Economic history
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Economic history
Paperback. Tax revenues pay for many public services, including roads, health care, and education. However, it has become a contentious political issue of public debate. In this Very Short Introduction, Stephen Smith explains its history and its main principles; arguing that we'd all benefit from an understanding of the role of taxation in society. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; KCZ; KFFD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199683697
- ISBN
- 9780199683697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Provides for a new interpretation of the agrarian economy in late Tudor and early modern Britain. Editor(s): Whittle, Jane. Series: People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11, 11 black & white line drawings, 11 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; KCT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838500
- ISBN
- 9781843838500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.94
€ 33.99
€ 28.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; JPQB; KCP; KCZ; KFCP; KJ; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175104
- ISBN
- 9780231175104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Hardback. The 'Land Question' occupied a central place in political and cultural debates in Britain for nearly two centuries. From parliamentary enclosure in the mid-eighteenth century to the fierce Labour party debate concerning the nationalization of land after World War Two, the fate of the land held the power to galvanize the attention of the nation. Editor(s): Cragoe, Matthew; Readman, Paul. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; KCZ; KFFR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203402
- ISBN
- 9780230203402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.33
€ 135.33
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€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Hardcover. The problem of political risk and of how business deals with it has become an important field of research where business historians meet with social and political historians to analyse the interaction between companies and dictatorships. This title focuses on the interwar period to put contemporary business problems in a historical perspective. Editor(s): Kobrak, Christopher; Hansen, Per H. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBWQ; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816290
- ISBN
- 9781571816290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.23
€ 155.23
Hardback. Why do lenders time and again loan money to sovereign borrowers who promptly go bankrupt? When can this type of lending work? This title looks at one famous case - the debts and defaults of Philip II of Spain. Using detailed evidence collected from sixteenth-century archives, it examines the incentives and returns of lenders. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 halftones. 32 line illus. 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151496
- ISBN
- 9780691151496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.56
€ 54.99
€ 39.56
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Harbour Books (East) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905128303
- ISBN
- 9781905128303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.40
€ 13.99
€ 13.40
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
€ 176.00
€ 176.00
Hardcover. Written by bestselling finance author Guy Fraser-Sampson, this is a provocative account of the severe limitations of modern finance, advocating a bold new way forward for the finance industry. The Pillars of Finance is a lively and provocative read, challenging some of the core beliefs of modern finance. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCZ; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 470. Good, clean copy in dust wrapper
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KSG0005267
- ISBN
- 9781137264053
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: BGB; HBJD1; KC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163482
- ISBN
- 9780691163482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415645096
- ISBN
- 9780415645096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.65
€ 38.99
€ 37.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173696
- ISBN
- 9780691173696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 line illus. 21 tables. 8 maps. BIC Classification: KCZ; RNFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165356
- ISBN
- 9780691165356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.00€ 35.96
€ 45.00
€ 35.96
Paperback. Reconstructing the medieval wool trade economy through contempory documents aswell as architectural and archaelogical evidence Num Pages: 192 pages, 60 maps, photos and engravings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; 3H; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752428987
- ISBN
- 9780752428987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.51
€ 24.99
€ 21.51
Paperback. Based on archival research and interviews with leading participants in the movement, this book traces the ascendancy of neoliberalism from the academy of interwar Europe to supremacy under Reagan and Thatcher and in the decades since. It argues that there was nothing inevitable about the victory of free-market politics. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFM; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Foreword
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161013
- ISBN
- 9780691161013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.63
€ 26.99
€ 20.63
Hardback. A history of the Bank of Scotland. Num Pages: 800 pages, 16pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1; HBTB; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 2078.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748607570
- ISBN
- 9780748607570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.10
€ 108.10
Hardback. Series: Columbia Business School Publishing. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 figures. BIC Classification: KCZ; KFFM; KJMB; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164627
- ISBN
- 9780231164627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Volume 2 of a definitive two-volume reference exploring the spread and impact of capitalism across the world. Editor(s): Neal, Larry; Williamson, Jeffrey G. Num Pages: 577 pages, 26 b/w illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; KCS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107583351
- ISBN
- 9781107583351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.09
€ 46.09
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€ 37.69
€ 52.99
€ 37.69
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€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
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
€ 55.14
€ 55.14
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€ 15.36
€ 18.99
€ 15.36
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316501856
- ISBN
- 9781316501856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.78
€ 49.78