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In the last decades, women’s role in the workforce has dramatically changed, though gender inequality persists and for women, gender identity still prevails over work identity. It is important not to forget or diminish the historical role of women in the labour market though and this book...
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Drawing on an array of archival evidence from court records to the poems of Chaucer, this work explores how medieval thinkers understood economic activity, how their ideas were transmitted and the extent to which they were accepted. Moving beyond the impersonal operations of an economy to its...
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This book offers a comprehensive overview of the pre-modern economic history of Central Asia and the Silk Road, covering several millennia. By analyzing an abundance of sources and materials, it illustrates the repeated economic heydays of the Silk Road, during which it linked the Orient and...
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This book traces regional income inequality in Spain during the transition from a pre-industrial society to a modern … Professor of Economic History at the University of València, Spain. His broad research interests include economic history and … Professor of Economic History at the University of València, Spain. His research is focused on the fields of regional economics …
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that occurred in Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, and Turkey, this book investigates the determinants and consequences of … Spain - a Historical Viewpoint -- Chapter 5 Factors of Economic Growth in Ireland -- Chapter 6 Determinants of Economic …
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This book explores the complex history of Catalonia’s relationship with Spain from an economic and political … period from Catalonia’s earliest history to the present day. It explores Catalonia’s eventual union with Spain, the 17th …
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This book charts the contributions made to the development of the late medieval English economy by enterprise, money, and credit in a period which saw its major export trade in wool, which earned most of its money-supply, suffer from prolonged periods of warfare, high taxation, adverse weather,...
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This book describes and evaluates how institutional innovation and technological innovation have impacted on humanity from pre-historical times to modern times, and how societies have been transformed in history. The author interrogates the relationship between innovation and civilisation --...
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in Barcelona, Spain, in July 2015. The tutorials presented here in an extended and refined format were given by renowned …
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