Main description: Die Autorin zeichnet die Wohlfahrtsentwicklung der breiten Bevölkerung in Deutschland in der Zwischenkriegszeit im Vergleich zur Bundesrepublik Deutschland in den fünfziger Jahren nach. Folgende Fragen stehen im Mittelpunkt: Wie veränderte sich die Wohlfahrt im...

"Technological change is about more than inventions. This concise history of the Industrial Revolution places the eighteenth-century British Industrial Revolution in global context, locating its causes in government protection, global competition, and colonialism. Inventions from spinning...

The Atlantic Slave Trade from West Central Africa traces for the first time the origins of slaves leaving West Central Africa at the peak period of the transatlantic slave trade. West Central Africa was one of the principal sources of slaves for the Americas. During the nineteenth century, the...

This volume suggests a new way of doing global history. Instead of offering a sweeping and generalizing overview of the past, we propose a "micro-spatial" approach, combining micro-history with the concept of space. A focus on primary sources and awareness of the historical discontinuities and...