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.
An Economic History of the American Steel Industry
1st Edition
By Robert P. Rogers
November 08, 2013
This book provides a basic outline of the history of the American steel industry, a sector of the economy that has been an important part of the industrial system. The book starts with the 1830's, when the American iron and steel industry resembled the traditional iron producing sector that had ...
Nation, State and the Industrial Revolution: The Visible Hand
1st Edition
By Lars Magnusson
November 08, 2013
The industrial revolution and the creation of the modern (national) state are two of the most important historical processes to have occurred in Europe during the 19th century. The state and other bodies of governance play an important role in the development of capitalist market societies since ...
Reflections on the Cliometrics Revolution: Conversations with Economic Historians
1st Edition
Edited
By John S. Lyons, Louis P. Cain, Samuel H. Williamson
November 08, 2013
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, intellectual lives and influences, new lines of historical research, long-standing debates, a growing international ...
Social Capital, Trust and the Industrial Revolution: 1780–1880
1st Edition
By David Sunderland
November 08, 2013
The first text to examine the concept of trust and the role that it played on the Industrial Revolution, this book is a key resource for students’ studying nineteenth century British history as well as historically minded sociologists. Analytical in style and comprehensive in approach, Social ...
A Cultural History of Finance
1st Edition
By Irene Finel-Honigman
November 07, 2013
The world of finance is again undergoing crisis and transformation. This book provides a new perspective on finance through the prism of popular and formal culture and examines fascination and repulsion toward money, the role of governments and individuals in financial crises and how the Crisis of ...
The Foreign Exchange Market of London: Development Since 1900
1st Edition
By John Atkin
October 29, 2012
Foreign Exchange is big business in the City of London. At the last official count, turnover on the London foreign exchange market averaged a staggering $504 billion a day. No other financial centre in the world even comes close to matching this total. Thirty one per cent of global foreign ...
Production and Consumption in English Households 1600-1750
1st Edition
By Darron Dean, Andrew Hann, Mark Overton, Jane Whittle
September 10, 2012
This economic, social and cultural analysis of the nature and variety of production and consumption activities in households in Kent and Cornwall yields important new insights on the transition to capitalism in England....
International Economic Integration in Historical Perspective
1st Edition
By Dennis Patrick McCarthy
March 12, 2012
International economic integration is not a recent phenomenon; its roots can be traced back to the Roman Empire. This informative volume departs from the conventional short-term analysis and takes a long-term view of the process, offering perspectives that are both detailed and diverse. Author ...
Ideas and Economic Crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005)
1st Edition
By Matthias Matthijs
February 21, 2012
During the period from 1945 to 2005, Britain underwent two deep-seated institutional transformations when political elites successfully challenged the prevailing wisdom on how to govern the economy. Attlee and Thatcher were able to effectively implement most of their political platforms. During ...
Currency Convertibility: The Gold Standard and Beyond
1st Edition
Edited
By Barry Eichengreen, Jaime Reis, Jorge Braga de Macedo
November 01, 2011
The spread of currency convertibility is one of the most dramatic trends of the late twentieth century. It reflects the desire of policymakers to integrate their economies into the global trading system and to attract financial capital and direct investment from abroad.In this book a team of ...
The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia: Institutional Origins of Social Change and Stagnation
1st Edition
By Erik Ringmar
December 08, 2009
Why, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of sustained economic growth, while others stagnated? This text looks at the kind of institutions that are required in order for change to take place, and Ringmar concludes that for sustained development to be possible, ...
Classical Trade Protectionism 1815-1914
1st Edition
By Jean-Pierre Dormois, Pedro Lains
March 18, 2009
Including contributions from such figures as Douglas Irwin, James Foreman-Peck, Kevin O'Rourke and Max-Stefan-Schulze, this key book summarizes the recent empirical research carried out on the issue of the classical period of trade protectionism. It provides a basis for revising widely held views ...