Perspectives in Economic and Social History
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The Determinants of Entrepreneurship: Leadership, Culture, Institutions
1st Edition
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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 ...
Welfare and Old Age in Europe and North America: The Development of Social Insurance
1st Edition
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By Bernard Harris
January 20, 2016
Over the last twenty years, historians have become increasingly interested in the role of non-state organizations in the development of welfare services. This study is particularly focused on the role of friendly societies and other insurance bodies in the provision of aid for the elderly and the ...
Insanity and the Lunatic Asylum in the Nineteenth Century
1st Edition
By Serena Trowbridge
December 01, 2014
The nineteenth-century asylum was the scene of both terrible abuses and significant advancements in treatment and care. The essays in this collection look at the asylum from the perspective of the place itself – its architecture, funding and purpose – and at the experience of those who were sent ...
Perspectives in Economic and Social History 1-25
1st Edition
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By Robert E. Wright, Andreas Gestrich, Steven King
June 01, 2014
Contains the first ten books from the series....
Perspectives in Economic and Social History 1–10
1st Edition
Edited
By Andreas Gestrich, Steven King, Robert E. Wright
July 01, 2011
Contains the first ten books from the Economic and Social History series....
The Decline of Jute: Managing Industrial Change
1st Edition
By Carlo Morelli
May 01, 2011
By looking at the decline of the jute industry, this study assesses the successes and failures of Britain’s managed economy. It also addresses broader arguments about the political economy of twentieth-century Britain....