Economic History

This volume brings together a selection of important contributions hitherto only accessible in a large number of scattered periodicals. These articles have been selected to present a considered sequence and are preceded by an introduction which puts the story of the industrialization of Wales into p..

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

The nineteenth-century asylum was the scene of both terrible abuses and significant advancements in treatment and care. The essays in this collection look at the asylum from the perspective of the place itself – its architecture, funding and purpose – and at the experience of those who were sent the..

This book brings together leading economists and economic historians of Japan in order to examine a range of key issues concerning Japanese institutional and technological development...

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

The international economy since 1945 has endured dramatic changes in its balance of power, from the early period of prosperity for industrialised nations, to the 2008/9 global crisis. In this volume Catherine Schenk outlines these huge changes, examines how the world’s economic leaders have tried to..

This book was first published in 1981...

This book was first published in 1981...

This multi-disciplinary monograph provides the first comprehensive analysis of industrial development in Ireland and its impact on Irish society between 1801-1922...

This title was first published in 2000. 'Little better documented than King Arthur or Robin Hood' complained one historian in 1998 describing the lack of information on Thames shipbuilding. This study of iron shipbuilding on the capital's river fills this noticeable gap. A.J. Arnold examines the ini..

This book was first published in 1966...

This book explores the perceived paradigmatic conflict within British classical economics between the so called 'Ricardo School' and the contemporary French Economics of Jean-Baptiste Say...