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Capitalists in Spite of Themselves : Elite Conflict and European Transitions in Early Modern Europe

Lachmann, Richard - 2000

Here, Lachmann offers a new explanation for the origins of nation-states and capitalist markets in early modern Europe. Comparing regions and cities within and across England, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands from the 12th through 18th centuries, he shows how conflict among feudal...

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Economics and History : Surveys in Cliometrics

Greasley, David - 2011 - 1st ed.

Economics and History presents six state-of-the-art surveys from some of the leading scholars in cliometrics. The contributions are all written at an accessible level for the non-specialist reader and consider a broad range of issues from this highly topical area. Written clearly and...

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Beauty Imagined : A History of the Global Beauty Industry

Jones, Geoffrey - 2010

The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. This book provides the first authoritative history of the global beauty industry from its emergence in the 19th century to the present day, exploring how today's global giants...

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Constructing Early Modern Empires : Proprietary Ventures in the Atlantic World, 1500-1750

Roper, L. H - 2007 - 1st ed.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction (L.H. Roper and Bertrand van Ruymbeke) -- Chapter One Creating Colonial Brazil: the First Donatary Captaincies, or the System of Private Exclusivity (1534-1549) (Mickaël Augeron and Laurent Vidal) -- Chapter Two Adelantados and Encomenderos in Spanish America...

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Saving the Nation : Economic Modernity in Republican China

Zanasi, Margherita - 2006

equally modern economy. Even so, most people would have difficulty defining a modern economy and its connection to nationhood …-builders to shape China's institutions and economy. In their reform effort, they confronted several questions: What characterized … a modern economy? What role would a modern economy play in the overall nation-building effort? And how could China …

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Money, Markets and Trade in Late Medieval Europe : Essays in Honour of John H. A. Munro

Munro, John H. A - 2006 - 1st ed.

Armstrong, Ivana Elbl, Martin M. Elbl -- JOHN H. A. MUNRO: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS -- MONEY AND ETHICS -- LAW, ETHICS AND ECONOMY …

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Commerce and Culture : Nineteenth-Century Business Elites

Lee, Robert - 2016 - 1st ed.

, in particular the relationship between the political economy of trade and the cultural world of merchants in an era of …

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Law and Long-Term Economic Change : A Eurasian Perspective

Ma, Debin - 2014

and Economy in Traditional China: A "Legal Origin" Perspective on the Great Divergence -- 4. Property Rights, Land, and … -- 8. The Political Economy of Law and Economic Development in Islamic History -- 9. Islamic Legal Institutions of …

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The Shareholder Value Myth : How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public

Stout, Lynn A - 2012 - 1st ed.

In this radical debunking of pervasive myths about how corporations and investors behave, UCLA professor and legal celebrity Lynn Stout shows how--contrary to entrenched belief--"shareholder primacy" is not mandated by corporate law and actually harms shareholders themselves.

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Research in Economic History.

Field, Alex J - 2012

Contains articles on the economic history of Europe and the US, including "Air Conditioning, Migration and Climate-related Wage and Rent Differentials"; "The Rail-Guided Vehicles Industry in Italy, 1861-1913: the Burden of the Evidence"; "English Banking and Payments before 1826"; and, "The...

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