The Appeal of Insurance explores how insurance has grown in concert with a clientele largely of its own making. Drawing on the fields of history, sociology, criminology and economics, these essays illuminate the dialectical relationship between the expansion of business and the public demand for...

Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. When Two Tribes Were One -- 2. Pioneers -- 3. Mastodons to Motorways -- 4. Who Owns the Roads? -- 5. Speed -- 6. Width -- 7. Hardtop History -- 8. "What the Bicyclist Did for Roads" --...

Each volume in the widely-successful Working Americans series focuses on a particular type of American and illustrates what life was like for that group from the 1800s to the present time. The volumes are arranged into decade-long chapters, each introducing to the reader three individuals or...

India, Modernity and the Great Divergence: Mysore and Gujarat (17th to 19th C.) -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Problem of Quotation and Transliteration -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Maps -- Introduction -- 0.1) Preliminary Remarks...

This book is important to help an international audience understand the cultural peculiarities behind the Scandinavian "success story". It is also vital that Scandinavians themselves read this book to help them understand the market reforms that are essential for a successful future

The book brings together original, state-of-the-art historical research from several continents and examines how mainly local peasant societies responded to colonial pressures to produce a range of different commodities. It offers new directions in the study of African, Asian, Caribbean, and...

Drawing on records of the Congregation of the Council, held in the Vatican Archive, Schutte examines nearly one thousand petitions for annulment of monastic vows submitted to the Pope and adjudicated by the Council during a 125-year period, from 1668 to 1793. She considers petitions from Roman...

Given the scarcity of data relating to trade with Japan in 1861-1910, the Cornes archive is of great significance. A complete transcript on CD forms part of this volume, which in turn is supported in Part 2 by content summaries of all the private letters and copy books. Part 1 considers the life...