The Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Economy contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on icritical sectors of the economy including automobiles, banking and finance, national currency, economic...

While the lessons of the past are equally important today as when they first occurred, the trouble lies in making them accessible to modern-audiences. Interpreting American Military History at Museums and Historic Sites provides a guide to turning those important American military moments into...

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on companies, people, events, technologies, countries, provinces, cities, and...

Intro -- The Institutionalization of Science in Early Modern Europe -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Part 1: Research in Institutional Setting -- 1 Between Teaching and Research: The Place of Science in Early Modern English Universities -- 2 The Academization of Parisian...

"Japan had a tortuous relationship with internationalism between 1840, when Shibusawa was born, and 1931, the year the nation invaded Manchuria and when he passed away. The key to understanding Shibusawa's thoughts against the background of this history, the author shows, lies in the concept of...

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preliminary Note -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Merchants' Handbooks (1699-1759): Educate, Inform, Reform -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From Pérez de Moya to Corachán -- 3 From Corachán to Bordázar -- 4 The...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword to This Edition -- Tables and Charts -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Note on Dates, Names and Currencies -- Chapter 1 Institutions: Contracts and Legislation -- Chapter 2 Trade and Insurance: Routes -- Chapter 3 Trade and Insurance: Goods -- Chapter 4 Trade...

Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Part I: The Great Divergence and Japan So Far -- Chapter 2: The Great Divergence Debate -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Explaining the Great Divergence -- 3.1 Resources, Trade, and Globalisation -- 3.2 Institutions and the Market -- 3.3...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1: The structural characteristics of preindustrial economies -- 1.1: From the Neolithic Revolution to the Bronze Age urbanrevolution -- 1.2: The structural features of agrarian economies...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Global patterns of regional industrialization -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Regional industrialization in England and Wales since the...