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Paperback. In the last 2 centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding success story. Agriculture has fed population with a variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a number of workers to the rest of the economy. This book explains how these feats were accomplished. It covers various factors that have affected agricultural performance. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 line illus. 65 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138534
ISBN
9780691138534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.85

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
62
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608462544
ISBN
9781608462544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.16

Paperback. Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? This title tackles these profound questions and suggests a fresh way in which culture explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 halftones. 78 line illus. 65 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTK; JHBL; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141282
ISBN
9780691141282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.41

Paperback. Argues that state policies that created conditions conducive to financialization allowed the state to avoid a series of economic, social, and political dilemmas that confronted policymakers as postwar prosperity stalled beginning in the late 1960s and 1970s. This book also focuses on deregulation of financial markets during the 1970s and 1980s. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Gld
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066199
ISBN
9780674066199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKSB; KCF; KCY; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 111. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141985480
ISBN
9780141985480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.89

Hardback. With fascinating stories of money men, from Alexander Hamilton to Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, and deft explanations of the ins and outs of monetary policy, Greenback Planet clarifies why the dollar rules the world--and why that should frighten us all Series: Discovering America. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCBM; KCZ; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292723412
ISBN
9780292723412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.60

Paperback. Series: Anthem Studies in Development and Globalization. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843310273
ISBN
9781843310273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.46

Hardcover. "Originally published in German as Die Fugger: Geschichte einer Augsburger Familie, 1367-1650, c2006"--T.p. verso. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932446
ISBN
9780813932446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.19

Paperback. This volume collects Innis' published and unpublished essays on economic history, from 1929 to 1952, thereby charting the development of the arguments and ideas found in his books The Fur Trade in Canada and The Cod Fisheries. Editor(s): Innis, Mary Quayle. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487521240
ISBN
9781487521240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 41.01

Hardback. For nearly half a century, Albania had been one of the most isolated and enigmatic countries in the world, where the confiscation of private property was more thoroughly accomplished than anywhere else in Europe. In an abrupt and radical turnaround beginning in 1991, the bulk of the country's land and assets were distributed to its citizens. Editor(s): Lemel, Harold W. Num Pages: 176 pages, 74 tables, 25 figs. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; HBJD; HBLW3; KCZ; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571811509
ISBN
9781571811509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.65

Paperback. These essays, which make the science of economics intelligible to a general audience, are grouped into six areas: the relevance of economics; the "Keynesian revolution"; economics and the university; economics and contemporary problems; world inflation, money, trade, growth, and investment; and economics and the environment. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226401638
ISBN
9780226401638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.36

Paperback. Few American states can match the rich and diverse transportation heritage of Ohio. Every major form of public conveyance eventually served the Buckeye state. From the "Canal Age" to the "Interurban Era," Ohio emerged as a national leader. This book demonstrates the truth of the slogan that Ohio is "the heart of it all". Num Pages: 460 pages, illus. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 33. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821419793
ISBN
9780821419793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
IBEX Publishers
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140937
ISBN
9781588140937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 287 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Prentice Hall
Edition
13th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780136080695
ISBN
9780136080695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 190.36

Hardback. What did it mean to run a large, commercialized agrarian polity according to the best Confucian principles? This book is intended as a contribution to both intellectual and political history. It offers a detailed view of members of an ostensibly Confucian government pursuing divergent agendas around the question of "state or merchant?" Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 550 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; JP; KCP; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 44. Weight in Grams: 888.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022621
ISBN
9780674022621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.98
€ 50.70

Paperback. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: KCBM; KCF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415528283
ISBN
9780415528283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 51.45

Hardback. The story of how Nathan Mayer Rothschild financed Wellington's victory over Napoleon at Waterloo. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BGH; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751650
ISBN
9780804751650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.95

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648781
ISBN
9780691648781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.83

paperback. Hernando de Soto offers radical and yet convincing arguments on the reasons why capitalism only seems to work in some nations, mainly the ones in the northern hemisphere, and fails consistently in the rest of the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCS; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552999236
ISBN
9780552999236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Surabaya is Indonesia's second largest city but is not well known to the outside world. This text offers an alternative to the Jakarta-centric focus of most writing on the country. Exploration of this eventful economic history gives insight into Indonesia's modern economic development. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 568 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780896802216
ISBN
9780896802216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.78

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