Economic history books

"Are you curious about why Bitcoin matters? ""Shells to Satoshi"" is your guide to understanding the history of...  Read More >>

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English summary: Adam Smith @ 300 This volume provides a detailed overview of the current state of economic and...  Read More >>

Eliza Fowler Haywood (c. 1693-1756) was a prolific writer, widely connected actress and critical philosopher. In...  Read More >>

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The question addressed in this Element is: What happens to a society when, in the absence of influence from foreign...  Read More >>

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From the Introduction: This book challenges the conventional wisdom about classical political economy and the...  Read More >>

In the eighteenth century, Glasgow and its outports became the dominant force in the highly lucrative tobacco commerce...  Read More >>

Milton Friedman was lauded as the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era. This book collects...  Read More >>

Milton Friedman was lauded as the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era. This book collects...  Read More >>

This book focuses on worldwide historical experiences of monetary reforms and the reformist minds behind them: the...  Read More >>

A holistic understanding of the diverse history of the cross-border Central African Copperbelt, considered here...  Read More >>

"Amid a recent surge in arguments that the global economy has begun to ""de-globalize,"" a question has emerged:...  Read More >>

This book is about Saudi Arabia's efforts to overhaul its economy and the numerous prospects and challenges it faces...  Read More >>

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To the Ends of the Earth is a major history of ancient exploration, one that fully incorporates evidence from Greco-Roman...  Read More >>

Numbers, weights, and measurements, and the systems underpinning them, have always been a fundamental part of human...  Read More >>

The Confederate States of America was born in defense of slavery and, after a four-year struggle to become an independent...  Read More >>

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Analyses data from the Bristol Port Books to rewrite the history of trade in Bristol, including the city's early...  Read More >>

This edited volume presents a multi-perspectival inquiry into the models that have shaped the study of ancient economies...  Read More >>

For millennia the ability - and willingness - of humans to move over vast distances has allowed us to escape existential...  Read More >>