Routledge Explorations in Economic History
About the Book Series
This long established series provides a platform for books which break new ground in the understanding of the development of the modern world economy. Equally rooted in economics and history, the series is not limited to any particular period or region. Individual titles focus on particular countries, key industries, themes, or international economic relations.
The Decline of British Industrial Hegemony: Bengal Industries 1914–46
1st Edition
By Indrajit Ray
January 29, 2024
Through two World Wars and the Great Depression, this book explores the turbulent history of colonial Indian industry in the period immediately prior to independence. Focusing on five major industries in Bengal - coal mining, iron-smelting, jute manufacturing, paper making and tea plantation – the...
The Economy of Renaissance Italy
1st Edition
By Paolo Malanima
January 29, 2024
Drawing on a wide range of literature and adopting a macroeconomic approach, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the Italian economy during the Renaissance, focusing on the period between 1348, the year of the Black Death, and 1630. The Italian Renaissance played a crucial role in the ...
Port-Cities and their Hinterlands: Migration, Trade and Cultural Exchange from the Early Seventeenth Century to 1939
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Lee, Paul McNamara
September 25, 2023
This interdisciplinary book brings together eleven original contributions by scholars in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, America and Japan which represent innovative and important research on the relationship between cities and their hinterlands. They discuss the factors which determined ...
Institutions and Chinese Economic Development: A Comparative Historical Approach
1st Edition
By Li Tan
May 31, 2023
China’s rise as an economic power has posed some challenging questions: how did China achieve GDP growth that was even faster than the Four Asian Tigers? Is the "Chinese model" superior? Why hasn’t the rapid economic growth lead to democracy in the country as many observers expected? And can China ...
Paper and the British Empire: The Quest for Imperial Raw Materials, 1861–1960
1st Edition
By Timo Särkkä
August 01, 2022
Paper and the British Empire examines the evolution of the paper industry within British organisational frameworks and highlights the role of the Empire as a market and business-making area in a world of shrinking commerce and rising trade barriers. Drawing on a valuable range of primary sources, ...
The Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels: An Economic History of the European Timber Trade in the 1930s
1st Edition
By Elina Kuorelahti
August 01, 2022
The Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels examines how international commodity cartels in the 1930s were impacted not only by commercial rivalry, but also by international trade political and diplomatic concerns. This work presents the rise and decline of the European Timber ...
An Economic History of Regional Industrialization
1st Edition
Edited
By Bas van Leeuwen, Robin C.M. Philips, Erik Buyst
April 29, 2022
This book offers a comprehensive study of regional industrialization in Europe and Asia from the early nineteenth century to the present. Using case studies on regional industrialization, the book provides insights into similarities and differences in industrialization processes between European, ...
Natural Resources and Economic Growth: Learning from History
1st Edition
Edited
By Marc Badia-Miró, Vicente Pinilla, Henry Willebald
August 06, 2018
The relationship between natural capital and economic growth is an open debate in the field of economic development. Is an abundance of natural resources a blessing or a curse for economic performance? The field of Economic History offers an excellent vantage to explore the relevance of ...
The Political Economy of Mercantilism
1st Edition
By Lars Magnusson
January 03, 2018
Since the days of Adam Smith, Mercantilism has been a hotly debated issue. Condemned at the end of the 18th century as a "false" system of economic thinking and political practice, it has returned paradoxically to the forefront in regard to issues such as the creation of economic growth in ...
The Evolving Structure of the East Asian Economic System since 1700: A Comparative Analysis
1st Edition
Edited
By A.J.H. Latham, Heita Kawakatsu
December 08, 2016
This book is the fifth volume of essays edited by A. J. H Latham and Heita Kawakatsu from the International Economic History Congresses looking at the development of the Asian Economy. Bringing together leading scholars from both the east and west, this book offers fascinating insights into the ...
The Rise of Planning in Industrial America, 1865-1914
1st Edition
By Richard Adelstein
December 08, 2016
Central economic planning is often associated with failed state socialism, and modern capitalism celebrated as its antithesis. This book shows that central planning is not always, or even primarily, a state enterprise, and that the giant industrial corporations that dominated the American economy ...
The Management of the National Debt of the United Kingdom 1900-1932
1st Edition
By Jeremy Wormell
November 24, 2016
This impressive and pioneering work describes and analyses the management of the national debt of the United Kingdom from the Boer War (1899-1902) to the period of the Great Depression in the early 1930s. It therefore spans the expansion of the debt during the Great War of 1914-18 and the struggle...