Economic History
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The European Economy Since 1914
The fifth edition of The European Economy provides a succinct and lucid account of the development and problems of the European economy since the first world war. It covers the whole of Europe including Russia and Turkey. The text divides into several clearly defined sub-periods: the impact and...
Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge
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Growth of the International Economy, 1820-2015
5th Edition
Kenwood and Lougheed’s classic book has been the benchmark introduction to the development of the global economy for decades. For this fifth edition, Michael Graff has brought the story up to date to include events from the early part of the twenty first century – continued globalization, the...
To Be Published August 7th 2013 by Routledge
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Routledge Handbook of Major Events in Economic History
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
The Handbook of Major Events in Economic History aims to introduce readers to the important macroeconomic events of the past two hundred years. The chapters endeavour to explain what went on and why during the most significant economic epochs of the nineteenth, twentieth and early...
Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
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The Routledge Handbook of Modern Economic History
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
The Routledge Handbook of Modern Economic History aims to introduce readers to important approaches and findings of economic historians who study the modern world. Its short chapters reflect the most up-to-date research and are written by well-known economic historians who are authorities on their...
Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
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An Economic History of Ireland Since Independence
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
This book provides a cogent summary of the economic history of the Irish Free State/Republic of Ireland. It takes the Irish story from the 1920s right through to the present, providing an excellent case study of one of many European states which obtained independence during and after the First...
Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
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Real Business Cycle Models in Economics
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
The purpose of this book is to describe the intellectual process by which Real Business Cycle models developed. The approach taken focuses on the core elements in the development of RBC models: (i) building blocks, (ii) catalysts, and (iii) meta-syntheses. This is done by detailed examination of...
To Be Published December 9th 2013 by Routledge
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Agricultural Transformation in a Global History Perspective
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
History teaches us that agricultural growth and development is necessary for achieving overall better living conditions in all societies. Although this process may seem homogenous when looked at from the outside, it is full of diversity within. This book captures this diversity by presenting...
Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
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Economic Analysis of Institutional Change in Ancient Greece
Politics, Taxation and Rational Behaviour
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
This book presents an economic analysis of the causes and consequences of institutional change in ancient Athens. Focusing on the period 800-300 BCE, it looks in particular at the development of political institutions and taxation, including a new look at the activities of individuals like Solon,...
Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge
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Colonial Exploitation and Economic Development
The Belgian Congo and the Netherlands Indies Compared
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
Since many countries in the world at present were European colonies in the not so distant past, the relationship between colonial institutions and development outcomes is a key topic of study across many disciplines. This edited volume, from a leading international group of scholars, discusses the...
Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
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Famines in European Economic History
The Last Great European Famines Reconsidered
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
This volume re-evaluates economic and geographical aspects of famine in European history, though a comparative study of the Irish Famine 1845-1848, the Finnish Famine (1868) and the Ukraine Famine (Holodmor) of 1932-33. In each case, the book explores: An empirical overview of the pre-and...
To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
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A History of Market Performance
From Ancient Babylonia to the Modern World
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
This exciting new volume examines the development of market performance from Antiquity until the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Efficient market structures are agreed by most economists to serve as evidence of economic prosperity, and to be prerequisites for further economic growth. However,...
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Labour-Intensive Industrialization in Global History
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
The prevailing view of industrialization has focussed on technology, capital, entrepreneurship and the institutions that enabled them to be deployed. Labour was often equated with other factors of production, and assigned a relatively passive role. Yet it was labour absorption and the improvement...
Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
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Large Databases in Economic History
Research Methods and Case Studies
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
‘Big data’ is now readily available to economic historians, thanks to the digitisation of primary sources, collaborative research linking different data sets, and the publication of databases on the internet. Key economic indicators, such as the consumer price index, can be tracked over long...
To Be Published October 29th 2013 by Routledge
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Nationalism and Economic Development in Modern Eurasia
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world. In particular it explains why nationalism and economic development are closely linked, and why warfare plays a crucial role in the spread of the nation-state system. It is based on qualitative and quantitative evidence...
Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
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Privatization and Transition in Russia in the Early 1990s
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
Few economic events have caused such controversy as the privatization process in Russia. Some see it as the foundation of political and economic freedom. For others it was economics gone wrong, and ended in "Russians stealing money from their own country". As Russia reasserts itself, and its new...
To Be Published June 4th 2013 by Routledge
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The History of Bankruptcy
Economic, Social and Cultural Implications in Early Modern Europe
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
This volume takes up bankruptcy in early modern Europe, when its frequency made it not only an economic problem but a personal tragedy and a social evil. Using legal, business and personal records, the essays in this volume examine the impact of failure on business organizations and practices,...
Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge
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The Political Economy of Disaster
Destitution, Plunder and Earthquake in Haiti
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
Haiti, one of the least developed and most vulnerable nations in the Western Hemisphere, made the international headlines in January 2010 when an earthquake destroyed the capital, Port-au-Prince. More than a year later, little reconstruction has taken place, in spite of a strong international...
Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge
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Soviet Economic Management Under Khrushchev
The Sovnarkhoz Reform
Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
The Sovnarkhoz Reform of 1957 was designed by Khrushchev to improve efficiency in the Soviet economic system by decentralising economic decision making from all-Union branch ministries in Moscow to the governments of the individual republics and regional economic councils. Based on extensive...
To Be Published June 10th 2013 by Routledge
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A History of Economic Science in Japan
The Internationalization of Economics in the Twentieth Century
Series: The Routledge History of Economic Thought
Japanese economists started to publish their theoretical achievements in scientific journals including Econometrica in the 1950s and made their significant contributions to the sophistication of general equilibrium analysis by intensive use of a variety of mathematical instruments. They contributed...
To Be Published April 29th 2014 by Routledge
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Business History
Complexities and Comparisons
This major new textbook on business history brings together the expertise of two internationally renowned authors to provide a thorough overview of the developments in business – from just before the industrial revolution right up to the present day. Business History is global in scope and looks at...
Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge
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Globalization and Time
The process of globalization has brought about countless changes in societies, communities, regions and economies across the globe. It has been analyzed from many perspectives as a result and much has been written to muddy the waters of our understanding of this important concept. In going back to...
Published September 17th 2012 by Routledge
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History and Financial Crisis
Lessons from the 20th century
One striking weaknesses of our financial architecture, which helped bring on and perhaps deepen the Panic of 2008, is an inadequate appreciation of the past. Information about how the system functioned and the reliability of organizations and institutional controls were drawn from a relatively...
Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge
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Problems of a New World (Routledge Revivals)
Series: Routledge Revivals
First published in 1921, Problems of a New World deals with the economic and political issues that arose from the First World War. The first three parts of the study consider the world before the war, and the interests, purposes and ideals which influenced the national psyche during the years which...
Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
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Sport in Capitalist Society
A Short History
Why are the Olympic Games the driving force behind a clampdown on civil liberties? What makes sport an unwavering ally of nationalism and militarism? Is sport the new opiate of the masses? These and many other questions are answered in this new radical history of sport by leading historian of...
Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
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The Evolution of Modern Capitalism (Routledge Revivals)
A Study of Machine Production
Series: Routledge Revivals
Hobson’s The Evolution of Modern Capitalism was first published in 1894, although this reissue is of the fourth edition, published in 1926. The work traces the developments in trade and industry which characterised the first decades of the twentieth century. In the first part, Hobson deals with the...
Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
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International Harmonization of Financial Regulation?
The Politics of Global Diffusion of the Basel Capital Accord
It is often argued that international financial regulation has been substantially strengthened over the past decades through the international harmonization of financial regulation. There are, however, still frequent outbreaks of painful financial crises, including the recent 2008 global financial...
To Be Published August 19th 2013 by Routledge