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This book makes an important contribution to the history and theory of British post-war economics in its presentation of an innovative, historically informed, yet contemporary theory of the British state.

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.

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.

The economics of movies has been curiously under explored until now. This intelligent, readable book with contributions from the leading experts in the area, is a huge step forward in our understanding of this important topic.

This is a controversial and comprehensive account of a formative period in French economic history.

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.

An international board of contributors underline the diversity in the economic experiences of early modern Europeans, and suggest how this variety might be the foundation of a new conception of economic and social change.

This book examines the behaviour of labour markets and the conduct of industrial relations in the last century comparing four very different societies, Germany, Sweden, Britain and Japan.

Deals with regional and global dynamics of trade. With contributions from leading names in the field of economic history, this book may be useful reading for scholars interested in global economic history, globalization and regional trade, and Asian studies.

Contains essays that use the analytical tools and theoretical framework of economics to interpret quantitative historical evidence, offering different ways to approach historical issues and suggesting various types of evidence outside conventional archives.

In focusing on those countries, which by 1870 still had a large agricultural sector, namely, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Hungary, Greece and Turkey, this book determines the role of the agricultural sector in the economic development of Europe.

Calls for a major rethinking of our understanding of industrialization for global history, by focusing the East Asian experience of 'labour-intensive' industrialization and, reinterpreting the western experience of 'capital-intensive' industrialization and the experiences of countries in the regions of Asia and in Africa and Latin America.