Economía y sociedad en la España medieval

The foreign exchange market of London

development since 1900

Economía y economistas españoles

Tomo 9: Cronología, bibliografía e índices

Les directeurs généraux des douanes

l'Administration et la politique douanière 1801-1939

Principes de l'histoire économique

Un <<mercado étnico>> en el Plata

emigración y exportaciones españolas a la Argentina, 1880-1935

El tránsito al crecimiento económico moderno en León (1750-1850)

condiciones de vida y pautas de consumo en La Bañeza y Astorga

Britain and Ireland 1050-1530

economy and society

The Institute of Accounts

Nineteenthe-century origins of accounting professionalism in the United States

This book looks at the role accounting knowledge play in business and social ordering and what insight the Institute of Accounts experience provides about the professionalization of the US accounting occupation.

La economía del Quijote

El dinero en la Sagrada Escritura

Constructing corporate America

history, politics, culture

This collection of cutting- edge research reviews the evolution of the American corporation, the dominant trends in the way it has been studied, and at the same time introduces some new perspectives on the historical trajectory of the business organization as a social institution. The ...

Understanding economic recovery in the 1930s

Endogenous propagation in the Great Depression

One of the watershed periods of the twentieth century, the Great Depression was the defining event for at least one generation of world citizenry. Although much has been written about the almost four-year economic collapse that began in mid-1929, very little has been written about ...

The French economy in the Twentieth century

Is France still proving itself to be an exception to European economic development? Jean-Pierre Dormois surveys France's spectacular economic transformation over the past century. His general introduction to the major transformation of French society tackles the key themes associated with France, such as "Malthusianism ...

Poverty, progress and population

By the early nineteenth century England was very different economically from its continental neighbours. It was wealthier, growing more rapidly, more heavily urbanised, and far less dependent upon agriculture. A generation ago it was normal to attribute these differences to the #industrial revolution# and to ...

El país creado por Wall Street

la historia prohibida de Panamá y su Canal

La fuerza de Wall Street y el gobierno de Theodore Roosevelt, pusieron en marcha la construcción del canal de Panamá, y, pese a las objeciones planteadas por el Congreso de los Estados Unidos y la prensa, no se pudo parar. El autor pone de relieve ...

Time in economic theory

No question has more intrigued the minds of scholars of economic thought throughout history than that of the nature and meaning of time. The articles in this insghtful collection attempt to privide satisfactory answers to fundamental issues on the use of time in economic theory ...

Quarter notes and banknotes

the economics of music composition in the eightenth and nineteenth centuries

In 1700, most composers were employees of noble courts or the church. But by the nineteenth century, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Verdi, and many others functioned as freelance artists teaching, performing, and selling their compositions in the private marketplace. While some believe that Mozart's career ...

The strategy and consistency of Federal Reserve monetary policy, 1924- 1933

Today, most scholars agree that mismanaged monetary policy contributed to the length and severity of the Great Depression. There is little agreement, however, about the causes of the Federal Reserve's mistakes. Some argue that leadership and other organizational changes prior to the depression caused ...

Forbes greatest investing stories

A superb book on a subject of increasing consequence to rapidly growing numbers of Americans." #Steve Forbes, President, CEO, and Editor in Chief, Forbes Take the advice of some of the most successful investors Wall Street has ever seen and you will gain a lifetime ...