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.
Privatization and Transition in Russia in the Early 1990s
1st Edition
By Carol Scott Leonard, David Pitt-Watson
February 27, 2015
Few economic events have caused such controversy as the privatization process in Russia. Some see it as the foundation of political and economic freedom. For others it was economics gone wrong, and ended in "Russians stealing money from their own country". As Russia reasserts itself, and its new ...
The History of Bankruptcy: Economic, Social and Cultural Implications in Early Modern Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas Max Safley
February 27, 2015
This volume takes up bankruptcy in early modern Europe, when its frequency made it not only an economic problem but a personal tragedy and a social evil. Using legal, business and personal records, the essays in this volume examine the impact of failure on business organizations and practices, ...
The Political Economy of Disaster: Destitution, Plunder and Earthquake in Haiti
1st Edition
By Mats Lundahl
February 27, 2015
Haiti, one of the least developed and most vulnerable nations in the Western Hemisphere, made the international headlines in January 2010 when an earthquake destroyed the capital, Port-au-Prince. More than a year later, little reconstruction has taken place, in spite of a strong international ...
Conceiving Companies: Joint Stock Politics in Victorian England
1st Edition
By Timothy L. Alborn
December 01, 2014
Questions concerning the relationships and boundaries between 'private' business and 'public' government are of great and perennial concern to economists, economic and business historians, political scientists and historians.Conceiving Companies discusses the birth and development of joint-stock ...
Monetary Standards and Exchange Rates
1st Edition
Edited
By Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Lawrence H. Officer
December 01, 2014
In this volume an international team of distinguished monetary historians examine the historical experience of exchange rate behaviour under different monetary regimes. The main focus is on metallic standards and fixed exchange rates, such as the gold standard. With its combination of thematic ...
Production Efficiency in Domesday England, 1086
1st Edition
By John McDonald
December 01, 2014
This fascinating study uses Domesday book data and Management Science methods to examine manorial production efficiency in Medieval Essex in 1086. This book reveals unexpected facts about economic history, and is a remarkable contribution to economic history and medieval studies. It will be of ...
The British Industrial Decline
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Dintenfass, Jean-Pierre Dormois
December 01, 2014
The decline of British Industry in the late Victorian and early Edwardian period is the subject of major concern to economic and modern British historians. This book sets out the present state of the discussion and introduces new directions in which the debate about the British decline is now ...
The Standard of Living and Revolutions in Imperial Russia, 1700-1917
1st Edition
By Boris Mironov, Gregory Freeze
July 03, 2014
This is the first full-scale anthropometric history of Imperial Russia (1700-1917). It mobilizes an immense volume of archival material to chart the growth, weight, and other anthropometric indicators of the male and female populations in order to chart how the standard of living in Russia changed ...
A History of Macroeconomic Policy in the United States
1st Edition
By John H. Wood
June 19, 2014
Keynes asked whether his ‘visionary’ ideas would overcome the interests opposed to change. However, an examination of the histories of monetary and fiscal policies suggests that this is a false distinction. The interests and ideas associated with government policies are seldom opposed. The ...
Bengal Industries and the British Industrial Revolution (1757-1857)
1st Edition
By Indrajit Ray
June 19, 2014
This book seeks to enlighten two grey areas of industrial historiography. Although Bengal industries were globally dominant on the eve of the industrial revolution, no detailed literature is available about their later course of development. A series of questions are involved in it. Did those ...
German Immigration and Servitude in America, 1709-1920
1st Edition
By Farley Grubb
June 19, 2014
This book provides the most comprehensive history of German migration to North America for the period 1709 to 1920 than has been done before. Employing state-of-the-art methodological and statistical techniques, the book has two objectives. First he explores how the recruitment and shipping ...
Industrial Development in Postwar Japan
1st Edition
By Hirohisa Kohama
June 19, 2014
Structured into sub-sector by sub-sector analyses, this book provides a clear and accessible examination of industrial development, without over-generalizing or being weighed down by historical details. Written by an authority in the area of development economics it explores the companies and the ...