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Hardback. Commercial banks are among the oldest and most familiar financial institutions. When they work well, we hardly notice; when they do not, we rail against them. This book takes a comparative look at the development of commercial banking systems over the years in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 408 pages, 44 line illus. 18 tables. BIC Classification: KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139050
- ISBN
- 9780691139050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 50.91
€ 65.07
€ 50.91
Hardback. With Deng Xiaoping s blessing, Mao s successors scoured the globe for fresh ideas to launch domestic prosperity and global economic power. Yet China s government did not publicize its engagement with Western-style innovations, claiming instead that economic reinvention was the Party s achievement alone. Julian Gewirtz sets forth the truer story." Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPQB; KCM; KCP; KCZ; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971134
- ISBN
- 9780674971134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.32
€ 49.99
€ 42.32
Hardback. Presents a unified theory of economic growth since the dawn of civilization. This title provides a comprehensive overview of the three phases of the development process. It analyzes the Malthusian theory and its empirical support. It examines theories of demographic transition and their empirical significance. Num Pages: 328 pages, 74 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCA; KCG; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130026
- ISBN
- 9780691130026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.27€ 71.03
€ 92.27
€ 71.03
Hardback. Karl Menger (1902-1985) was the mathematician son of the famous economist Carl Menger. When he was professor of geometry at the University of Vienna from 1927 to 1938, he joined the Vienna Circle and founded his Mathematical Colloquium. This title offers the transcription of those parts of Menger's notes. Series: Advances in Austrian Economics. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781848559981
- ISBN
- 9781848559981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.42
€ 113.42
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€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Looks back at a seminal work of scholarship to provide critical guidance for the years ahead Editor(s): Hammer, Peter Joseph; Haas-Wilson, Deborah; Peterson, Mark A.; Sage, William M. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: KCZ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332480
- ISBN
- 9780822332480
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardcover. Num Pages: 406 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458355
- ISBN
- 9780916458355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.69
€ 38.99
€ 32.69
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
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.63
€ 20.99
€ 19.63
Hardback. A major new approach to the study of the social and economic history of colonial French West Africa, this book traces French efforts to establish a cotton export economy in the French Soudan from the early nineteenth century through the end of World War II. Num Pages: 396 pages, 17 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 655.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726528
- ISBN
- 9780804726528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Paperback. Presents a social history of long-haul trucking that explores the contentious politics of free-market capitalism in post-World War II America. This book challenges the popular notion of "red state" conservatism as a devil's bargain between culturally conservative rural workers and economically conservative demagogues in the Republican Party. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 halftones. 12 tables. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCD; KCZ; KNGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160924
- ISBN
- 9780691160924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.60
€ 25.99
€ 19.60
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691091945
- ISBN
- 9780691091945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.56€ 148.48
€ 197.56
€ 148.48
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
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.39
€ 31.99
€ 30.39
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
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.06
€ 46.99
€ 42.06
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€ 24.66
€ 27.99
€ 24.66
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
€ 47.45
€ 47.45
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
€ 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: 1138.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161778
- ISBN
- 9780691161778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
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
€ 25.99€ 19.69
€ 25.99
€ 19.69
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
€ 170.34€ 117.07
€ 170.34
€ 117.07
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€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
hardcover. This original study of early-modern agrarian society examines small landholders in the Somerset Levels. These were farmers with lifehold tenures and a mixed agricultural production whose activities and outlook are shown to be very different from that of the small 'peasant' farmers of so many general histories. Series: Studies in Regional and Local History. Num Pages: 3 black and white maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JB; 3JD; KCZ; WQH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 12. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University Of Hertfordshire Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909291867
- ISBN
- 9781909291867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.98
€ 46.99
€ 38.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10 halftones, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBWQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 191 x 24. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195174427
- ISBN
- 9780195174427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.65
€ 43.65
Paperback. aeo Addresses the question of whether Third World countries have benefited or suffered from close relationships with the West aeo Provides an historical perspective on an issue of continuing debate aeo Interdisciplinary work of relevance to students in history, geography, economics and the social sciences. Series: History of the Contemporary World S. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QFG; HBG; HBLW; JPS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631194392
- ISBN
- 9780631194392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.53
€ 57.53
Paperback. Series: Cornerstone Books. Num Pages: 176 pages, 5 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: KCN; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 209 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206. A Short Economic History of the Environment. Series: Cornerstone Books. 176 pages, 5 b&w photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: KCN; KCZ. Dimension: 141 x 209 x 12. Weight: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press
- Edition
- Rev Sub
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583670194
- ISBN
- 9781583670194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51