Economic history books

This accessible and insightful textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the economics of prehistory. By...  Read More >>

Using materials from archives, literature, and field research, this book chronicles the history of the evolution...  Read More >>

The 1980s saw spirited debate in China, as officials and the public pressed for economic and political liberalization....  Read More >>

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Going to Market rethinks women’s contributions to the early modern commercial economy. A number of previous studies...  Read More >>

In 1644 the news that Antonio de Montezinos claimed to have discovered the Lost Tribes of Israel in the jungles...  Read More >>

All pre-industrial societies had to face certain challenges: earthquakes, plague, warfare, soil erosion and subsistence...  Read More >>

In this volume, the mutual interdependence between road and rail transport is investigated, providing a fascinating...  Read More >>

This book explores the meanings assigned to goods sold retail from 1550 to 1820 and how their labels were understood....  Read More >>

Gambling is a fascinating subject which for many centuries has attracted public interest. Yet, despite its ubiquity,...  Read More >>

This book examines the complex regulation and deregulation of energy, communications, transportation and water utilities...  Read More >>

Garcia de Orta’s Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India (1563) was printed in Goa, the capital of the Portuguese...  Read More >>

Drawing upon an impressive range of international sources, this book explores the late-nineteenth century partnership...  Read More >>

In Search of Stability seeks to understand the economics of money through a narrative on the history of the rupee....  Read More >>

The early-sixteenth century was a turbulent time for the Italian peninsula as competing centres of power struggled...  Read More >>

The purpose of this collection is to bring together representative examples of the most recent work that is taking...  Read More >>

Inspired by recent research on the cultural impact of economic change, an international team of leading academics...  Read More >>

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During the twentieth century the financial sector became possibly the most regulated area of the economy in many...  Read More >>

Many important economic and political debates, today, refer to the nature and the role of the State. In order to...  Read More >>

The fourteen articles in this volume bring together some of the latest research on the cultural, intellectual and...  Read More >>

This book addresses the relationship between food consumption, status and power at the royal courts of Europe in...  Read More >>

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Between 1849 and 1853, shares in nearly 120 public companies to exploit the booming goldfields of California and...  Read More >>

This book is a wide-ranging exploration of the production of Victorian art autograph replicas, a painting’s subsequent...  Read More >>