Jr. - Economic History 1

Black barbers, reflected a freed slave who barbered in antebellum St. Louis, may have been the only men in their community who enjoyed, at all times, the privilege of free speech. The reason lay in ……続きを見る

In an era of global interconnectedness, tariffs remain one of the most powerful yet misunderstood tools shaping economies, industries, and international relations. This book takes readers through th……続きを見る

Barrington Moore, Jr., one of the most distinguished thinkers in critical theory and historical sociology, was long concerned with the prospects for freedom and decency in industrial society. The pr……続きを見る

In Earnestly Contending, Dickson Bruce examines the ways in which religious denominations and movements in antebellum America coped with the ideals of freedom and pluralism that exerted such a stron……続きを見る

Economic Biology and Behavioral Economics: The Prophesy of Alfred Marshall explores the prophesy of Alfred Marshall, the grand synthesizer of neoclassical economics, that the "Mecca of the economist……続きを見る

The present collection of articles is based on data from the European Social Survey (ESS) and analyses the changes in European societies. The first part of the volume is devoted to relations between……続きを見る

First published in 1969, Conflict and Stability in Fifteenth-Century England is a study of a much neglected and misinterpreted century of English historyーthe century of the Wars of the Roses which,……続きを見る

The Saudi Arabian Economy (1986) is a comprehensive analysis of the late-twentieth century Saudi Arabian economy. It examines the key oil sector, charts its development and assesses the dilemmas fac……続きを見る

Originally published in 1989, this study provides an informed and critical analysis of local partnerships between the private and public sectors in response to the unemployment problems. Until this ……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

Crash da Bolsa de Nova York, 1929. Crash das bolsas brasileiras, 1971. A bolha imobiliária de 2008. A quebra das Lojas Americanas, 2023. Nenhuma dessas crises financeiras ocorreu por acaso. Neste li……続きを見る

Scale and Scope is Alfred Chandler’s first major work since his Pulitzer Prize–winning The Visible Hand. Representing ten years of research into the history of the managerial business system, this b……続きを見る

Covering events such as banking crises, economic bubbles, natural disasters, trade embargoes, and depressions, this single-volume encyclopedia of major U.S. financial downturns provides readers with……続きを見る

Evolutionary Social Theory and Political Economy traces the origins, extension, marginalization and revival of evolutionary approaches to social theory from the Enlightenment through the beginning o……続きを見る

African American Studies: The Discipline and Its Dimensions is a comprehensive resource book that recounts the development of the discipline of African American Studies and provides a basic referenc……続きを見る

In this major reinterpretation of the evolution of the American corporation, Mark Roe convincingly demonstrates that the ownership structure of large U.S. firms owes its distinctive character as muc……続きを見る

This book examines the development and organization of the NBA and its clubs, how each club has performed in seasons and postseasons, and to what extent each has prospered and succeeded as a busines……続きを見る

The Changing Face of Economics gives the reader a sense of the modern economics profession and how it is changing. The volume does so with a set of nine interviews with cutting edge economists, foll……続きを見る

The rise and fall of a tax shelter industry that enabled some of America's richest citizens to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. For ten boom-powered years at the turn of the twenty-first cent……続きを見る

This book provides numerous examples that apply the modern theory of bureaucracy developed in Breton and Wintrobe (1982 and 1986) to the Nazi Holocaust. More specifically, the book argues, as do Bre……続きを見る

Offers the study of Antebellum southern slavery and the credit system. This work explains how the Bank of the United States supported the government's and the nation's credit abroad by providing see……続きを見る

Rent Seeking and Human Capital: How the Hunt for Rents Is Changing Our Economic and Political Landscape explores the debates around rent seeking and contextualizes it within the capitalist economy. ……続きを見る

The theory of the firm has recently undergone a dramatic transformation, drawing heavily on the pathbreaking work of Armen Alchian. This volume explores his contribution to the debate, including ess……続きを見る

The dean of business historians continues his masterful chronicle of the transforming revolutions of the twentieth century begun in Inventing the Electronic Century. Alfred Chandler argues that only……続きを見る

What is wrong with the twelve key elements of economics and it's approximate 61 postulates, theorems, and assumptions? If we take just a slice of history, a history that repeats itself, the results ……続きを見る

Banks were allowed to enter securities markets and become universal banks during two periods in the past century - the 1920s and the late 1990s. Both times, universal banks made high-risk loans and ……続きを見る

The first comprehensive economic and legal analysis of hub-and-spoke cartels, with detailed case studies. A cartel forms when competitors conspire to limit competition through coordinated actions. M……続きを見る

"The History of Economic Theory" features selected writings from influential economists of the 18th and 19th centuries. Included are the prominent works of Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, and J.R. Mc……続きを見る

Based on church and state records from the burgh of Aberdeen, this study explores the deeper social meaning behind petty crime during the Reformation. Falconer argues that an analysis of both crimin……続きを見る

Originally published in 1985, Urbanisation in China is based on extensive original research and fieldwork, considers the whole problem of urbanisation in China. Starting with an outline of the pre-c……続きを見る