Economic history books

"Have you ever stumbled upon a vacant lot, a crumbling factory, or a wasteland scarring your city's landscape? These...  Read More >>

Americans today worry about concentrated power in private industry to an extent not seen in generations. Not only...  Read More >>

Americans today worry about concentrated power in private industry to an extent not seen in generations. Not only...  Read More >>

This revised and expanded book focuses on Hilferding's major work, Finance Capital.  Read More >>

"The rich have always fascinated, sometimes in problematic ways. Medieval thinkers feared that the super-rich would...  Read More >>

"The rich have always fascinated, sometimes in problematic ways. Medieval thinkers feared that the super-rich would...  Read More >>

Stevens tells the untold story of the search for a moral foundation for capitalism through its leading characters....  Read More >>

A new global history of Fordism from the Great Depression to the postwar eraAs the United States rose to ascendancy...  Read More >>

"The first comprehensive study of Pliny the Elder's economic thought - and its implications for understanding the...  Read More >>

Jason Mandel sheds light on how the big Wall Street firms manipulate circumstances to benefit themselves first,...  Read More >>

This book sheds new light on the general equilibrium theory of Léon Walras (1834–1910) from a historical perspective....  Read More >>

Political Economy of the Spanish Miracle provides an alternative explanation of Spanish economic development, analyzing...  Read More >>

This book starts with an assumption that actors are controlled by diverse, inconsistent forces and shows that introducing...  Read More >>

How the rich and the super-rich throughout Western history accumulated their wealth, behaved (or misbehaved) and...  Read More >>

Contested commodities range from labour to votes, to human organs, to parks and emissions. But in the context of...  Read More >>

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This book brings together world-renowned experts and rising scholars to provide a collection of chapters examining...  Read More >>

"""Discover the blueprint for a sustainable maritime industry in this groundbreaking book. From innovative ship...  Read More >>

An engaging, solutions-oriented look at how cities and nations can better navigate issues of innovation and inequality....  Read More >>

An engaging, solutions-oriented look at how cities and nations can better navigate issues of innovation and inequality....  Read More >>

Commemorating the 250th anniversary of James Mill’s birth and the 150th of John Stuart Mill’s death, this volume...  Read More >>

How can developing countries become high-income nations? What is the nexus between public policies and geopolitical,...  Read More >>

With the rise of modern behavioural economics and increasing interest in subjective well-being research, the question...  Read More >>

First published in 1974, Authors, Publishers and Politicians describes the efforts to secure an Anglo-American copyright...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the interrelationship between nature and the human economy. This is an introductory account...  Read More >>