Science, technology and economic growth in the eighteenth century

By A E. Musson

Originally published in 1972.This book illustrates the growing awareness of the importance of science and technology in the Industrial Revolution. The contributors show that the...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47493-1 (Routledge)

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The American Economic History Reader

Documents and Readings

Edited by John W. Malsberger, James N. Marshall

Economics as a discipline often relies on abstract theories and formulas to explain the functions of national economies. The American Economic History Reader: Documents and Readings is...

August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96267-4 (Routledge)

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Premodern Trade in World History

By Richard L. Smith

Trade and commerce are among the oldest, most pervasive, and most important of human activities, serving as engines for change in many other human endeavors....

July 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42477-6 (Routledge)

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China, East Asia and the Global Economy

Regional and Historical Perspectives

By Takeshi Hamashita

Takeshi Hamashita, arguably Asia's premier historian of the longue durée, has been instrumental in opening a new field of inquiry in Chinese, East Asian and...

June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46459-8 (Routledge)

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Quantitative Economic History

The good of counting

Edited by Joshua L. Rosenbloom

The essays in this book use the analytical tools and theoretical framework of economics to interpret quantitative historical evidence, offering new ways to approach historical...

March 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77349-2 (Routledge)

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Economic Policy and Performance in Industrial Democracies

Party Governments, Central Banks and the Fiscal-Monetary Policy Mix

By Takayuki Sakamoto

This book is the first systematic study of how the interdependence of fiscal and monetary policies and the interaction of party governments and central banks...

January 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77414-7 (Routledge)

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Globalization as Evolutionary Process

Modeling Global Change

Edited by George Modelski, Tessaleno Devezas, William R. Thompson

The term globalization has gained widespread popularity; yet most treatments are either descriptive and/or focused on changes in economic interconnectivity. In this volume the concept...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77361-4 (Routledge)

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Reflections on the Cliometrics Revolution

Conversations with Economic Historians

Edited by John S. Lyons, Louis P. Cain, Samuel H. Williamson

This volume marks fifty years of an innovative approach to writing economic history often called "The Cliometrics Revolution." The book presents memoirs of personal development,...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-70091-7 (Routledge)

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Japanese Economic Development

Markets, Norms, Structures

By Carl Mosk

Japanese Economic Development presents three distinct approaches to understanding how and why Japan made the transition from a relatively low-income country mainly focused on agriculture...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77158-0 (Routledge)

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Rethinking Economic Change in India

Labour and Livelihood

By Tirthankar Roy

As author of the hugely influential The Economic History of India 1857-1947, Tirthankar Roy has established himself as the leading contemporary economic historian of India....

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45927-3 (Routledge)

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