F - Economic History 1

A history of how the pursuit of growth has kept us from creating a more sustainable and just world. Most economists believe that growth is the surest path to better lives. This has proven to be one ……続きを見る

Danger Sound Klaxon! reveals the untold story of the Klaxon automobile horn, one of the first great electrical consumer technologies of the twentieth century. Although its metallic shriek at first s……続きを見る

This textbook introduces undergraduate and advanced undergraduate students to the economic foundations of America. Providing a rigorous yet accessible exploration of American Economic History from p……続きを見る

Wie werden in Deutschland die Stromnetzentgelte gebildet? Wie werden sie in Russland bestimmt? Die Autorin zeigt Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede der deutschen und russischen Regulierungspraxis auf.……続きを見る

Das Buch untersucht den Inhalt der Aufgreifkriterien in der europäischen, deutschen, taiwanesischen und festlandchinesischen Fusionskontrolle. Der Autor geht zuerst von einem Konkretisierungsmechani……続きを見る

This open access book focuses on the concepts, tools and techniques needed to successfully model ever-changing time-series data. It emphasizes the need for general models to account for the complexi……続きを見る

This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors propose that the……続きを見る

Neste livro falo a evolução do capitalismo ao Libertarianismo. Respondo diversas criticas apontadas ao sistema económico e apresento o livre mercado como a única solução para conviver em paz e longe……続きを見る

Neste livro dou uma breve explicação sobre a história e evolução do capitalismo ao Libertarianismo. Respondo criticas ao sistema e ataco a democracia e o socialismo, apresentando asseguir uma socied……続きを見る

Originally published in 1938, this symposium, based on the Sir Halley Stewart lectures for 1937, numbers among its contributors some of the world’s most distinguished economists and the subjects of ……続きを見る

A classic work in political philosophy, intellectual history and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians and scholars for half a century. Originally published in 1944,……続きを見る

The articles in the first part of this volume, two being a revised English version of an article originally in Spanish, examine the place of the city in the historical development of Castile. The fo……続きを見る

This book provides a historical background of the American business cycle, challenges the validity of conventional Keynesian ideology, and presents a bold, alternative theory of how production leads……続きを見る

Rejecting much of mainstream economic theory for being too passive, this book argues that the innovative and unpredictable nature of economic phenomena is better understood with analytical devices, ……続きを見る

Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology (RHETM) is a book series dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach to a broad range of topics related to the history and methodology of e……続きを見る

Originally published in 1959, this post-war study of farm rents marshals the evidence from a nation-wide survey. Not since the National Farm Survey of 1941-3 had similar information about the nation……続きを見る

The Royal Navy and the Slavers, first published in 1969, examines not only the Royal Navy’s 60-year campaign to eradicate slavery, but also the British Government’s diplomatic pressure on other coun……続きを見る

This book analyses the historical context and progression of "significant innovations" beginning with the industrial revolution, starting around 1750 to the present. It explores the interrelationshi……続きを見る

First Published in 1920, A Social and Industrial History of England 1815-1918 provides within as small a compass as possible, the historical background necessary for the study of modern industrial a……続きを見る

Emergent Africa (1967) expertly compresses the story of European penetration into the Africa of 1800. Its fragmentation into colonies and their emergence as independent nations into a terse, clear n……続きを見る

East Africa (1971) examines the century from 1870 that saw the emergence of East Africa from an ancient isolation into the modern world. This survey pays attention to the social and economic as well……続きを見る

Government in West Africa (1968) examines the practical working of modern government and the constitutional history of West Africa. It looks at various political thinkers and their application to th……続きを見る

The World Today (1974) examines the world of the late twentieth century and its roots – the disintegration of the old world is analysed in the expansion and subsequent decline of nineteenth-century ……続きを見る

A History of Ghana (1958) uses both European archives and considerable research among African traditional histories to examine the history of the Gold Coast and Ghana. The African histories are part……続きを見る

Banks failed, credit contracted, inequality grew, and people everywhere were out of work while political paralysis and slavery threatened to rend the nation in two. As financial crises always have, ……続きを見る

This book explores the deep meaningーthe nature or essenceーof the economy and its fundamental components. As a monograph on the philosophy of the economy and economics, it deduces the metaphysical ……続きを見る

The evolution of business history offers some radical ways forward for a discipline which is rich in potential. This shortform book offers an expert overview of how the field has relevance for conte……続きを見る

Across seventeen volumes to date, the Collected Works of F. A. Hayek series has anthologized the diverse and prolific writings of the Austrian economist synonymous with classical liberalism. Essays ……続きを見る

From a period of growth and considerably high levels of profitability, Greek banks recently found themselves battling a major decrease in demand in the local market, and an increase in non-performin……続きを見る

First published in 1929, this book was written to express the belief that nations’ commercial policy and doctrines could best be explained by reference to their history. The author argues that this ……続きを見る