Routledge Explorations in Economic History
About the Book Series
This long established series provides a platform for books which break new ground in the understanding of the development of the modern world economy. Equally rooted in economics and history, the series is not limited to any particular period or region. Individual titles focus on particular countries, key industries, themes, or international economic relations.
Economic History of Living Standards in Brazil: Policy, Health, and Environment, 1850–1950
1st Edition
By Daniel W. Franken
November 15, 2024
Incorporating political, economic, and environmental factors, this book explores the evolution of health and living standards in Brazil in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It draws on anthropometric data and an interdisciplinary approach to illuminate the profound socioeconomic ...
Networks in the Early History of Capitalism: Merchant Practices in Renaissance Venice
1st Edition
By Stefania Montemezzo
October 31, 2024
Drawing on a detailed examination of Venetian commerce in the Middle Ages, this book explores the business practices and structures that enabled merchants to compete in a challenging international market. Contributing to the literature on the early history of capitalism, this book demonstrates how ...
Inequality and Nutritional Transition in Economic History: Spain in the 19th-21st Centuries
1st Edition
Edited
By Francisco J. Medina-Albaladejo, José Miguel Martínez-Carrión, Salvador Calatayud
October 08, 2024
Food consumption and nutrition are historically among the most characteristic features of inequality in living standards driven by socioeconomic, gender, generational and geographical reasons. Nutrition directly impacts mortality, life expectancy, height and illness and thus becomes a good ...
Industry and Development in Argentina: An Intellectual History, 1914–1980
1st Edition
By Marcelo Rougier, Juan Odisio
July 29, 2024
This book explores the twists and turns in Argentina’s modern economic history and the debates that raged there around a problem common to all former colonies: how to achieve a level of economic growth for its population in a world characterized by unequal economic relations between the ...
The Decline of British Industrial Hegemony: Bengal Industries 1914–46
1st Edition
By Indrajit Ray
January 29, 2024
Through two World Wars and the Great Depression, this book explores the turbulent history of colonial Indian industry in the period immediately prior to independence. Focusing on five major industries in Bengal - coal mining, iron-smelting, jute manufacturing, paper making and tea plantation – the...
The Economy of Renaissance Italy
1st Edition
By Paolo Malanima
January 29, 2024
Drawing on a wide range of literature and adopting a macroeconomic approach, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the Italian economy during the Renaissance, focusing on the period between 1348, the year of the Black Death, and 1630. The Italian Renaissance played a crucial role in the ...
Port-Cities and their Hinterlands: Migration, Trade and Cultural Exchange from the Early Seventeenth Century to 1939
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Lee, Paul McNamara
September 25, 2023
This interdisciplinary book brings together eleven original contributions by scholars in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, America and Japan which represent innovative and important research on the relationship between cities and their hinterlands. They discuss the factors which determined ...
Institutions and Chinese Economic Development: A Comparative Historical Approach
1st Edition
By Li Tan
May 31, 2023
China’s rise as an economic power has posed some challenging questions: how did China achieve GDP growth that was even faster than the Four Asian Tigers? Is the "Chinese model" superior? Why hasn’t the rapid economic growth lead to democracy in the country as many observers expected? And can China ...
Paper and the British Empire: The Quest for Imperial Raw Materials, 1861–1960
1st Edition
By Timo Särkkä
August 01, 2022
Paper and the British Empire examines the evolution of the paper industry within British organisational frameworks and highlights the role of the Empire as a market and business-making area in a world of shrinking commerce and rising trade barriers. Drawing on a valuable range of primary sources, ...
The Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels: An Economic History of the European Timber Trade in the 1930s
1st Edition
By Elina Kuorelahti
August 01, 2022
The Political Economy of International Commodity Cartels examines how international commodity cartels in the 1930s were impacted not only by commercial rivalry, but also by international trade political and diplomatic concerns. This work presents the rise and decline of the European Timber ...
An Economic History of Regional Industrialization
1st Edition
Edited
By Bas van Leeuwen, Robin C.M. Philips, Erik Buyst
April 29, 2022
This book offers a comprehensive study of regional industrialization in Europe and Asia from the early nineteenth century to the present. Using case studies on regional industrialization, the book provides insights into similarities and differences in industrialization processes between European, ...
A Global History of Money
1st Edition
By Akinobu Kuroda
December 13, 2021
Looking from the 11th century to the 20th century, Kuroda explores how money was used and how currencies evolved in transactions within local communities and in broader trade networks. The discussion covers Asia, Europe and Africa and highlights an impressive global interconnectedness in the ...