Economic History

With contributions from world-renowned figures such as Niall Ferguson and Adair Turner, this volume investigates how financial institutions and markets have undergone or reacted to past pressures, and the regulatory responses that emerged as a result...

Based on both theoretical and empirical approaches, the essays in this volume emphasise the role of ethics in a globalized economy...

The financial revolution marked the end of medieval England, and through the major institutions such as Lloyds and the Bank of England, laid the foundations on which England's emergence as a world power was based. The subsequent changes radically altered English politics, and this book aims to provi..

The financial revolution marked the end of medieval England, and through the major institutions such as Lloyds and the Bank of England, laid the foundations on which England's emergence as a world power was based. The subsequent changes radically altered English politics, and this book aims to provi..

California was at the epicentre of the collapse of the real estate market in 2008, which had a devastating effect on the world economy. Taking this diverse and powerful state as a case study, this book presents a financial history of the property business, from the time Spanish Missions were establi..

The Indian railway network began as a liberal experiment to promote trade and commerce, the distribution of food and military mobility. Sweeney's study focuses on Britain's largest overseas investment project during the nineteenth century, offering a new perspective on the Anglo-Indian experience...

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

From the Athenian Tetradrachm to the Euro..

Provides a historical perspective for understanding the exponential growth of casinos in the United States since 1990, by telling the story of Atlantic City, New Jersey since the 1970s. This work uses oral history to focus on the human stories of the region in addition to the broader story of econom..

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

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...

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...