ECONOMIC HISTORY from Cambridge
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Economic History from Cambridge n e w a pproach es to econom ic a n d soci a l h istory
de Zwart and van Zanden
T H E OR IGI NS OF GL OBA L I Z AT ION World Trade in the Making of the Global Economy, 1500–1800
Pim de Zwart and Jan Luiten van Zanden T H E OR IGI NS OF GL OB A L I Z AT ION
Forging Ahead, Falling Behind and Fighting Back British Economic Growth from the Industrial Revolution to the Financial Crisis Nicholas Crafts
Highlights the interactions between institutions and policy choices, as well as the importance of historical constraints on Britain’s relative economic decline. June 2018 228 x 152 mm c.285pp 1 b/w illus. 41 tables 978-1-108-43816-2 Paperback £17.99 / US$24.99
Gambling on War Confidence, Fear, and the Tragedy of the First World War Roger L. Ransom
Discusses the irrational, risktaking decisions of overconfident leaders which led to a seminal turning point in world history that shaped the twentieth century. June 2018 228 x 152 mm 346pp 12 b/w illus. 24 maps 5 tables 978-1-108-45435-3 Paperback £19.99 / US$27.99
Institutional and Organizational Analysis
The Origins of Globalization
Concepts and Applications Eric Alston, Lee J. Alston Bernardo Mueller and Tomas Nonnenmacher
World Trade in the Making of the Global Economy, 1500-1800 Pim de Zwart and Jan Luiten van Zanden
Why isn’t the whole world developed? This toolkit for institutional analysis explains how rules affect the performance of countries, firms, and even families.
Reveals how global trade shaped early modern economic, social and political development, and inaugurated the first era of globalization.
New Approaches to Economic and Social History
New Approaches to Economic and Social History
August 2018 228 x 152 mm 400pp 19 b/w illus. 978-1-107-45125-4 Paperback c. £18.99 / c. US$32.99
August 2018 978-1-108-44713-3 Paperback c.£20.99 / c. US$29.99
The Fed and Lehman Brothers
A Business History of India
Setting the Record Straight on a Financial Disaster Laurence M. Ball
Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism from 1700 Tirthankar Roy
This book sets the record straight on why the Federal Reserve failed to rescue Lehman Brothers during the financial crisis. Studies in Macroeconomic History
Studying firms and entrepreneurs over three centuries, this book unravels the historical roots of the impressive business growth witnessed in contemporary India.
March 2018 228 x 152 mm c.278pp 6 b/w illus. 978-1-108-42096-9 Hardback £18.99 / US$22.95
April 2018 228 x 152 mm 310pp 27 b/w illus. 3 maps 7 tables 978-1-316-63748-7 Paperback £24.99 / US$31.99
Global Trade and the Transformation of Consumer Cultures The Material World Remade, c.1500–1820 Beverly Lemire
Charts the rise of consumerism and the new cosmopolitan material cultures that took shape across the globe from 1500 to 1820. New Approaches to Economic and Social History January 2018 228 x 152 mm 370pp 978-0-521-14105-5 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99
Brands, Geographical Origin, and the Global Economy A History from the Nineteenth Century to the Present David M. Higgins
An interdisciplinary history of the campaign to secure international protection of indications of geographic origin, including ‘Made in …’ slogans. Cambridge Studies in the Emergence of Global Enterprise June 2018 228 x 152 mm 344pp 978-1-107-03267-5 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00
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Economic History from Cambridge
Britain’s Political Economies Parliament and Economic Life, 1660–1800 Julian Hoppit
An innovative account of how thousands of acts of parliament sought to improve economic activity during the early industrial revolution. May 2017 228 x 152 mm 410pp 18 b/w illus. 3 maps 47 tables 978-1-316-64990-9 Paperback £22.99 / US$28.99
Dollars for Dixie Business and the Transformation of Conservatism in the Twentieth Century Katherine Rye Jewell
In Dollars for Dixie, Katherine Rye Jewell demonstrates how conservative southern industrialists pursued a political campaign to preserve regional economic arrangements. Cambridge Studies on the American South
Rulers, Religion, and Riches
Edited by Guido Alfani and Cormac Ó Gráda
Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not Jared Rubin
August 2017 228 x 152 mm 336pp 978-1-316-63183-6 Paperback £23.99 / US$29.99
A Brief History of Economic Thought
Why Complexity Leads to Inequality Vito Tanzi
Alessandro Roncaglia
A sweeping historical account of the crises of income inequality and crony capitalism from a world-renowned public economist.
A clear and concise history of economic thought, developed from the author’s award-winning book, The Wealth of Ideas. September 2017 228 x 152 mm 320pp 978-1-316-62736-5 Paperback £23.99 / US$29.99
February 2018 228 x 152 mm 454pp 978-1-108-42093-8 Hardback £22.99 / US$29.99
June 2017 228 x 152 mm 332pp 1 b/w illus. 2 tables 978-1-107-17402-3 Hardback £39.99 / US$49.99
Famine in European History The first systematic study of famine in all parts of Europe from the Middle Ages until the present.
Termites of the State
This book seeks to explain the political and religious factors leading to the economic reversal of fortunes between Europe and the Middle East. Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
The Selected Letters of John Kenneth Galbraith
The Economic Consequences of the War
Edited by Richard P. F. Holt
West Germany’s Growth Miracle after 1945 Tamás Vonyó
These letters reveal the charm and brilliance of one of the great American intellectual liberals of the twentieth century. June 2017 228 x 152 mm 742pp 978-1-107-01988-1 Hardback £27.99 / US$34.99
March 2017 228 x 152 mm 296pp 12 b/w illus. 8 maps 19 tables 978-1-108-40005-3 Paperback £23.99 / US$29.99
This exploration of the statistical evidence on Germany’s post-war reconstruction sheds new light on the foundations of German economic power. Cambridge Studies in Economic History – Second Series February 2018 228 x 152 mm 288pp 27 b/w illus. 26 tables 978-1-107-12843-9 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.00
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Economic History from Cambridge
Stockwell
The British End of the British Empire
The British End of the British Empire Sarah Stockwell
A Monetary History of Norway, 1816–2016
Between Depression and Disarmament
The British End of the British Empire
Øyvind Eitrheim Jan Tore Klovland and Lars Fredrik Øksendal
The International Armaments Business, 1919–1939 Jonathan A. Grant
Historical narrative integrated with graphs based on a unique dataset chronicle the last 200 years of monetary history in Norway.
This business history elucidates the international history of the interwar period by putting the armaments sector front and center.
The end of empire in Britain itself is illuminated through explorations of its impact on key domestic institutions.
Studies in Macroeconomic History
April 2018 228 x 152 mm 236pp 978-1-108-42835-4 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99
December 2016 228 x 152 mm 654pp 201 colour illus. 11 tables 978-1-107-15040-9 Hardback £126.00 / US$163.00
Financial Systems and Economic Growth Credit, Crises, and Regulation from the 19th Century to the Present Edited by Peter L. Rousseau and Paul Wachtel
This volume presents essays that take a historical look at aspects of the finance-growth nexus. Studies in Macroeconomic History November 2017 228 x 152 mm 308pp 26 b/w illus. 978-1-107-14109-4 Hardback £69.99 / US$110.00
Controlling Credit Central Banking and the Planned Economy in Postwar France, 1948–1973 Eric Monnet
Monnet analyzes monetary and central bank policy during the mid-twentieth century through close examination of the Banque de France. Studies in Macroeconomic History November 2018 228 x 152 mm c.280pp 978-1-108-41501-9 Hardback £85.00 / US$120.00
Sarah Stockwell
June 2018 228 x 152 mm 350pp 22 b/w illus. 9 tables 978-1-107-07031-8 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99
Sveriges Riksbank and the History of Central Banking Edited by Rodney Edvinsson Tor Jacobson and Daniel Waldenström
Offers a comprehensive analysis of the historical experiences of monetary policymaking of the world’s largest central banks. Studies in Macroeconomic History May 2018 228 x 152 mm 526pp 978-1-107-19310-9 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00
Respectable Banking The Search for Stability in London’s Money and Credit Markets since 1695 Anthony C. Hotson
Anthony Hotson reassesses the development of London’s money and credit markets since the great currency crisis of 1695. June 2017 228 x 152 mm 302pp 86 b/w illus. 7 tables 978-1-107-19858-6 Hardback £34.99 / US$49.99
Wine Globalization A New Comparative History Edited by Kym Anderson and Vicente Pinilla
This book uses empirically-based analytical narratives to shed light on the development of national wine markets throughout the world. April 2018 228 x 152 mm 574pp 106 b/w illus. 63 tables 978-1-107-19292-8 Hardback £120.00 / US$155.00
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