transformation of the agrarian economy that paved the way for modern economic growth. Historians have viewed the mortgage both … looking for funds, and those of the lender looking for security. It is argued that the character of mortgage law, and the …

migrations. Here I focus on the period 1850 to 1940 and chiefly on migration from Europe to the New World. The survey is …

women in the labour market though and this book proposes a critical overview of the most recent historical research on women …’s roles in economic urban activities. Covering a wide area of early modern Europe, from Portugal to Poland and from … Member of the University Institute of France. Her research concentrates on family and gender history, urban history and …

Introduction -- Part I The Iberian Grounds of the Early Modern Globalization of Europe -- Global Context and the Rise … of Europe. Iberia and the Atlantic -- Iberian Overseas Expansion and European trade networks -- Domestic Expansion in the …-1598): Problem or Solution? -- The Christalization of a Political Economy, c. 1580-1630 -- Conclusions Part II -- Part III Organizing …

Influence: Melon and Gournay -- Chapter 4. The German Translation of Law's Money and Trade, 1758 -- Chapter 5. The Development …Political Economy in the Habsburg Monarchy is an important study of the contribution of Austrian Enlightenment … economist Ludwig Zinzendorf to the political economy of the Habsburg monarchy in the mid eighteenth century. Simon Adler …

empirical economics. This is the definitive study of Spain's transition to a modern economy.’ -Patrick Karl O'Brien, Emeritus …

research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and … research …