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This book provides an overview of five centuries of Pacific and Pacific Rim economic and trade history, making it a valuable contribution to understanding of the increasing global importance of this region.

This book sets out the present state of the discussion of the decline in British industry and introduces new directions in which the debate is now proceeding.

In this volume an international team of distinguished monetary historians examine the historical experience of exchange rate behaviour under different monetary regimes.

Under the editorship of A.J.H. Latham and Heita Kawakatsu and comprising high quality essays on a topic of rising interest to scholars and policymakers, this volume makes some valuable contributions to regional and global dynamics of trade.

This book examines the effects of the Great Depression on the Nordic states in the interwar years, focusing on commercial and monetary policies but also important industries such as forestry, agriculture and fishing.

Using case studies from the US, Canada, Germany and Switzerland as well as the European Union and the global economy, this is the first book of its kind to examine historical evidence on how competition among states - or the lack of it - affects regulation, especially labour market regulation.

Natural Resources and Economic Growth contains theoretical and empirical articles by leading scholars who have studied this subject in different historical periods from the 19th century to the present day and in different parts of the world. Part I presents the theoretical issues and discusses the meaning of the "curse" and the relevance of the historical perspective. Part II captures the diversity of experiences, presenting thirteen independent case studies based on historical results from North and South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Europe.

Following on from his 1994 volume Mercantilism ¿ The Shaping of an Economic Language, this new book from Lars Magnusson presents a more synthetic interpretation of Mercantilism not only as a theoretical system, but also as a system of political economy. This book incorporates samples of material from the 1994 publication alongside new material, ordered in a new set of chapters and up-date discussions on mercantilism up to the present day.

Money is a core feature in all discussions of economic crisis, as is clear from the debates about the responses of the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States to the 2008 economic crisis. This volume explores the role of money in economic performance, and focuses on how monetary systems affected economic crises for the last 4000 years.

Natural Resources and Economic Growth contains theoretical and empirical articles by leading scholars who have studied this subject in different historical periods from the 19th century to the present day and in different parts of the world. Part I presents the theoretical issues and discusses the meaning of the "curse" and the relevance of the historical perspective. Part II captures the diversity of experiences, presenting thirteen independent case studies based on historical results from North and South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Europe.

Since the days of Adam Smith, Mercantilism has been a hotly debated issue. Condemned at the end of the 18th century as a "false" system of economic thinking and political practice, it has returned paradoxically to the forefront in regard to issues such as the creation of economic growth in developing countries. This concept is often used in order to depict economic thinking and economic policy in early modern Europe; its meaning and content has been highly debated for over two hundred years. Following on from his 1994 volume Mercantilism - The Shaping of an Economic Language, this new book from Lars Magnusson presents a more synthetic interpretation of Mercantilism not only as a theoretical system, but also as a system of political economy. This book incorporates samples of material from the 1994 publication alongside new material, ordered in a new set of chapters and up-date discussions on mercantilism up to the present day. Tracing the development of a particular political economy of Mercantilism in a period of nascent state making in Western and Continental Europe from the 16th to the 18th century, the book describes how European rulers regarded foreign trade and industrialisation as a means to achieve power and influence amidst international competition over trades and markets. Returning to debates concerning whether Mercantilism was a system of power or of wealth, Magnusson argues that it is in fact was both, and that contemporaries almost without exception saw these goals as interconnected. He also emphasises that Mercantilism was an all-European issue in a time of trade wars and the struggle for international power and recognition. In examining these issues, this book offers an unrivalled modern synthesis of Mercantilist ideas and practices.

This volume explores economic, social, and political dimensions of three catastrophic famines which struck mid-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Europe; the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) of 1845¿1850, the Finnish Famine (Suuret Nälkävuodet) of the 1860s and the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of 1932/1933.

Presenting a hitherto unknown and inaccessible corpus of data from ancient Babylonia, this exciting new volume examines the development of market performance from Antiquity until the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.

Always a natural companion to capitalism, bankruptcy has become much more prevalent in the public consciousness since the global financial crisis. This volume, from an international set of scholars, focuses on bankruptcy in early modern Europe, when its frequency made it not only an economic problem but the great personal and social tragedy it has become.

This book discusses the comparative legacy of colonial rule in the Netherlands Indies and Belgian Congo during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries from a wide range of social, political, economic and institutional perspectives.

In this volume an international team of distinguished monetary historians examine the historical experience of exchange rate behaviour under different monetary regimes.

This book uses a global history approach in order to reach a greater understanding of the agricultural transformation process, using a wide number of comparisons over time and space. The book seeks to identify key factors for agricultural transformation, through the use of micro level case studies, and to assess their importance in a global perspective.

Using case studies from the US, Canada, Germany and Switzerland as well as the European Union and the global economy, this book examines historical evidence on how competition among states - or the lack of it - affects regulation, especially labour market regulation.

Relevant to many fields including institutional economics, political science, anthropology, sociology and social psychology, this text handles the thorny issue of property rights and ethno-nationality.

This book poses a systematic challenge to Gerschenkron's 1950s thesis on universal banks. With contributions from leading scholars including Ranald Michie and Jaime Reis, it provides solid and intriguing arguments throughout.

Presents memoirs of intellectual lives. In conversation with cliometricians of the next generation, this title features twenty-five scholars who reflect on changes in the practice of economic history they have observed and have helped to bring about.

In this book leading economists and economic historians look at the history of the international monetary system, in particular the workings of the gold standard, to examine the implications for international monetary relations.

Bringing together leading scholars from both the east and west, this book offers fascinating insights into the cotton trade, the rice, wheat and shipping industries and the development of trade and finance in East Asia.

In this book leading economists and economic historians look at the history of the international monetary system, in particular the workings of the gold standard, to examine the implications for international monetary relations.

The studies in this exceptional volume explore the challenges and opportunities presented by globalization events prior to 1950, and identify how countries around the Mediterranean responded to them.