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1. The Standard of Living and Revolutions in Imperial Russia, 1700-1917

   By Boris Mironov

   Edited by Gregory Freeze

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   This is the first full-scale anthropometric history of Imperial Russia (1700-1917). It mobilizes an immense volume of archival material to chart the growth, weight, and other anthropometric indicators of the male and female populations in order to chart how the standard of living in Russia changed...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. Europe's Green Revolution and Others Since

   The Rise and Fall of Peasant-Friendly Plant Breeding

   By Jonathan Harwood

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   How best to foster agricultural development in the Third World has long been a subject of debate and from a European perspective the persistent failure to design peasant-friendly technology is puzzling. From the late 19th century, for example, various western European countries also underwent ‘...

   Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
3. An Economic History of Modern Sweden

   By Lennart Schön

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   The book is based on a rich and detailed quantitative material from research over the past decades with consecutive time series over production volumes, employment, productivity, investments etc. for sectors and branches covering the whole economy, even including estimates of non-marketed domestic...

   Published March 26th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Rise of Planning in Industrial America, 1865-1914

   By Richard Adelstein

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   Central economic planning is often associated with failed state socialism, and modern capitalism celebrated as its antithesis. This book shows that central planning is not always, or even primarily, a state enterprise, and that the giant industrial corporations that dominated the American economy...

   Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge
5. International Economic Integration in Historical Perspective

   By Dennis Patrick McCarthy

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   International economic integration is not a recent phenomenon; its roots can be traced back to the Roman Empire. This informative volume departs from the conventional short-term analysis and takes a long-term view of the process, offering perspectives that are both detailed and diverse. Author...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
6. Ideas and Economic Crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005)

   By Matthias Matthijs

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   Published February 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. Currency Convertibility

   The Gold Standard and Beyond

   Edited by Barry Eichengreen, Jaime Reis, Jorge Braga de Macedo

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   The spread of currency convertibility is one of the most dramatic trends of the late twentieth century. It reflects the desire of policymakers to integrate their economies into the global trading system and to attract financial capital and direct investment from abroad.In this book a team of...

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
8. German Immigration and Servitude in America, 1709-1920

   By Farley Grubb

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   This book provides the most comprehensive history of German migration to North America for the period 1709 to 1920 than has been done before. Employing state-of-the-art methodological and statistical techniques, the book has two objectives. First he explores how the recruitment and shipping...

   Published June 22nd 2011 by Routledge
9. The Evolving Structure of the East Asian Economic System since 1700

   A Comparative Analysis

   Edited by A.J.H. Latham, Heita Kawakatsu

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   This book is the fifth volume of essays edited by A. J. H Latham and Heita Kawakatsu from the International Economic History Congresses looking at the development of the Asian Economy. Bringing together leading scholars from both the east and west, this book offers fascinating insights into the...

   Published March 16th 2011 by Routledge
10. Bengal Industries and the British Industrial Revolution (1757-1857)

    By Indrajit Ray

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

    This book seeks to enlighten two grey areas of industrial historiography. Although Bengal industries were globally dominant on the eve of the industrial revolution, no detailed literature is available about their later course of development. A series of questions are involved in it. Did those...

    Published February 7th 2011 by Routledge