Economic History category: 3271 books
Philosophy and Political Economy
In Some of Their Historical Relations
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
This classic text, first published in 1893, was the first attempt to present a view of the relations of philosophy and economics through the whole of their history. In tracing the history of this relationship the author begins by examining the work of the ancient philosophers and continues with the...
Tiananmen redux
The hard truth about the expanded neoliberal world order
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
This book contends that the massacre of civilians in Beijing on June Fourth 1989 was a pivotal rupture in both Chinese and world history. If not for that day, China’s socioeconomic, political and cultural landscape would not have undergone the kind of dramatic transformation that has made China...
The History of Migration in Europe
Perspectives from Economics, Politics and Sociology
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
The History of Migration in Europe belies several myths by arguing, for example, that immobility has not been the "normal" condition of people before the modern era. Migration (far from being an income-maximizing choice taken by lone individuals) is often a household strategy, and local...
Capitalism and Religion in World History
Purification and Progress
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Purity condemns filth; piety disparages corruption. Amassing riches offered to a transcendental world, the priests of ancient faiths found themselves trapped in contradiction. By loaning out their resources to merchants, they made themselves pariahs to true prophets. Before Islam squared the circle,...
by Charles P. Kindleberger
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
This is the first history of finance - broadly defined to include money, banking, capital markets, public and private finance, international transfers etc. - that covers Western Europe (with an occasional glance at the western hemisphere) and half a millennium.
Charles Kindleberger highlights...
Alessandro Torlonia
The Pope’s Banker
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
This book provides a vivid biography of a towering Italian banker, pioneer and entrepreneur. It weaves the entrepreneurial ventures of Alessandro Torlonia (1800-1886) through the narratives of business and politics in the Nineteenth century, the growth of European financial markets and the decline...
by J. W. Horrocks
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
The purpose of this volume, first published in 1925, is to provide the historical account of the regime whereby the State, in different countries, has sought to control economic life in the interests of political and national strength and independence. This study explores the history of the Mercantile...
by R. Boyce
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
Challenging the standard narrative of Interwar International History, this account establishes the causal relationship between the global political and economic crises of the period, and offers a radically new look at the role of ideology, racism and the leading liberal powers in the events between the First and Second World Wars.
by Henry Heller
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Henry Heller’s short account of the history of capitalism combines Marx’s economic and political thought with contemporary scholarship to shed light on the current capitalist crisis. It argues that capitalism is an evolving mode of production that has now outgrown its institutional and political...
Beyond the Crash
Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
The international financial crisis that has held our global economy in its grip for too long still seems to be in full stride. Former British Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown believes the crisis can be reversed, but that the world’s leaders must work together if we are...
Kids These Days
Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
"The first major accounting of the millennial generation written by someone who belongs to it." -- Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
"The best, most comprehensive work of social and economic analysis about our benighted generation." --Tony Tulathimutte, author of Private Citizens
"The...
The Great Escape
Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2013
The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development...
The Lost Bank
The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
During the most dizzying days of the financial crisis, Washington Mutual, a bank with hundreds of billions of dollars in its coffers, suffered a crippling bank run. The story of its final, brutal collapse in the autumn of 2008, and its controversial sale to JPMorgan Chase, is an astonishing account...
Summary of Putin Country
by Anne Garrels | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2016
Summary of Putin Country by Anne Garrels | Includes Analysis Preview: Putin Country is an account of foreign correspondent Anne Garrels’s travels in, and study of, Chelyabinsk, Russia. Chelyabinsk is a region of south central Russia located at the southern end of the Ural mountain chain,...