisions of the Second Five-Year Plan.

The Soviet Union Looks Ahead (1930) is the official statement of the five-year economic plan put forward by the Soviet Union, a plan involving the radical reconstruction of the entire production system of Russia.

Wrecking Activities at Power Stations in the Soviet Union (1933) is a valuable historical document that presents a verbatim report of the trials of various Soviet and British engineers and workers accused of acts of sabotage against the Soviet energy...

The Soviet Economy (1983) examines the long-term prospective growth of the USSR's economy. It looks at the Soviet economy's growth process at an advanced stage of development, and assesses how it would evolve in the period ahead.

Energy Reviews: Unified Gas Supply System of the USSR (1985) explores some important aspects of the development and operation of the unified gas system of the Soviet Union.

Soviet Management and Labor Relations (1988) examines the official model of Soviet labor relations and the operational reality. It deals with the main aspects of the official model of labor relations and legislation; Soviet management practices, labor...

Soviet Geography (1935) presents a comprehensive account of the economic development of the USSR as it stood at the time. It deals with the main changes in the distribution of the productive forces of the country and discusses their significance. It...

The Enigma of Soviet Petroleum (1980) provides an analysis of the relevance of the Soviet planning system to oil production levels: why it is that planning has been the source of so many petroleum industry problems, and the nature of the measures that...

The Impact of Soviet Shipping (1987) is a detailed analysis of the operations and impact of Soviet shipping. Using new data sources and drawing on discussions with Soviet shipping managers, the book provides a valuable insight into the workings of the...

Soviet Central Asia (1989) explores the economic development of the four republics of Central Asia that suffered under Moscow's economic policies - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kirghizia and argues that the region serves as a prime example of...

The frequency and repetition of economic crises over the last hundred years demands an analysis that allows us to discover the root causes of these situations and the problems they have generated in the world economy. This book investigates these cycles...

The Economic Development of the USSR (1982) examines the economic advances the Soviet Union made as the first major economy to adopt full-scale socialist planning. It provides an impartial assessment of the merits and defects of the Soviet planning...

The Disintegration of the Soviet Economic System (1992) examines in detail the collapse of the Soviet economic system, and is set in its political context, both international and domestic. The collapse is looked at from a macroeconomic point of view,...

The book tests various theoretical models about the relationships between money and prices, money growth and inflation, money growth and real output, expected inflation; the output gap, fiscal policy, and inflation, using a number of parametric and...

Presents a historical perspective on the development of population density in The Netherlands, offering a broad survey of the conventional approach to measuring immigration's effects and also considering better measures of welfare and providing a...

This book expands upon a range of economic insights within the overall context of critical theory, particularly with respect to the question of socioeconomic inequalities, and presents an explanation of how critical theory provides a number of...

At what stage of their careers do great artists produce their most important work? In a series of studies that bring new insights and new dimensions to the study of artistic creativity, Galenson's new book examines the careers of more than one hundred...

The marginalist revolution of the late nineteenth century consolidated what Karl Marx and Piero Sraffa called 'vulgar economy', bringing with it an emphasis on a scarcity theory that replaced the classical surplus theory. However, the classical political...

This book presents a selection of essays from Takeshi Hamashita's ouevre on Asian trade to introduce this important historian's work on China and East Asia's incorporation to the world economy to the English speaking reader.

The book seeks to analyse Ricardo's works during the time of the outbreak of the Second World War. The book covers different aspects of his works and contains elements which may be interesting to foreign and even Japanese readers today without...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

First published in 1989, Russia's 'Age of Silver' represents a major contribution to the history of the international economy during the eighteenth century, challenging old prejudices and establishing the importance of Russian precious-metal production...

Geoffrey Pilling's treatment of this complex issue in political economy, first published in 1986, concentrates on a review of Keynes' writings rather than the vast literature that has developed surrounding his work since the Second World War. It does,...

The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of the twenty-first century. Alarmed by declining growth rates in industrialized countries, climate change, and rising socio-economic inequalities, among other challenges, more and more...

<p>At regular intervals since the early modern age, the get rich quick syndrome has swept millions of credulous souls to the very extremes of ambition and greed in their desire to amass wealth. <br>The symptoms of such behaviour have often...

This book explores the twists and turns in Argentina's modern economic history and the debates that raged there around a problem common to all former colonies: how to achieve a level of economic growth for its population in a world characterized by...

Over the past few years, Marx's Capital has received renewed academic and popular attention. This volume is dedicated to the history of the making, the theoretical evaluation, and the analysis of the dissemination and reception of an almost unknown...

This deft selection includes some of Hayek's most important and famous essays as well as unpublished and lesser-known works spanning from 1931 to 1984.