Based on a detailed investigation of local sources, this book examines the history of the landed estate system in England since the mid-seventeenth century. Over recent centuries England was increasingly occupied by landed estates run by locally dominant and nationally influential owners....

This book is the first complete survey of the evolution of monetary institutions and practices in Western countries from the Middle Ages to today. It radically rethinks previous attempts at a history of monetary institutions by avoiding institutional approach and shifting the focus away from the...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: What kind of Polity? -- Chapter 3: Economic and Institutional Foundations of Turkish Cypriot Governance and the ‘ITEM’ Law -- Chapter 4: From Separation to Convergence: The Economic Development of the Republic of Cyprus and Turkification of Northern...

Chapter 1: On writing Africa’s economic history -- Chapter 2: Research on Africa’s history and development – a review -- Chapter 3: Back in history, 1000-1850 -- Chapter 4: Economic and political integration, 1850-1920 -- Chapter 5: Transformation and administration, 1920-1950 -- Chapter...

Chapter 1: Introduction; Gabriele Capelli, David Mitch -- Part I: Global religious activity and schooling.-Chapter 2: Religion, colonialism and missions in Africa; Felix Meier zu Selhausen -- Chapter 3: The long legacy of missions in Latin America; Felipe Valencia -- Part II: Colonial legacies,...

1. Terroir, institutions and improvements in European wine history: an Introduction; Silvia A. Conca Messina, Stéphane Le Bras, Paolo Tedeschi, Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro -- 2. The “Grapes Country”. Portoguese viticulture from the early 19th century until the new millennium; Conceição...

1. Introduction -- 2. Gateway of Gothenburg -- 3. Bordeaux from Its Vineyards to Its Hinterland: A Regional Capital in the Late Middle Ages -- 4. Urban Networks on the Move: The Austrian Netherlands’ Transit Policy and the Development of the Belgian Urban Networks in the 18th Century...

Chapter 1: A short history of builder’s wages in Economic History -- Chapter 2: The market for building -- Chapter 3: Contractors -- Chapter 4: Contracts and ways of working in the building trades -- Chapter 5: What did bosses (in London construction) do? -- Chapter 6: Contracts and Pay at St....