A bitter living

women, markets, and social capital in Early Modern Germany

What role did women play in the pre-industrial European economy? Sheilagh Ogilvie tackles this question in an original way, using a rich body of new evidence. By examining women's contribution to a particular pre-industrial economy - the German state of Württemberg - Ogilvie casts doubt on ...

A new economic history of Argentina

Not since the publication of Carlos Díaz Alejandro's Essays on the Economic History of the Argentine Republic in 1970 has there been a new standard reference for those seeking a more quantitative understanding of Argentina's development. Research in the "new economic history" in ...

The field and the forge

population, production, and power in the pre-industrial West

The Field and the Forge offers an innovative approach to the pre- industrial history of Europe and the Mediterranean basin from Roman times through to the Industrial Revolution. This wide-ranging analysis demonstrates how technology changed the scope of state and empire building, and explores why ...

Historia de la economía europea, 1914-2000

Esta es la obra de referencia indispensable para el estudio de la historia económica de Europa durante el siglo XX. El texto se divide en períodos claramente definidos: la época posterior a la primera guerra mundial y la reconstrucción de la economía europea; la depresión ...

International financial history in the twentieth century

system and anarchy

International Financial History in the Twentieth Century examines the history of the international financial system in terms of the current debate about globalization and its limits. In the nineteenth century, international markets existed without international institutions. A response to the problems of capital flows came ...

Business history around the world

This book offers the first in-depth international survey of current research and debates in business history. Over the last two decades enormous advances have been made on the history of business enterprise and business systems. Historians are documenting and analyzing the evolution of a wide ...

Politiques et pratiques des banques d'émission en Europe

(XVIIe-XXe siècle). Le Bicentenaire de la Banque de France dans la perspective de l'identité monétaire européenne

On prête généralement beaucoup aux banques d'émission. Leur influence sur l'activité économique, face à la crise comme face à la croissance, leur action sur le cours des relations monétaires internationales fondent cette opinion largement répandue, hier comme aujourd'hui. Les études ici rassemblées ...

The history of family business

1850-2000

Finance, intermediaries, and economic developement

This volume includes ten essays dealing with financial and other forms of economic intermediation in Europe, Canada, and the United States since the seventeenth century. Each relates the development of institutions to economic change and describes their evolution over time, as well as discussing several ...

Cuando se originó el atraso económico de México

la economía mexicana en el largo siglo XIX, 1780-1920

Este libro ofrece una visión de la economía mexicana de 1780 a 1920 y responde a cuestiones como ¿hasta que punto la economía colonial estaba a punto de desplomarse? ¿qué causó esa crisis? ¿cómo se logró salir de ella? ¿qué papel jugó la política económica ...

The unbound Prometheus

technological change and industrial development in Western Europe from 1750 to the present

For over thirty years David S. Landes#s The Unbound Prometheus has offered an unrivalled history of industrial revolution and economic development in Europe. Now, in this new edition, the author reframes and reasserts his original arguments in the light of current debates about globalisation ...

Business and politics in Europe, 1900-1970

essays in honour of Alice Teichova

There has been increasing interest in recent years in establishing connections between the political history and the business history of Europe in the twentieth century. This book includes new research on the interactions of politicians, businessmen and their institutions in eight countries, with particular focus ...

Autarquía y mercado negro

el fracaso económico del primer franquismo, 1939-1959

La expansión iniciada en los años sesenta ha ocultado la realidad de lo que fueron los veinte primeros años del franquismo en términos económicos: una etapa de aislamiento, corrupción y fracaso, que tuvo para el desarrollo de España unos costes mayores que la propia guerra ...

The economic history of Latin America since independence

Beginning with the integration of Latin America into the world trading system centered on Europe and North America during the century before 1930, this book explores the successes and failures of export-led growth. Using new data on exports and a simple model to explore the ...

Introduzione alla storia economica

Questo libro invita a passare "dietro le quinte" del lavoro dello storico, e in particolare dello storico economico, a seguire il suo reperimento e critica delle fonti, e il suo sforzo creativo nella fase della ricostruzione. Destino curioso quello della storia economica, collocata come è ...

The European miracle

environments, economies and geopolitics in the History of Europe and Asia

Beginning with the integration of Latin America into the world trading system centered on Europe and North America during the century before 1930, this book explores the successes and failures of export-led growth. Using new data on exports and a simple model to explore the ...

Mujeres y hombres en la España franquista

sociedad, economía, política, cultura

The boom and the bubble

the US in the world economy

Only three years ago, the world economy seemed poised on the edge of catastrophe, as financial firestorms ripped through East Asia, Russia and Latin America. A sustained period of significant growth in the US, however, seemed to save the day against all the odds. So ...

Reinventing the bazaar

a natural history of markets

From the wild swings of the stock market to the online auctions of eBay to the unexpected twists of the world's post-Communist economies, markets have suddenly become quite visible. We now have occasion to ask, "What makes these institutions work? How important are they ...

Hacienda y negocio financiero en tiempos de Isabel La Católica

el libro de Hacienda de 1503