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1. The Rise of the Corporate Economy

   By Leslie Hannah

   Series: Economic History

   First published in 1976, this much acclaimed book looks at the story of how today's large corporations have superseded the small competing firms of the nineteenth century. The long-run analysis confirms that the crucial periods in the formulation of the modern corporate system were the 1920's and...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
2. Six Centuries of Work and Wages

   The History of English Labour

   By James E. Thorold Rogers

   Series: Economic History

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. Essays on a Mature Economy: Britain After 1840

   Papers and Proceedings on the New Economic History of Britain 1840-1930

   Edited by Deirdre McCloskey

   Series: Economic History

   These unique papers were originally read at a conference on the new economic history of Britain at Harvard in 1970, and each is accompanied by a summary of the discussion that followed it. The participants of the conference represented a broad range of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic. The...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. Silver in England

   By Philippa Glanville

   Series: Economic History

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Rise of Modern Industry

   By J.L. Hammond, Barbara Hammond

   Series: Economic History

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
6. Commercial Crises of the Nineteenth Century

   By H.M. Hyndman

   Series: Economic History

   Introduction Chapter 1. The crisis of 1815 Chapter 2. The crisis of 1825 Chapter 3. The crisis of 1836-1839 Chapter 4. The crisis of 1847 Chapter 5. The crisis of 1857 Chapter 6. The crisis of 1866 Chapter 7. The crisis of 1873 Chapter 8. The crisis of 1882 Chapter 9. The crisis of 1890 Chapter 10....

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
7. Population Malthus

   His Life and Times

   By Patricia James

   Series: Economic History

   This is a fascinating insight into the work of one of our greatest thinkers. Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834) is best remembered today for his theories on the menace of over-population; this first ever full-length biography shows him also in his role as one of the founders of classical...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
8. Medieval Merchant Venturers

   Collected Studies

   By E.M Carus-Wilson

   Series: Economic History

   First published in 1967, this superb collection of essays on trade in the Middle Ages has been a major contribution to modern medieval studies. Professor Carus-Wilson examines: * fifteenth-century Bristol* trade with Iceland* the Merchant Adventurers of London* the thirteenth-century cloth...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Malthusian Controversy

   By Kenneth Smith

   Series: Economic History

   This book, first published in 1951, focuses on the hitherto ignored contemporary critics of Malthus, giving them the attention they so rightly deserve. Dr Smith traces the Malthusian controversy step by step, from 1798, the date of the First Essay, to the death of Malthus in 1834. Investigating...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
10. The Rise of Merchant Banking

    By Stanley Chapman

    Series: Economic History

    This is the first serious history of merchant banking, based on the archives of the leading houses and the records of their activities throughout the world. It combines scholarly insight with readability, and offers a totally new assessment of the origins of one of the most dynamic sectors of the...

    Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge