Perspectives in Economic and Social History
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Mining and the State in Brazilian Development
1st Edition
By Gail D Triner
January 20, 2016
'Mining and the State' examines the fundamental economic institutional structure of Brazil through the prism of its mineral endowment....
Narratives of Drunkenness: Belgium, 1830–1914
1st Edition
By An Vleugels
January 20, 2016
Focusing on Belgium from the mid-nineteenth century until the First World War, Vleugels presents a study of the drunkard in society....
Policing Prostitution, 1856–1886: Deviance, Surveillance and Morality
1st Edition
By Catherine Lee
January 20, 2016
Focusing on the ports, dockyards and garrison towns of Kent, this study examines the social and economic factors that could cause a woman to turn to prostitution, and how such women were policed....
Residential Institutions in Britain, 1725–1970: Inmates and Environments
1st Edition
By Jane Hamlett
January 20, 2016
The essays in this collection explore both organizational intentions and inhabitants' experiences in a diverse range of British residential institutions during a period when such provision was dramatically increasing....
Respectability and the London Poor, 1780–1870: The Value of Virtue
1st Edition
By Lynn MacKay
January 20, 2016
The population of London soared during the Industrial Revolution and the poorer areas became iconic places of overcrowding and vice. Focusing on the communities of Westminster, MacKay shows that many of the plebeian populace retained traditional working-class pursuits, such as gambling, drinking ...
Rural Unwed Mothers: An American Experience, 1870-1950
1st Edition
By Mazie Hough
January 20, 2016
Drawing extensively from agency records, newspaper accounts, sociological studies and court documents, Hough explores the experiences of rural white unwed mothers in Maine and Tennessee....
Sex in Japan's Globalization, 1870–1930: Prostitutes, Emigration and Nation-Building
1st Edition
By Bill Mihalopoulos
January 20, 2016
Based on archival research undertaken in Japan, Britain and the United States, Mihalopoulos offers a new perspective on the relations between gender hierarchies and the political economy in a newly modernized Japan....
The Clothing Trade in Provincial England, 1800–1850
1st Edition
By Alison Toplis
January 20, 2016
This detailed study is the first exploration of rural consumption of clothing in early nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on evidence from a range of sources including newspapers, trade directories, court records, visual sources and surviving garments, Toplis investigates how the apparel of the ...
The Determinants of Entrepreneurship: Leadership, Culture, Institutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Jose L Garcia-Ruiz, Pier Angelo Tominelli
January 20, 2016
This study looks at entrepreneurial history from three angles: Entrepreneurial Typologies; Business Leaders; and Culture vs Institutions. The previous scarcity of material makes this collection of eight papers an invaluable resource and should encourage further analysis....
The Economies of Latin America: New Cliometric Data
1st Edition
By César Yáñez
January 20, 2016
The economic backwardness of Latin America and the Caribbean has long been discussed, but seldom been the subject of such a wide-ranging quantitative study. The twelve essays in this collection present a twenty-first-century analysis of a long-term issue, providing extensive geographical coverage ...
The World of Carolus Clusius: Natural History in the Making, 1550-1610
1st Edition
By Florike Egmond
January 20, 2016
Egmond's study investigates horticultural techniques, fashions in the collection of rare plants, botanical experimentation and methods of scientific evaluation, as well as tracking the exchange of knowledge. Central to this activity is the figure of Carolus Clusius (1526-1609), the first truly ...
Violence and Racism in Football: Politics and Cultural Conflict in British Society, 1968–1998
1st Edition
By Brett Bebber
January 20, 2016
This study, based on government records, newspaper articles and fanzines, explores the complex interaction between politicians, police and the perpetrators of football violence. Bebber looks at how successive governments tried to impose law and order on football ‘hooligans’, whilst inadvertently ...