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The Modern Portuguese Economy in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Amaral, Luciano - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
twentieth century to the present. How did the 1891-92 crisis and World Wars impact Portugal economically? How did the Portuguese …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398788
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Iberian world empires and the globalization of Europe 1415-1668
Yun Casalilla, Bartolomé - 2019
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 Iberian Kingdoms -- Conclusions Part I -- Part II State...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012434259
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Financing the Landed Estate : Power, Politics and People on the Marquis of Anglesey’s Estate, 1812–1854
Beardmore, Carol - 2019
financial history of the landed estate, even though in the early nineteenth century these were some of the largest businesses in … and diverse range of items. Together with the diurnal correspondence all three aspects of the archive detail the daily … financial undertakings and form the foundation of a new financial history of the estate. This book will show that estate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398418
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A Female Activist Elite in Italy (1890-1920) : Its International Network and Legacy
Laurenzi, Elena (ed.); Mosca, Manuela (ed.) - 2022 - 1st ed. 2022.
: Methodological and Historiographical Considerations -- 8.The Signs of Art -- 9.Female Biographies and Family History. An Approach to … Social and Political History -- 10.A Feminine and Feminist Story of Transmission. … with methodological and historiographical issues in reconstructing women’s contribution to history. Elena Laurenzi is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814656
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Rural Poverty, Growth, and Inequality in China
Shen, Yangyang - 2022
Preface -- Chapter 1 Poverty Alleviation Process in Rural China -- Chapter 2 Literature Review -- Chapter 3 Absolute and Relative Changes in Rural Poverty -- Chapter 4 Pro-poor Growth for Rural China -- Chapter 5 The Decomposition of Income Growth and Income Inequality on Rural Poverty --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012879103
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Changes in Population, Inequality and Human Capital Formation in the Americas in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries : A Comparative Perspective
Camps-Cura, Enriqueta - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Impact of Race and Inequality on Human Capital Formation in Latin America during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Chapter 3: Education and Inequality in North America in the Long Term with Special Reference to the United States -- Chapter 4:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398621
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Equity Index Construction and Research on Wealth Gap
Zhu, Xiaohuang; Lin, Song - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
1. Introduction -- 2. Analysis of Turning Points in Equality and Wealth Gaps -- 3. Wealth Gap Index Construction and Data Analysis -- 4. Multiple Equality Indexes Related to the Wealth Gap -- 5. Analysis of the Turning Point of Wealth Gap Index and Economic Growth -- 6. Wealth Gap and Social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398810
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India's Low-Skilled Migration to the Middle East : Policies, Politics and Challenges
Rajan, S. Irudaya (ed.); Saxena, Prem (ed.) - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
Chapter 1: Migration to the Middle East: Issues and Prospects -- Chapter 2: Demographic Dividend in the Middle East: An Empirical Assessment -- Chapter 3: Egyptian Labour Migration in the Arab Middle East -- Chapter 4: Vagaries in the Management of Migrant Domestic Workers from the Philippines:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398968
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Cross-border labor mobility : historical and contemporary perspectives
Dowlah, C. A. F. - 2020
1. Introduction -- 2. Global Human Migration -- 3. Slavery - The Ancient and Medieval Periods -- 4. Slavery in the New World - the Saga of Native Indians -- 5. Slavery in the New World - The Saga of Black Africans -- 6. Indentured Servitude - The Saga of the Indians and the Chinese -- 7....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012399500
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Merchant Princes and Charlatans or Makers of Money? : Decoding Icons of Nineteenth Century British and International Finance
Sless, Henry - 2022 - 1st ed. 2022.
This book provides a critical analysis of visual images of British and international finance during the nineteenth century. Its focus is on the financiers themselves, contrasting the depiction of the respectable Merchant Princes with the less than perfect charlatans (white-collar criminals) who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814690