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Economic history
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€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
hardcover. Sumptuously illustrated history of one of the most compelling and mysterious regions on earth. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 237. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784534905
- ISBN
- 9781784534905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.00€ 95.48
€ 101.00
€ 95.48
Paperback. Includes twelve case studies that demonstrate how economic research has improved economic and social conditions over the years by influencing public policy decisions. This title also includes the reduction of trade impediments that allows countries to better exploit their natural advantages. Editor(s): Siegfried, John J. Num Pages: 324 pages, 18 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064126
- ISBN
- 9780674064126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138702615
- ISBN
- 9781138702615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.46
€ 23.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Tulika Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789382381440
- ISBN
- 9789382381440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.79
€ 15.99
€ 12.79
Paperback. For a sparsely populated region on the edge of Europe, Scandinavia has attracted an unusual degree of interest during the twentieth century. This book advocates a government-funded welfare state, an egalitarian tax system and strict job regulation. Series: Contemporary Worlds. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861893666
- ISBN
- 9781861893666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.23
€ 30.23
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 halftones. 29 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 30. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691166032
- ISBN
- 9780691166032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.45
€ 50.99
€ 36.45
Paperback. This is a collection of Ben Bernanke's essays on why the Great Depression was so devastating and lasted so long. The essays also show that while the it was an unparalleled disaster on a universal scale, some economies pulled up faster than others, and some made an opportunity out of a disaster. Num Pages: 320 pages, 48 tables, 11 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118208
- ISBN
- 9780691118208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCF; KCZ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231179010
- ISBN
- 9780231179010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
€ 18.92
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: KCL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 239 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865978744
- ISBN
- 9780865978744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.81
€ 29.81
Paperback. Showing us the strangeness, and fragility, of our everyday lives, this book includes a chapter that analyzes how the rise and fall of social trust explain the unsustainable boom in the global economy and the financial crisis that succeeded it. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised edition with a New foreword by Daniel C.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146461
- ISBN
- 9780691146461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. An updated edition of a groundbreaking work on the global financial crisis from a postfordist perspective. Translator(s): Lebedeva, Kristina; Mc Gimsey, Jason Francis. Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 116 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- new edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351023
- ISBN
- 9781584351023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.68
€ 15.99
€ 13.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 line illus. BIC Classification: KCB; KCM; KCQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165622
- ISBN
- 9780691165622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.48
€ 21.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b/w figs. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCP; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300222630
- ISBN
- 9780300222630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardback. The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. This book tells the story of how, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, and set the stage for unequal world. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 line illus. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCM; KCQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153544
- ISBN
- 9780691153544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover. Joseph R. Dennis demonstrates the significance of imperial Chinese local gazetteers in both local societies and national discourses. Whereas previous studies argued that publishing, and thus cultural and intellectual power, were concentrated in the southeast, Dennis shows that publishing and book ownership were widely dispersed throughout China. Num Pages: 405 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFC; KCZ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504295
- ISBN
- 9780674504295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 107 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCP; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 242 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811018183
- ISBN
- 9789811018183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.74
€ 116.74
Paperback. Seeks to understand both Capital-Nation-State, the interlocking system that is the dominant form of modern global society, and the possibilities for superseding it. Translator(s): Bourdaghs, Michael K. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356769
- ISBN
- 9780822356769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.55
€ 36.55
Hardback. Series: Political Economy of Islam. Num Pages: 332 pages, 41 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 46 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLA; HRH; KCS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137517494
- ISBN
- 9781137517494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.43
€ 150.43
Paperback. Offering a fresh look at trade during the second industrial revolution, "Global Markets Transformed" describes a world of commodities on the move--wheat and rice, coffee and tobacco, oil and rubber, all traveling around the planet through commodity chains of producers, processors, transporters, and buyers, often invisible to one another. Num Pages: 306 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; KCL; KCZ; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281349
- ISBN
- 9780674281349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Hardback. A narrative history by a Fed insider of how monetary policy is shaped in the US, with special emphasis on the performances of former Chairman Ben Bernanke and current Chairwoman Janet Yellen in facing the prelude, outbreak, and aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Series: Palgrave Studies in American Economic History. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2090
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137578587
- ISBN
- 9781137578587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.26
€ 151.26
Paperback. Shows that changes in the intellectual and social environment and the institutional background in which knowledge was generated and disseminated brought about the Industrial Revolution, followed by sustained economic growth and continuing technological change. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120133
- ISBN
- 9780691120133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. The story of how the dollar rose to global dominance in the twentieth century - and an assessment of what the future holds for the world's most important currency. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; KCP; KCZ; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199642472
- ISBN
- 9780199642472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? The author puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHMC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099302780
- ISBN
- 9780099302780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.59
€ 15.99
€ 12.59