Economic History
Routledge Library Editions: Economic History reprints some of the most important works on economic history published in the last century.
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Routledge Library Editions: Economic History reprints some of the most important works on economic history published in the last century.
For further information on this collection please email info.research@routledge.co.uk.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Series: Economic History
The question of why empires decline and fall has attracted the attention of historians for centuries, but remains fundamentally unsolved. This unique collection is concerned with the purely economic aspects of decline. It can be observed of empires in the process of decline that their economies are...
Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Economic History
This book was first published in 1985....
Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge