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Economic history

Hardback. The Hawaiian pineapple industry emerged in the late nineteenth century as part of an attempt to diversify the Hawaiian economy from dependence on sugar cane as its only staple industry. This title presents a definitive history of this industry from its modest beginnings to its emergence as a major contributor to the American industrial narrative. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 line, 18 integrated b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBLW; HBTK; KCZ; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 222 x 27. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848855960
ISBN
9781848855960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.63
€ 125.03

Paperback. Few of us question the slips of green paper that come and go in our purses, pockets, and wallets. Prior to the Civil War, the United States did not have a single, national currency. Instead, countless banks issued paper money in a bewildering variety of denominations and designs - more than ten thousand different kinds by 1860. Num Pages: 480 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032446
ISBN
9780674032446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.31

paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; KCZ; KJZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
KMM Review Publishing South Africa
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992232917
ISBN
9780992232917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.20

Paperback. The only child of divorced parents, the author was often sent to stay at her grandparents' country house Golsoncott. Years later, she began to piece together the lives of those she knew fifty years before. In this title, she delves into the domestic past of her former home, and the contrasts between life today and the way they lived then. Illustrator(s): Brockway, Harry. Num Pages: 240 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JJ; BG; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141001647
ISBN
9780141001647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Begins with the emergence of agriculture after thousands of years in which human societies had depended on hunting and gathering. This title shows how agricultural techniques developed in the different regions of the world, and how this extraordinary wealth of knowledge, tradition, and natural variety is endangered by global capitalism. Num Pages: 522 pages, Maps, figures, tables, index. BIC Classification: JFFC1; KCZ; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844073993
ISBN
9781844073993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.78

Paperback. The first modern history of Scottish woodlands from the time of Scotland's first settlement, focusing on the period 1500 to 1920. Num Pages: 448 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates, 16 page colour plate section with 33 il. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; KCZ; RGBL; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 784.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748632947
ISBN
9780748632947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 45.00

Paperback. An accessible introduction to global economic development since 1500 complete with case studies of key themes, individuals, processes and events. Editor(s): Baten, Jorg. Num Pages: 260 pages, 69 b/w illus. 19 maps 22 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; KCG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107507180
ISBN
9781107507180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 150 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226520001
ISBN
9780226520001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783163090
ISBN
9781783163090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.08

Paperback. This book retraces the history of macroeconomics from Keynes's General Theory to the present. Num Pages: 480 pages, 35 b/w illus. BIC Classification: KCB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107584945
ISBN
9781107584945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.04

Paperback. Series: Economics as Social Theory. Num Pages: 500 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 50 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KCP; KCX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 28. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415687256
ISBN
9780415687256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.85

Hardcover. This book offers an original contribution to the empirical knowledge of the development of Fair Trade that goes beyond the anecdotal accounts to challenge and analyse the trading practices that shaped the Fair Trade model. Fair Trade represented a new approach to global trade, corporate social responsibility and consumer politics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KCLT; KCZ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303812
ISBN
9780230303812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3J; KCS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised and Updated ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583670415
ISBN
9781583670415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.20

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

€ 14.42

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. 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

€ 37.99
€ 27.21

Hardback. In the growing and dynamic economy of 19th century America, businesses sold vast quantities of goods to one another, mostly on credit. This book explains how business people solved the problem of whom to trust - how they determined who was deserving of credit, and for how much. Series: Harvard Studies in Business History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCZ; KJMV7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023406
ISBN
9780674023406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.22
€ 54.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107621213
ISBN
9781107621213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.48

Paperback. This book presents a brief history of economic thought from the 17th century to the present day. Each chapter examines the key contributions of a major economist or group of economists and includes suggestions for further reading. Economists covered include Keynes, Marshall, Petty and Jevons, and less familiar theorists such as Galiani and Turgot. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137372451
ISBN
9781137372451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.67

Paperback. Revised edition of A concise economic history of the world, 2003. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199989768
ISBN
9780199989768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 199.78

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