CK - Economic History 3

Das traditionsreiche Familienunternehmen Freudenberg, zu dem so bekannte Marken wie vileda® gehören, zählt zu den größten deutschen Industrieunternehmen. Die 497 Gesellschaften der Freudenberg Grupp……続きを見る

Samuel Gompers, the charismatic chief of the American Federation of Labor at the turn of the century, claimed to represent the interests of all workers in North America, but it was not until America……続きを見る

This book explores the rise of consumerism and the expanding variety of goods available in Japan. Japan is placed within the comparative context of the 'consumer revolution' in Europe and North Amer……続きを見る

From the colonial era to the present day, small businesses have been an integral part of American life. First published in 1991 and now thoroughly revised and updated, A History of Small Business in……続きを見る

This text offers an accessible guide to the ways in which our growing knowledge of development in early-modern and modernising Japan can throw light on the paths that industrialisation was eventuall……続きを見る

This volume, originally published in 1966, contains essays from the 1930s and is valuable not only in the context of the history of thought. It provides an excellent introduction to the general theo……続きを見る

Knut Wicksell is acknowledged to be the precursor and prophet of modern macroeconomic theory and he provided some of its chief elements a generation before their power and significance were properly……続きを見る

This volume, originally published in 1958, contains a selection of the most important and interesting articles by Knut Wicksell, which had hitherto only been published in Swedish. They cover Wicksel……続きを見る

Whilst the actual origins of English consumer culture are a source of much debate, it is clear that the nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in retailing and consumption. Mass production of goo……続きを見る

Spanish Dollars and Sister Republics traces the linked history of the new nations of Mexico and the United States from the 1770s to the 1860s. Tatiana Seijas and Jake Frederick highlight the common ……続きを見る

The book uses archival data to examine how access to micro-finance credit played a role in facilitating adjustment to blight during the Great Famine of Ireland. The author argues that the worst affe……続きを見る

The purpose of this volume, first published in 1925, is to provide the historical account of the regime whereby the State, in different countries, has sought to control economic life in the interest……続きを見る

The transformation of the Venetian glass industry during the Renaissance was not only a technical phenomenon, but also a social one. In this volume, Patrick McCray examines the demand, production an……続きを見る

Originally published in 1925. This book sets forth a plan to stabilize the currency at a time in which there was much discussion of what to radically change to improve the state of the flow of gold ……続きを見る

The worldwide spread of neoliberalism has transformed economies, polities, and societies everywhere. In conventional accounts, American and Western European economists, such as Milton Friedman and F……続きを見る

First published in 1943, this work contains five interconnected essays presenting the author's renowned additions to the business cycle theory. Written by one of the most distinguished economists of……続きを見る

This book, originally published in 1967, takes the automobile industry experience as a basis for a wider view of industrial relations, trends and developments of the 1950s and 60s. The study also an……続きを見る

The 1950s and 1960s were a time of historic growth, when over 20,000 new residents chose to make Sioux Falls their home. In 1981, Citibank came to Sioux Falls, bringing many more people to the city.……続きを見る

The disturbing, untold story of one of the largest financial institutions in the world, Citigroupーone of the " too big to fail" banksーfrom its founding in 1812 to its role in the 2008 financial cr……続きを見る

Kaum eine Wissenschaft hat so viel Einfluss auf unser Leben wie die Wirtschaftswissenschaft. Aber mit der Finanzkrise ist sie in eine Vertrauenskrise geraten. Es gibt vielfältige Kritik: Realitätsfe……続きを見る

From 1973 to 1987, Volkswagen's (VW) 140,000 hectare 'pioneer' cattle ranch on the Amazon frontier laid bare the limits of capitalist development. These limits were not only economic, with the core ……続きを見る

This book analyzes how financial liberalization affected the development of the financial crisis in Europe, with particular attention given to the ways in which power asymmetries within Western Euro……続きを見る

Originally published in 1996. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is one of the most effective multilateral environmental agreements currently in existence. Established ……続きを見る

Dass die internationalen Geldströme über Frankfurt laufen, ist allseits bekannt. Weitaus weniger weiß man über die regionalen Finanzzentren in Deutschland. Dabei bieten sie viele Vorteile: persönlic……続きを見る

Originally published in 1984. This book brings together a reasonably complete set of results regarding the use of Constraint Item estimation procedures under the assumption of accurate specification……続きを見る

This book argues that Lionel Robbins’s construction of the economics field’s organizing cornerstone, scarcityーand all that has been derived from it from economists in Robbins’s time to todayーno lo……続きを見る

This book is a work of contemporary economic history focusing primarily on the US and the UK. It shows that, historically, much of the wealth of the ultra-wealthy has been based on inheritance, tax ……続きを見る

Merck ist das älteste pharmazeutisch-chemische Unternehmen der Welt. Es entwickelte sich aus einer Darmstädter Apotheke, für die Friedrich Jacob Merck 1668 das Privileg erhielt, zum Weltkonzern. Sei……続きを見る

This penetrating examination of a paradox of colonial rule shows how the massive transfers of technology--including equipment, techniques, and experts--from the European imperial powers to their col……続きを見る

Merck is the oldest pharmaceutical-chemical company in the world. It developed into a global corporation from a Darmstadt pharmacy that Jacob Friedrich Merck received the pharmacist’s license for in……続きを見る