Economic history books

A definitive look at how the financial crisis of 2008 actually happened, peeling away years worth of misdirection...  Read More >>

Economic and political uncertainty has brought the language of class—especially discussion of the working class—to...  Read More >>

Economic and political uncertainty has brought the language of class—especially discussion of the working class—to...  Read More >>

In Agrarian Evolution in a Multiform Structure Society (first published in English in 1981) the author analyses...  Read More >>

Barbarians and Romans (1983) examines the rise of the barbarian tribes and the consequent decline of the Roman Empire....  Read More >>

The Elements of Greek Philosophy (1922) is an overview of the basic principles of Ancient Greek philosophy, tracing...  Read More >>

From Renaissance to Revolution (1923) traces in some of its many expressions the influence of the Renaissance on...  Read More >>

In the Beginning (1957) represents a series of lectures given by the author at Cornell University, examining the...  Read More >>

Economic Nationalism of the Danubian States (1928) examines the economic situations in the newly-configured countries...  Read More >>

First published in 1988, The Mexican Economy presents a comprehensive survey of the Mexican economy and its problems...  Read More >>

An Analysis of the Development and Nature of Accounting Principles in Japan (1991) explores the historical development...  Read More >>

The Political Economy of International Financial Instability (1986) discusses international financial problems as...  Read More >>

First published in 1970, Britain and America 1850–1939 is a key text for anyone seeking to trace and interpret the...  Read More >>

It also dives into socioeconomic topics related to social justice, critiquing the New Deal in its original and historical...  Read More >>

Takahashi reconstructs the key blocks of one of the founders of the Institutional school, John R. Commons’ theories...  Read More >>

THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE NEW BRITISH PRIME MINISTER 'Required reading for anyone who has an interest...  Read More >>

This book examines the concept of moral economy originally established by E.P. Thompson, focusing on the impact...  Read More >>

This volume explores major theoretical and empirical themes in the study of the economic history of the Middle East....  Read More >>

This volume presents a global study of the economic and cultural global systems in which smoking materials, practices...  Read More >>

From the Nobel Prizewinning economist and New York Times bestselling co-author of Deaths of Despair and the Future...  Read More >>

This monograph puts a focus on the fundamental role of timber, in the European industrialization process. This ties...  Read More >>

An intimate account of the eighteenth-century Bank of England that shows how a private institution became 'a great...  Read More >>

Economic history has always emphasized the importance of long-distance trade in the emergence of modern financial...  Read More >>

This book presents a representative set of Pierangelo Garegnani’s (1930-2011) works on the theory of value and distribution....  Read More >>

This book reflects China's experience, model and theory of successful inflation control. The idea of Stabilization...  Read More >>