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The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die
Niall Ferguson (University of Oxford)
History; Political science & theory; Political economy; Economic history
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From a renowned historian comes a searching and provocative examination of the widespread institutional rot that threatens... [more]
Debt: The First 5000 Years
David Graeber
Business & Economics; Economic history
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Anthropologist David Graeber shows readers that for more than 5000 years, since the beginning of agrarian empires, humans... [more]
Age Of Greed
Jeff Madrick
History; Economic history
Paperback
A vivid narrative history of the economics of greed - how it emerged in the 1970s and bred the US economic crisis - told through... [more]
Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction
Robert C. Allen
Business & Economics; Economics; Economic history
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The gap between the rich and the poor can be vast. Robert C. Allen considers the main factors that contribute to this gap,... [more]
Modern Japan: A History in Documents
James L. Huffman
History; Asian history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Economic history
Paperback
This work describes Japan's development since the early 1600s through the words and pictures of those who lived it. Drawing... [more]
Modern Japan: A History in Documents
James L. Huffman
History; Asian history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Economic history
Hardback
This work describes Japan's development since the early 1600s through the words and pictures of those who lived it. Drawing... [more]
Economics
Partha Dasgupta (Cambridge University)
Business & Economics; Economic history
Hardback
Originally published: Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. [more]
The Great Crash 1929
John Kenneth Galbraith
History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Business & Economics; Financial crises & disasters; Economic history
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Examines the causes, effects, and long-term consequences of America's infamous financial meltdown, showing how rampant speculation... [more]
Paper and Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation,...
Niall Ferguson
History; Economic history
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In this revisionist analysis of the German inflation of the early 1920s, Niau Ferguson argues that stabilising economic policies... [more]
Germany and Austria 1814-2000: Modern History for Modern Languages
Mark Allinson (University of Bristol, UK)
European history; Australasian & Pacific history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Political structure & processes; Economic history; Languages & ESL
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Beginning in 1814 with the Congress of Vienna, and ending in the 1990s with the consequences of German and European unification,... [more]
Wealth And Poverty Of Nations
David S. Landes
History; General & world history; Economic theory & philosophy; Economic history
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An accessible work on the haves and have-nots. [more]
Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974
James T. Patterson (Professor of History, Professor of History, Brown University)
History; History of the Americas; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; Economic history
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James T. Patterson weaves together political, social, cultural, and economic history to present a survey of postwar America.... [more]
Imperial and Soviet Russia: Power, Privilege and the Challenge of Modernity...
David Christian
History; European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Politics & government; Economic history
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This is an interpretative history of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union between 1850 and 1991. During this period, the countries... [more]
Golden Fetters: The Gold Standard and the Great Depression, 1919-1939
Barry Eichengreen (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley)
Business & Economics; Monetary economics; International economics; Economic history
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This is a reassessment of the international monetary crises of the post-World War I period, that led to the Great Depression... [more]
Economics and the Dreamtime: A Hypothetical History
Noel George Butlin (Australian National University, Canberra)
History; Economic history
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This imaginative book presents a concept of a pre-European Aboriginal economy and analyses the processes which allowed economic... [more]
An Economic History of the English Garden
Roderick Floud
History; Social & cultural history; Economic history; Horticulture; Gardens (descriptions, history etc)
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An Economic History of the English Garden draws on never-seen primary sources to explore how much gardens cost to make and... [more]
$55.00
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The Marginal Revolutionaries: How Austrian Economists Fought the War of...
Janek Wasserman
Central government policies; Business & Economics; Economic theory & philosophy; Political economy; Economic history
Hardback
A group history of the Austrian School of Economics, from the coffeehouses of imperial Vienna to the modern-day Tea Party... [more]
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity: The International Bestseller
Carlo M. Cipolla
Politics & government; Business & Economics; Behavioural economics; Economic history; Humour
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Cipolla, the late, noted professor of economic history at the University of California, Berkeley, created a vitally important... [more]
$15.99
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Culture, Philanthropy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London
Geoffrey A. C. Ginn
British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Industrialisation & industrial history; Cultural studies; Economic history
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Ginn argues that Victorian cultural philanthropy was a response to daunting urban challenges, and should be seen as part of... [more]
The Economic Roots of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong: Globalization...
Louis Augustin-Jean (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Anthea H.Y. Cheung (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Social issues & processes; Demonstrations & protest movements; Economic history
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In the autumn of 2014, thousands of people, young and educated in their majority, occupied the chief business district and... [more]
The Global Economy: A Concise History
Franco Amatori, Andrea Colli (Bocconi University, Italy)
International economics; Economic history; Human geography
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The Global Economy: A Concise History traces the history of the global economy over the past thousand years. In doing so,... [more]
Ricardo and the History of Japanese Economic Thought: A selection of Ricardo...
Susumu Takenaga (Daito Bunka University, Japan)
Economic theory & philosophy; International economics; Economic history
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David Ricardo's theories were introduced in fragments in Japan after the Meiji restoration of 1868 and his work came into... [more]
Australians in Shanghai: Race, Rights and Nation in Treaty Port China
Sophie Loy-Wilson (The University of Sydney, Australia)
Asian history; Australasian & Pacific history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Economic history
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In the first half of the twentieth century, a diverse community of Australians settled in Shanghai. There they forged a `China... [more]
Ricardo and International Trade
Shigeyoshi Senga (Yokohama City University, Japan), Masatomi Fujimoto (Osaka Gakuin University, Japan), Taichi Tabuchi (Doshisha University, Japan)
Economic theory & philosophy; International trade; Economic history
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David Ricardo's theories have been widely studied and discussed, including the prominent theory on comparative advantage.... [more]
War in the History of Economic Thought: Economists and the Question of War...
Yukihiro Ikeda (Keio University, Japan), Annalisa Rosselli (Universita di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)
Theory of warfare & military science; Economic theory & philosophy; Economic history
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Even after the experience of WWII and despite the existence of various institutions such as United Nations to avoid conflict... [more]
