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 South Sea Bubble: An Economic History of its Origins and Consequences.
1st Edition
By Helen Paul
August 07, 2013
The book is an economic history of the South Sea Bubble. It combines economic theory and quantitative analysis with historical evidence in order to provide a rounded account. It brings together scholarship from a variety of different fields to update the existing historical work on the Bubble. Up ...
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 ...
Theories of International Trade
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Bordo, Adam Klug
February 18, 2009
Before his untimely death in 2000, the brilliant young Israeli economic historian Klug conducted a thorough survey into the different theories of international trade. The results of this are now available here for the first time with an introduction from Warren Young and Michael Bordo. Utilizing ...
An Economic History of Film
1st Edition
Edited
By John Sedgwick, Michael Pokorny
November 12, 2007
The movie industry boomed in the twentieth century, and is still going strong today. However, the economics of movies has been curiously under explored until now. Innovative and informative, this accessible book, which includes contributions from some of the leading experts in the area, is a ...
The Premodern Chinese Economy: Structural Equilibrium and Capitalist Sterility
1st Edition
By Gang Deng
November 12, 2007
Covering the time span from the Shang to the Qing Periods (1520BC - 1911AD), Gang Deng examines important factors in the decline of the Chinese economy from medieval sophistication to modern underdevelopment. These factors include: * resource endowments * socio-economic structure * property rights ...
Rethinking Economic Change in India: Labour and Livelihood
1st Edition
By Tirthankar Roy
September 17, 2007
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. Here, Roy turns his attention to labour and livelihood and the nature of economic change in the Subcontinent. This book covers...