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Cairncross, Sir Alec - 1995

A collection of Sir Alec Cairncross' most important contributions to the economic history of the post-1939 period. They demonstrate a keen insight into the changing role of the economist and the transformation of the economic landscape

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The decline of industrial Britain, 1870-1980

Dintenfass, Michael - 1992

The Decline of Industrial Britain 1870-1980 examines why the British economy has grown more slowly than the economies … addresses both specifically economic questions--did the structure of the British economy undermine the nation's competitiveness …

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The Emergence of a National Market in Spain, 1650-1800 : Trade Networks, Foreign Powers and the State

Sarrion, Guillermo Perez - 2016

Market in Spain, 1650-1800 places Spain firmly in a European context, arguing that the origins of a sophisticated economy …"The only English translation of Perez Sarrion's award-winning history of the Spanish economy from 1650 to 1900, which … places Spain's economy in a European context whilst considering other, domestic influences"-- …

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Kingdom of beauty : mingei and the politics of folk art in Imperial Japan

Brandt, Kim - 2007

A Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia UniversityKingdom of Beauty shows that the discovery of mingei (folk art) by Japanese intellectuals in the 1920s and 1930s was central to the complex process by which Japan became both a modern nation and an imperial world power. Kim...

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Speculation : A History of the Fine Line between Gambling and Investing

Banner, Stuart - 2016

Cover -- Speculation -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Land of Speculation -- 2. Betting on Prices -- 3. The Anti-Option Era -- 4. Selling Blue Sky -- 5. Aftershocks of the Crash -- 6. Land and Onions -- 7. Inside Information -- 8....

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Overripe Economy : American Capitalism and the Crisis of Democracy

Nasser, Alan - 2018 - 1st ed.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Nineteenth Century: Framework Stimulants, Destructive Competition and the Making of Oligopoly Capitalism -- 2. Working-Class Resistance, the State-Supported Capitalist Response, the Mechanization of Industry and the Defeat of...

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The great interwar crisis and the collapse of globalization

Boyce, Robert W. D. - 2009

Challenging the standard narrative of Interwar International History, this account establishes the causal relationship between the global political and economic crises of the period, and offers a radically new look at the role of ideology, racism and the leading liberal powers in the events...

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Labour market evolution : the economic history of market integration, wage flexibility, and the employment relation

Grantham, George - 1994

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Political convention and the merchant in the later eighteenth century

Gim, Dae lyun - In: Regulating the British economy, 1660 - 1850, (pp. 123-137). 2011

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Rent seeking or skill creating? : apprenticeship in early industrial Britain

Humphries, Jane - In: Regulating the British economy, 1660 - 1850, (pp. 235-258). 2011

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