largely unexplored. A European history of infrastructure financing over the long term does not yet exist, and the purpose of … 'horizontal' contributions that encompass the entire history of European infrastructure finance. The other three sections deal … not exist in infrastructure financing, and it invites us to consider history as a research laboratory in which to …

Boom - Crisis - Heritage, these terms aptly outline the history of global coal mining after 1945. The essays collected … in this volume explore this history with different emphases and questions. The range of topics also reflects this broad … approach. The first section contains contributions on political, social and economic history. They address the European energy …

This book is the first comprehensive account of the International Labour Organization's 100-year history. At its heart …