1. Introduction -- 2. Tin : the foundations of an industry -- 3. Tin and industrial capitalism, 1815-1918 -- 4. The problem with tin, 1919-1929 -- 5. The depression : initial responses, 1928-1930 -- 6. The formation of the International Tin Committee, 1927-1931 -- 7. Constructing the machinery...

1. Agricultural transformation, land ownership, and markets in inland Spain : the case of southern Navarre, 1600-1935 / Jose Miguel Lana-Berasain -- 2. Are institutions the whole story? frontier expansion, land quality and ownership rights in the River Plate, 1850-1920 / Henry Willebald -- 3....

pt. 1. Methodology -- pt. 2. Market performance in Babylonia and the Mediterranean in antiquity -- pt. 3. Market performance from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century -- pt. 4. Markets and money -- pt. 5. Long-term patterns -- pt. 6. Conclusion.

"Looking at the eleventh century to the twentieth century, Kuroda explores how money was used and how currencies evolved in transactions within local communities and in broader trade networks. The discussion covers Asia, Europe and Africa, and highlights an impressive global interconnectedness...