anne - Economic History 2

This book compares and contrasts the motivations, morality, and effectiveness of space exploration when pursued by private entrepreneurs as opposed to government. The authors advocate market-driven,……続きを見る

The Origins of the Consumer Revolution in England explores the rise of consumerism from the end of the medieval period through to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The book takes a detailed l……続きを見る

‘This book makes an important contribution to the history of household labour relations in two contrasting societies. It deserves a wide readership.’ ーAnne Booth, SOAS University of London, UK ‘By ……続きを見る

This book analyses business cycles synchronization in the Euro Area (EA), one of the 3 criteria that define Optimal Currency Areas (OCAs). Even before its launch, economists questioned whether the E……続きを見る

This anthology adds to the burgeoning field of settler colonial studies by examining settler colonial narratives in the under analyzed medium of film. Cinematic Settlers discusses different cinemati……続きを見る

Based on readings of some of the leading literary voices in contemporary Irish writing, this book explores how these authors have engaged with the events of Ireland's recent economic 'boom' and the ……続きを見る

Most accounts of the current financial crisis tell a story of deregulation, out-of-control markets and irresponsible speculation. But few of those works have done more than regurgitate the newspaper……続きを見る

UNIQUE: looks at Hamilton's programs from the perspective of Hamilton's contemporaries, using primary sources. In late 1789, what would the man who cornered Secretary Hamilton in a tavern, or the wo……続きを見る

This book comprehensively investigates the position of China’s working class between the 1980s and 2010s and considers the consequences of economic reforms in historical perspective. It argues the c……続きを見る

"Af de bevægelser, der som vældige efterdønninger fulgte på verdenskrigens orkan, er Tyrkiets nationale genfødsel en af de historisk mest interessante, politisk mest betydningsfulde." Tyrkiets geogr……続きを見る

This book is the second of three volumes that uses the theory of Optimal Currency Areas (OCAs) and applied econometric techniques to provide the reader with a compact analysis of the Euro area, its ……続きを見る

Explores the variety of legal and regulatory regimes that existed in Western Europe to control labour and how workers experienced those controls. Many economic historians have assumed that labour i……続きを見る

Bosch is a company with a rich history. It stands for important trends of the modern world, such as the motorization of transport or the electrification of the household, and was one of the pioneers……続きを見る

This book examines the use, principally in economics, of the concept of the invisible hand, centering on Adam Smith. It interprets the concept as ideology, knowledge, and a linguistic phenomenon. It……続きを見る

At the heart of this study on cross-cultural trade lies a concrete case-study of a network of diamond merchants operating in the early eighteenth century. All the traders examined in this study are ……続きを見る

Die Münchener Rück stieg schon bald nach ihrer Gründung im Jahr 1880 zum Weltmarktführer auf. Johannes Bähr und Christopher Kopper legen nun die erste Geschichte des Unternehmens vor, die von den An……続きを見る

Bosch ist ein Unternehmen mit einer großen Geschichte. Es steht exemplarisch für wichtige Trends der Moderne, wie die Motorisierung des Verkehrs oder die Elektrifizierung des Haushalts und zählt zu ……続きを見る

Werner von Siemens gehört zu den Wegbereitern der Moderne. Anlässlich seines 200. Geburtstags zeichnet Johannes Bähr ein faszinierendes Bild dieses außergewöhnlichen Unternehmers und seiner Epoche. ……続きを見る

What is the difference between gambling and speculation? This difficult question has posed a legal problem throughout American history. Many have argued that periodic failures by regulators to diffe……続きを見る

During the 1980s and 1990s, Richard Normann and his colleagues developed an original approach to strategy, based on seeing value as inherently co-produced in systems. Their 'Value Creating Systems' ……続きを見る

Whilst there has been much recent scholarly work on retailing during the early modern period, less is known about how people at the time perceived retailing, both as onlookers, artists and commentat……続きを見る

This book reveals the business history of the Australian Government Clothing Factory as it introduced innovative changes in the production and design of the Australian Army uniform during the twenti……続きを見る

Silver mining was a capitalist business long before the supposed origin of modern capitalism Hundreds of years before a sixteenth†‘century crisis in European agriculture led to the origins of capita……続きを見る

Individualism has been one of the driving forces in the rise of modern capitalism, and methodological individualism has been dominant in social science for many years. In this paradigm the economy i……続きを見る

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"This is the book on porcelain we have been waiting for. . . . A remarkable achievement."ーEdmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes A sweeping cultural and economic history of porcelain, f……続きを見る

The seafood industry on the coast of Mississippi has attracted waves of immigrants and other workersーoftentimes folks who were either already acquainted with maritime livelihoods or those who quick……続きを見る

This is the first book to survey the experience of servants in rural Europe from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. Live-in servants were a distinctive element of early modern society. They we……続きを見る

This is the first book to survey the experience of servants in rural Europe from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. This is the first book to survey the experience of servants in rural Europe ……続きを見る

What is the difference between gambling and speculation? This difficult question has posed a legal problem throughout American history. Many have argued that periodic failures by regulators to diffe……続きを見る