Bankruptcy in America, in stark contrast to its status in most other countries, typically signifies not a debtor's last gasp but an opportunity to catch one's breath and recoup. Why has the nation's legal system evolved to allow both corporate and individual debtors greater control over their...

In this sequel to his highly acclaimed Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire, Carter Findley shifts focus from the organizational aspects of administrative reform and development to the officials themselves. A study in social history and its cultural and economic ramifications, Findley's new...

The Punjab--an area now divided between Pakistan and India--experienced significant economic growth under British rule from the second half of the nineteenth century. This expansion was founded on the construction of an extensive network of canals in the western parts of the province. The...

This second volume completes a critical history of the social, political, and theoretical forces behind Marxian economics--the only work in English to offer such comprehensive treatment. Beginning with Marxian analyses of the Great Depression and Stalinism, it explores the theories developed to...

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- 1. The Processes of Cross-Societal Emulation -- 2. The Police -- 3. The Postal System -- 4. The Newspaper -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

This book is a historical account of the slave trading system of the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the nineteenth century and of the attempts, which were eventually successful, to suppress it. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand...

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Triumph of Industrial Capitalism -- 2. Work in the Mines -- 3. The Company Town and the State -- 4. Community in Crisis -- 5. The Long Depression -- 6. The Second Industrial Revolution -- 7. The Politics of Production -- 8. The...

Frontmatter -- Preface / Imlah, Albert H. -- Contents -- Tables -- Appendix tables -- Charts -- I. Distinctive elements in the Pax Britannica -- II. Real values in British foreign trade, 1796-1853 -- III. British balance of payments and export of capital, 1816-1913 -- IV. The terms of trade of...

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- I WAR ECONOMICS IN PEACE TIMES -- II GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS -- III ORGANIZATION OF TRANSPORTATION -- IV CORPORATIONS -- V CARTELS -- VI INDUSTRIAL PRICE POLICY -- VII CONTROL OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND FOREIGN TRADE -- VIII FINANCIAL...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- CHARTS -- EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- PART I. ROWLAND MACY'S PREPARATION 1822-1858 -- CHAPTER I. NANTUCKET TO POINTS WEST -- CHAPTER II. A COCK CROWS IN HAVERHILL -- PART II. THE FOUNDING OF MACY'S 1858-1887 -- CHAPTER III....