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Economic history

Hardback. Historians have traditionally turned to free trade and laissez faire to explain the development of political economy during the Enlightenment. Reinert argues that economic emulation was the prism through which philosophers, ministers, reformers, and merchants thought about imperialism, economics, industry, and reform in the early modern period. Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 maps, 20 graphs. BIC Classification: 3J; HBLL; JPA; KCP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 244 x 34. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674061514
ISBN
9780674061514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.97
€ 66.06

Hardcover. This collection describes the changing structure of employment during the period of robust employment expansion that preceded the credit crunch and features contributions from a team of leading labour market researchers from Europe and the United States. Editor(s): Fernandez-Macias, Enrique; Hurley, John; Storrie, Donald. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; JHBL; KCF; KCZ; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230297791
ISBN
9780230297791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.81

Paperback. This collection describes the changing structure of employment during the period of robust employment expansion that preceded the credit crunch and features contributions from a team of leading labour market researchers from Europe and the United States. Editor(s): Fernandez-Macias, Enrique; Hurley, J.; Storrie, Donald. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPQB; KCF; KCZ; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349334162
ISBN
9781349334162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCZ; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401057455
ISBN
9789401057455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.47

Paperback. Documents how the beef cattle industry in Alberta responded to the challenges following the end of the open-range era through two world wars and the Great Depression. This title provides a case study of Canada's economic development and settlement history as the cattle industry matured and survived into the modern era. Num Pages: 332 pages, 46 b/w photos, 4 maps & 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Calgary Press Canada
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552380895
ISBN
9781552380895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New Century Publications India
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9788177080629
ISBN
9788177080629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.72

hardcover. Num Pages: 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCM; KCS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319556475
ISBN
9783319556475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.86

paperback. Before the age of Industrial Revolution, the great Asian civilisations constituted areas not only of high culture but also of advanced economic development. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBJF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521285421
ISBN
9780521285421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.79

Paperback. An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8-pp. B/W insert on text. BIC Classification: KCL; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
PublicAffairs,U.S.
Edition
First Trade Paper Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610393812
ISBN
9781610393812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. This book provides fresh insights on Piero Sraffa's work, by examining previously unpublished papers from Sraffa archives. It offers new perspectives on the connection between Sraffa amd Marx, and examines Sraffa's approach to money, the role of equilibrium and of the surplus in economic theory. Editor(s): Bellofiore, Riccardo. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; KCS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349441761
ISBN
9781349441761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. Tosaka Jun (1900-1945) was one of modern Japan's most unique and important critics of capitalism, the emperor system, imperialism, and everyday life in wartime Japan. This collection of translations contains some of Tosaka's most important essays and original articles on Tosaka. Editor(s): Kawashima, Ken C.; Schafer, Fabian; Stolz, Robert. Series: Cornell University East Asia Program. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947686
ISBN
9781933947686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.16

Hardcover. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JPA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403915672
ISBN
9781403915672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPHV; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349512355
ISBN
9781349512355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.63

Paperback. The history of Wal-Mart uncovers a complex network that united Sun Belt entrepreneurs, evangelical employees, Christian business students, overseas missionaries, and free-market activists. Through the stories of people linked by the world's largest corporation, the author shows how a Christian service ethos powered capitalism at home and abroad. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; HRC; KCZ; WJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
8.8.2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057401
ISBN
9780674057401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.14

Linking economic and social historical research methods with special reference to the evolution of the industrial labor force, To Live to Work offers an account of the popular expansion of gender, labor and political consciousnesses among working women in colonial Korea (1910-1945). Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 tables, 4 figures, 19 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759090
ISBN
9780804759090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.53

Hardback. "To Come to a Better Understanding examines the intercultural (mis)understandings between medicine men and Jesuit priests during a five-year dialogue on the Rosebud Indian Reservation from 1973-1978"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRCM; JPA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803285606
ISBN
9780803285606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.32

Paperback. Depicts the full cycle of tin mining, from explaining why tin minerals are only found in certain places and the ways in which these deposits were discovered, through to the methods used to mine for tin, and how these techniques were refined over time and improved through evolving scientific understanding and technological advances. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCZ; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 159 x 4. Weight in Grams: 96. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780852637333
ISBN
9780852637333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.59

paperback. Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. This book offers a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 792 pages, 12 color illus. 8 halftones. 1 line illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: HRCC1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691161778
ISBN
9780691161778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing - and recovering - their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, "this time is different". This book covers topics ranging from medieval currency debasements to today's subprime catastrophe. Num Pages: 512 pages, 62 line illus. 30 tables. BIC Classification: KCX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 472.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152646
ISBN
9780691152646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.34

Hardcover. Editor(s): Wang, Yue; Ramburuth, Prem. Num Pages: 225 pages, Tables, graphs, charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 251 x 21. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608769087
ISBN
9781608769087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.91
€ 114.05

Paperback. This book presents a general theoretical derivation of Zipf's law, providing a synthesis and extension of previous approaches. It also offers a classification of the mechanisms responsible for deviations from Zipf's law. Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems. Num Pages: 183 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCBM; KCZ; PBT; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642029455
ISBN
9783642029455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.48

Paperback. * An incisive look at how our society has fragmented into inequality and how to address this most crucial blight on our times, out now in paperback Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Non Basic Stock Line
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121482
ISBN
9780349121482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

Paperback. This book focuses on the transformation of the WFP into the world's largest humanitarian agency, providing an in-depth account ofresponses to increasingly large and complex natural and man-made disasters. It examines food aidand looks to the new modalities that are required to make foodmore availableto those in dire need." Num Pages: 455 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KCN; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
455
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349368952
ISBN
9781349368952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.22

Hardcover. Maritime transport has been the main driver of trade growth, and the emergence and development of a global economy. This collection of essays from distinguished economists and historians takes an international and comparative perspective, covering topics ranging from technological advance and the role of the state to maritime business development. Editor(s): Harlaftis, Gelina; Valdaliso, Jesus; Tenold, Stig. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCZ; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230369146
ISBN
9780230369146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.11

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