![Seven Centuries of Unreal Wages]( "Seven Centuries of Unreal Wages")
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Hatcher, J. (Ed), Stephenson, J. (Ed) (2018)
The quality of life experienced by people in the past is one of the most important areas of historical enquiry, and the standard of living of populations is one of the leading …
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![Poland From Partitions to EU Accession]( "Poland From Partitions to EU Accession")
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Koryś, P. (2018)
This book surveys Poland’s move from being a post-feudal, backward, peripheral country to being a modern, capitalist, European state: from the partition of the commonwealth of …
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![Macroeconomic Policy and a Living Wage]( "Macroeconomic Policy and a Living Wage")
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Stabile, D. R. (2018)
This book offers a new interpretation of the Employment Act of 1946. It argues that in addition to Keynesian economics, the idea of a living wage was also part of the background …
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![The Regulation of the London Clearing Banks, 1946–1971]( "The Regulation of the London Clearing Banks, 1946–1971")
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Arch, L. (2018)
This book explores the way in which banks were regulated in the UK in the period from 1946 until 1971. It focuses upon a group of 11 banks known as the London clearing banks. …
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![Women’s Work and Rights in Early Modern Urban Europe]( "Women’s Work and Rights in Early Modern Urban Europe")
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Bellavitis, A. (2018)
In the last decades, women’s role in the workforce has dramatically changed, though gender inequality persists and for women, gender identity still prevails over work identity. It …
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![Knowledge-Based Growth in Natural Resource Intensive Economies]( "Knowledge-Based Growth in Natural Resource Intensive Economies")
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Ranestad, K. (2018)
This book rejects the idea that natural resource industries are doomed to slow growth. Rather, it examines the case of Norway to demonstrate that such industries can prove highly …
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![Contracts and Pay]( "Contracts and Pay")
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Stephenson, J. Z. (2018)
This book presents a new economic history of London construction in the early modern period. Drawing on extensive archival material from key sites such as St Paul’s Cathedral and …
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![Regional Inequality in Spain]( "Regional Inequality in Spain")
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Diez-Minguela, A., Martinez-Galarraga, J., Tirado, D. A. (2018)
This book traces regional income inequality in Spain during the transition from a pre-industrial society to a modern economy, using the Spanish case to shed further light on the …
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![Institutionalising Patents in Nineteenth-Century Spain]( "Institutionalising Patents in Nineteenth-Century Spain")
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Pretel, D. (2018)
This book examines the development of the Spanish patent system in the years 1826 to 1902, providing a fundamental reassessment of its evolution in an international context. The …
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![Hayek: A Collaborative Biography]( "Hayek: A Collaborative Biography")
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Leeson, R. (Ed) (2018)
Hayek claimed that he always made it his rule ‘not to be concerned with current politics, but to try to operate on public opinion.’ However, evidence suggests that he was a party …
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![Family Economics and Public Policy, 1800s–Present]( "Family Economics and Public Policy, 1800s–Present")
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Way, M. M. (2018)
This book explores family economic decision-making in the United States from the nineteenth century through present day, specifically looking at the relationship between family …
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![Confucian Capitalism]( "Confucian Capitalism")
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Sagers, J. H. (2018)
With the life story of Shibusawa Eiichi (1840–1931), one of the most important financiers and industrialists in modern Japanese history, as its narrative focal point, this book …
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![State Failure and Distorted Urbanisation in Post-Mao's China, 1993–2012]( "State Failure and Distorted Urbanisation in Post-Mao's China, 1993–2012")
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Zheng, Y., Deng, K. (2018)
This book examines failure in the urbanisation of Northwest China as a result of government industrial policies that have impacted on the economic development of the region. By …
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![Technology and Globalisation]( "Technology and Globalisation")
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Pretel, D. (Ed), Camprubí, L. (Ed) (2018)
This book examines the role of experts and expertise in the dynamics of globalisation since the mid-nineteenth century. It shows how engineers, scientists and other experts have …
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![Re-Examining the History of the Russian Economy]( "Re-Examining the History of the Russian Economy")
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Hass, J. K. (Ed) (2018)
This book explores the application of field theory (patterns of interaction) to Russian economic history, and how social and political fields mediate the influences of …
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![The Evolution and Determinants of Wealth Inequality in the North Atlantic Anglo-Sphere, 1668–2013]( "The Evolution and Determinants of Wealth Inequality in the North Atlantic Anglo-Sphere, 1668–2013")
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Di Matteo, L. (2018)
This book focuses on wealth inequality trends in the North Atlantic Anglo-sphere countries of Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States over the period from 1668 to 2013: …
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![Agricultural Transition in China]( "Agricultural Transition in China")
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Du, J. (2018)
This book extends current research on the political economy of modern China, with particular regard to agricultural development and its role in economic transition. It uses …
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![The Unfinished System of Karl Marx]( "The Unfinished System of Karl Marx")
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Dellheim, J. (Ed), Wolf, F. O. (Ed) (2018)
This book examines what we can gain from a critical reading of Marx's final manuscript and his conclusion of the "systematic presentation" of his critique, which was the basis for …
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![Landed Estates and Rural Inequality in English History]( "Landed Estates and Rural Inequality in English History")
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Jones, E. L. (2018)
Based on a detailed investigation of local sources, this book examines the history of the landed estate system in England since the mid-seventeenth century. Over recent centuries …
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![Making Medicine a Business]( "Making Medicine a Business")
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Donzé, P. (2018)
This book goes back to the origins of the transformation of health and medicine into a business, during the first part of the twentieth century, focusing on the example of Japan. …
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