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Economic history

hardcover. Volume addressing questions that drove the entire project. Editor(s): Robinson, Kenneth Girdwood. Series Editor(s): Cullen, C. Series: Science and Civilisation in China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; KCZ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 872.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521087322
ISBN
9780521087322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.61

Paperback. This book covers the history of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) from 1930-1973. Series: Studies in Macroeconomic History. Num Pages: 768 pages, 39 b/w illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521043700
ISBN
9780521043700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.84

Paperback. Once in Golconda "In this book, John Brooks-who was one of the most elegant of all business writers-perfectly catches the flavor of one of history's best-known financial dramas: the 1929 crash and its aftershocks. It's packed with parallels and parables for the modern reader. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGB; KCZ; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471357520
ISBN
9780471357520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.49

Hardback. Explores the turning points and key events in business history. This book explains the nature of these changes, how they came about, how people reacted to the new economic environment, and the direct impact that they have had on the way business is conducted. It addresses how the Industrial Revolution progressed in Europe, the US, and globally. Series: Milestones in Business History Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313338533
ISBN
9780313338533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.25

Paperback. An account of the development of the European economy and its infrastructure from the second century to 1500. This updated edition aims to provide a balanced view of controversial topics, includes treatment of Eastern Europe and examines the links between Britain and continental Europe. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
554
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582215993
ISBN
9780582215993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.43

Paperback. A study of the value and meaning of technological advance. The author considers how past physical and social conditions have influenced the development and reception of new ideas, and shows how these trends can guide future industrial strategies as more countries compete for technical ingenuity. Num Pages: 368 pages, numerous halftone and line drawings. BIC Classification: KCZ; KN; PDR; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195074772
ISBN
9780195074772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. This title acquaints students with the structure and problems of the economy of the USSR. It describes the organisation of economic life, analysing the practical and theoretical problems within the institutional structure of the Soviet system and introduces the student to Soviet economic ideas and concepts. Num Pages: 654 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; KCS; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
654
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415684941
ISBN
9780415684941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.05

Paperback. This text critiques some of our most cherished stories of market failure. Economists have used these colorful myths to justify a wide range of public policy interventions in the economy. It is concluded that economic analysis of market efficiency should rely on systematic analysis, not anecdotes. Editor(s): Spulber, Daniel (Northwestern University, USA). Num Pages: 320 pages, 18. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226758
ISBN
9780631226758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.47

Hardback. Based on evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions - such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems - impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 58 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KCZ; LAZ; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136042
ISBN
9780691136042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.73
€ 41.17

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
€ 45.34

Paperback. Provides a detailed and sophisticated understanding of the Cuba of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. In addition to its concise narrative history, Cuba details the current political climate, economy, and the regime's future. Jaime Suchlicki discusses the domestic and international events that have affected this island nation in recent years. Num Pages: 278 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; JPS; JPW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
5th ed.
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574884364
ISBN
9781574884364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.02

Paperback. This volume seeks to explain why certain investments have skyrocketed at different times, thus helping investors spot similar trends in the future. Each chapter should give the reader a real glimpse of the events that transpired during the years of these boom markets. Series: Wiley Investment. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; KCZ; KFFM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 323.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471383802
ISBN
9780471383802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. Published in 1844, this survey of the natural resources of Ireland and their potential was overtaken by the Famine. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology. Num Pages: 464 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Publication date
2011
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
SKU
KCW0015653
ISBN
9781108026857
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This collection of 14 essays examines selected issues in the 1000 years of Ukranian economic history prior to World War I. Topics covered include: population change; industrialization; urbanization; and the developments of the Southern and Western (within the Austrian-Hungarian Empire) regions. Series: Harvard series in Ukranian studies. Num Pages: 393 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3F; 3H; 3J; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458638
ISBN
9780916458638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.10

Paperback. William Stanley Jevons is regarded by many as bringing mathematical methods to the study of economics. The Theory of Political Economy brought together maths and the theory of utility, this contribution marked Jevons as a leading political economist of his time. Series: Palgrave Classics in Economics. Num Pages: 419 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KCH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 31. Weight in Grams: 528. Second edition to which Jevons added a substantial new 40 page preface. 315pp, with 39pp Macmillan book catalogue. In original brown pebbled cloth, titles to spine gilt and with a small label pasted by previous owners. Covers bumped and showing some shelfwear. Previous owner's stamp on title page. Light spotting, text not affected and is clear and crisp and remains a fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
4th Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0026398
ISBN
9781137374141
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 200.00

Paperback. A 1796 two-volume study of the farming, geography, public works and produce of districts in Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Cornwall. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 17th and 18th Centuries. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108067539
ISBN
9781108067539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

hardcover. The very word Taxes sends shivers up spines. Yet, very few realize the tremendous impact that taxation has had on civilization. The author changes that in this fascinating history. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: KCZ; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1006.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Madison Books
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819186317
ISBN
9780819186317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.08

Paperback. Synthesizing a range of international relations scholarship, including perspectives from gender, race, and cultural studies, this title offers the history of the Americas that ranges from the adventures of eighteenth-century whaling men to the contemporary struggle over globalization. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 376 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFFS; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Making the Americas: The United States and Latin America from the Age of Revolutions to the Era of Globalization
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826342003
ISBN
9780826342003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.43

Paperback. A radical critique of a new phase of capitalism grounded in corporate power and its exploitation of technological creativity Num Pages: 230 pages, figures. BIC Classification: KCD; KCZ; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439900437
ISBN
9781439900437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Hardback. This companion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration of the history of economic thought. It has a threefold focus: the history of economic thought; the history of economics as a discipline; and the historiography of economic thought. Editor(s): Samuels, Warren J.; Biddle, Jeff E.; Davis, John B. Series: Blackwell Companions to Contemporary Economics. Num Pages: 736 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631225737
ISBN
9780631225737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 224.27

Paperback. Hobsbawm's brilliant history, beautifully repackaged as an Abacus History Great Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBG; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780349104805
ISBN
9780349104805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Focusing on four major cultural areas, this book attempts to understand the role of cultural differences within nations and between nations in shaping the economic and social fates of peoples and of whole civilizations. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 128 x 203 x 31. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
516
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465014002
ISBN
9780465014002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.71

Paperback. Series: Studies in European History. Num Pages: 66 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 4. Weight in Grams: 104. Good copy with some shelf wear. Some yellowing to cover and pages, text remains clear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
Macmillan London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0010279
ISBN
9780333049723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078088
ISBN
9780252078088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.78

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