This book - the first of two volumes- looks at episodes in American economic history from a public choice perspective … markets and politics. In doing so, the book provides fresh insights into important periods of American history, from the … interested in economics, history, political science, economic history, public choice, and political economy …

urban contexts. Anna Bellavitis is Professor of Early Modern History at Rouen University in Normandy, France and Senior … Member of the University Institute of France. Her research concentrates on family and gender history, urban history and … citizenship and labour history …

the process of tackling various urban problems. The book features recent academic works on economic history of the city … and housing, researched from an advanced perspective of comparative history in Japan. The aim of this book is to make … works by Japanese scholars accessible to a wider readership throughout the world. This edited volume includes four articles …

’s history. In every age, investment in iconic buildings reaches a climax when the prevailing mode of production is operating … hegemony. They are monuments to the wealth and power of those who ruled their world. This first volume provides an introduction …

-industrial Japanese history and depicts pre-modern Japan from a macroscopic point of view, showing how the industrious revolution came …