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Economic history

Paperback. For the greater part of recorded history, the most successful and powerful states were autocracies; yet the world is increasingly dominated by democracies. This book provides a novel answer for how and why this political transformation occurred. It presents a history that starts in biblical times. Num Pages: 576 pages, 18 line illus. 22 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 934.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Princeton Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126326
ISBN
9780691126326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.00
€ 50.55

Paperback. The European Union Illuminated: Its Nature, Importance and Future is addressed to the average educated person. This is because the EU is under great stress due to misconceptions held by the general public, propagated by certain EU political parties, especially by the UK's Conservative Party and UKIP. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 maps, 21 black & white tables, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1QFE; KCL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137533647
ISBN
9781137533647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: KCM; KCZ; KND; RBG; RNF; RNK; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 28. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300226904
ISBN
9780300226904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608464685
ISBN
9781608464685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.53

Paperback. Whether hailed as heroes or cast as threats to social order, entrepreneurs - and their innovations - have had an enormous influence on the growth and prosperity of nations. This title gathers together economic historians to explore the entrepreneur's role in society from antiquity to the present. Editor(s): Landes, David S.; Mokyr, Joel; Baumol, William J. Series: The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 584 pages, 6 halftones. 7 line illus. 21 tables. 3 maps. BIC Classification: KCZ; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 249 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
584
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154527
ISBN
9780691154527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.45

Paperback. For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed success. This title examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; KCZ; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154329
ISBN
9780691154329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCX; KCY; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241307205
ISBN
9780241307205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.73

Hardback. Editor(s): Blaszczyk, Regina Lee; Spiekermann, Uwe. Series: Worlds of Consumption. Num Pages: 390 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 24 colour illustrations, 24 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; KC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319507446
ISBN
9783319507446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170947
ISBN
9780691170947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 293 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCH; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised, Updated ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199926510
ISBN
9780199926510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.18

Hardback. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 440 pages, 30 line illus. 66 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170497
ISBN
9780691170497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

Paperback. This text takes up late-18th-century disputes over the political economy of an enlightened, commercial society to show how the "political" and "economic" were related. It examines theories of economic and political sentiments, and the reflection of these in the politics of enlightenment. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JF; JPA; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008373
ISBN
9780674008373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.79

Hardback. Describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita energy consumption, and how the First Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century - fueled by coal and steam engines - redrew the economic, social, and geopolitical map of Europe and the world. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 472 pages, 15 halftones. 87 line illus. 89 tables. BIC Classification: KCZ; RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143620
ISBN
9780691143620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.19
€ 41.45

Hardback. Focusing on the period since Irish independence, this history records the policies the Irish government has followed to encourage economic growth. Attention has been given to the "planning period" which began in 1958. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 517. No dust jacket. Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Business, Finance & Law - Biographies & Histories - Business & Economic History,Special Features - Used Books - Business, Finance & Law - Economics - History,Subjects -"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
242
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KEX0174187
ISBN
9780313274404
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 82.16

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316501856
ISBN
9781316501856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.38

Paperback. Takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, this book uncovers the hidden economics behind pirates' notorious, entertaining, and sometimes downright shocking behavior. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150093
ISBN
9780691150093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

Hardback. Bryan Gould draws on his experience as a leading British politician and as a lawyer, academic, diplomat and television journalist to explain why the political and economic doctrines that have dominated the western world for three decades have meant that western countries have found that their democratic governments no longer serve them well. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JPHV; KCA; KCP; KCS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
260
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137358622
ISBN
9781137358622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.94

Paperback. Drawing on Russia's Department files, personal papers of key Wall Street figures, biographies and conventional histories, this book reveals: the role of Morgan banking executives in funneling illegal Bolshevik gold into the US; the co-option of the American Red Cross by powerful Wall Street forces; and, more. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTV4; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430. The Remarkable True Story of the American Capitalists Who Financed the Russian Communists. 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. Drawing on Russia's Department files, personal papers of key Wall Street figures, biographies and conventional histories, this book reveals: the role of Morgan banking executives in funneling illegal Bolshevik gold into the US; the co-option of the American Red Cross by powerful Wall Street forces; and, more. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTV4; KCZ. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight: 416.
Publisher
Clairview Books
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905570355
ISBN
9781905570355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Hardcover. The Viking Age was a period of great economic complexity and experimentation in Scandinavia. Based on a symposium held in Aarhus, Denmark in 2008, this book provides a structured basis for comparison, combining regional overviews with case-studies of significant sites or hoards of Scandinavia. Editor(s): Graham-Campbell, James; Sindbok, Soren M. Num Pages: 380 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 177 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
380
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345850
ISBN
9788779345850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.13

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25 line illus. BIC Classification: KCA; KCBM; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145402
ISBN
9780691145402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.21

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