Economic History Books

New and Published Books

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. Women and Their Money 1700-1950

   Essays on Women and Finance

   Edited by Anne Laurence, Josephine Maltby, Janette Rutterford

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

   This book examines women's financial activity from the early days of the stock market in eighteenth century England and the South Sea Bubble to the mid-twentieth century. The essays demonstrate how many women managed their own finances despite legal and social restrictions and show that women were...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. French Liberalism in the 19th Century

   An Anthology

   Edited by Robert Leroux, David Hart

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

   Political and economic liberalism has generally been considered to be of marginal import in France, but at an intellectual level, it is a different story. An exploration of the history of French economic thought shows how a rich intellectual tradition developed during the nineteenth century, which...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
4. Alan S. Milward and a Century of European Change

   Edited by Fernando Guirao, Frances Lynch, Sigfrido M. Ramirez Perez

   Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History

   The main purpose of the book is to introduce the work of Alan S. Milward and to acknowledge the full magnitude of his scientific contribution to contemporary British and European history. The book is a collection of essays which provide a better understanding of Alan Milward’s extensive...

   Published April 24th 2012 by Routledge
5. 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
6. The Chinese Banking Industry

   Lessons from History for Today's Challenges

   By Yuanyuan Peng

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   This book provides detailed systematic micro-level analysis of the historical development of the Chinese banking industry, focusing in particular on the development of the Bank of China (BOC) in the period 1905 to 1949. Banking reform is a key area of China’s economic transformation, and this book...

   Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship

    Enterprise, Home and Household in London, c. 1800-1870

    By Alison Kay

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

    The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship explores the relationship between home, household headship and enterprise in Victorian London. It examines the notions of duty, honor and suitability in how women’s ventures are represented by themselves and others and engages in a comparison of the...

    Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge