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 History of Migration in Europe: Perspectives from Economics, Politics and Sociology
1st Edition
Edited
By Francesca Fauri
December 12, 2019
The History of Migration in Europe belies several myths by arguing, for example, that immobility has not been the "normal" condition of people before the modern era. Migration (far from being an income-maximizing choice taken by lone individuals) is often a household strategy, and local wages ...
The Second Bank of the United States: �Central� banker in an era of nation-building, 1816�1836
1st Edition
By Jane Ellen Knodell
December 12, 2019
The year 2016 marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Second Bank of the United States (1816-1836). This book is an economic history of an early central bank, the Second Bank of the United States (1816-36). After US President Andrew Jackson vetoed the re-chartering of the Bank in 1832, ...
The Western Allies and Soviet Potential in World War II: Economy, Society and Military Power
1st Edition
By Martin Kahn
December 12, 2019
World War II was the largest and most devastating war in modern history with far-reaching consequences. The single most important campaign was the Soviet–German war, which consumed the lion share of Germany’s military resources. In contrast to the tone in German and Anglo-American precampaign ...
War, Power and the Economy: Mercantilism and state formation in 18th-century Europe
1st Edition
By A. González Enciso
December 12, 2019
War, Power and the Economy contains a comparative history of Great Britain, France and Spain, the three rival empires of the 1700s. It explores how the states prepared for war, what kind of economic means they had, what institutional changes they implemented, and how efficient this was. As such, ...
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...
Europe's Green Revolution and Others Since: The Rise and Fall of Peasant-Friendly Plant Breeding
1st Edition
By Jonathan Harwood
November 10, 2016
How best to foster agricultural development in the Third World has long been a subject of debate and from a European perspective the persistent failure to design peasant-friendly technology is puzzling. From the late 19th century, for example, various western European countries also underwent ‘...
Large Databases in Economic History: Research Methods and Case Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark Casson, Nigar Hashimzade
November 07, 2016
‘Big data’ is now readily available to economic historians, thanks to the digitisation of primary sources, collaborative research linking different data sets, and the publication of databases on the internet. Key economic indicators, such as the consumer price index, can be tracked over long ...
Britain's Place in the World: Import Controls 1945-60
1st Edition
By George Brennan, Alan Milward
July 08, 2016
Britain's Place in the World examines the establishment and effectiveness of import controls, particularly quotas. Placing quotas back in the centre of British history, Milward and Brennan make some radical claims for Britain's economic performance in a global context. Looking into a wide variety ...