Bøger i Palgrave Studies in Economic History serien

The evolution of inequality and its causes are of crucial importance to all scholars working in the social sciences.

While there were actors with rational calculations and deliberate strategies, there was also an important element of chance in determining the return on investment - not least in the mining sector, which overall was the most important business for investment in African ventures during this period.

This two-volume study explores the economy of East Timor, of which very little has been written since the country gained independence in 2002.

This monograph provides a comprehensive analysis of the political economy of the Turkish Cypriot governance in the northern part of Cyprus after 1974.

A personal memoir from Christopher Dow, an influential British economist and a key player in the banking establishments of the post-war era. Contains insights and revelations into the issues and protagonists shaping British economic policy in the late 20th Century.

Recent decades have seen many economic history books and articles published about working men and women, small and big entrepreneurs, guilds and state manufactures, farmers and journeymen, and children and citizens.

This volume documents recent efforts to track the transformation and trajectory of silver during the early modern period, from its origins in ores located on either side of the Atlantic to its use as currency in the financial centres of continental Europe.

This interdisciplinary edited collection explores the dynamics of global capitalist expansion through the concept of the 'commodity frontier'.

In 2021 Coventry celebrates being the national City of Culture. Modern Coventry is a product of successive rounds of industrial, economic and social developments driven by regional, national and global forces. This book presents a timely opportunity to reflect on this rich, and often misunderstood, history.The book examines the development of industry, services, infrastructure and social transformation, and the role which globalising forces have played in influencing these, particularly since the 1950s. It looks at the experiences of the city of Coventry in responding to the challenges of socioeconomic change, technological advances, reconstruction and renewal.Issues of investment, economic decline, reconstruction, employment change and local and national governance are all considered in assessing the story of modern Coventry, a city influenced by new industries and development opportunities while still being shaped by its historical economic challenges.By focusing on the case of Coventry this book contributes to debates surrounding urban structural change, economic diversification and resilience from the perspective of a medium-sized city.

This edited collection examines the evolution of regional inequality in Latin America in the long run. The authors support the hypothesis that the current regional disparities are principally the result of a long and complex process in which historical, geographical, economic, institutional, and political factors have all worked together. Lessons from the past can aid current debates on regional inequalities, territorial cohesion, and public policies in developing and also developed countries.In contrast with European countries, Latin American economies largely specialized in commodity exports, showed high levels of urbanization and high transports costs (both domestic and international). This new research provides a new perspective on the economic history of Latin American regions and offers new insights on how such forces interact in peripheral countries. In that sense, natural resources, differences in climatic conditions, industrial backwardness and low population density areas leads us to a new set of questions and tentative answers.This book brings together a group of leading American and European economic historians in order to build a new set of data on historical regional GDPs for nine Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. This transnational perspective on Latin American economic development process is of interest to researchers, students and policy makers.

This book illustrates the complexity and variety of victualling systems in early modern Italy.

This book analyses the main historical turning points in the Spanish economy and the related challenges it faced.

Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Battlefield Tourism, from One (Post)War to the Other, France-Spain. Touring from the Great War to the Spanish Civil WarChapter 3. War Tourism in Italy (1919-1939)Chapter 4. Spanish Civil War and Francoism for Tourists: The History Told in Travel BooksChapter 5.Tourism Policy in Post-war Spain: The Direcci├│n General de Turismo, 1939-1951: the Direcci├│n General de Turismo, 1939-1951Chapter 6. Tourism Advertising and Propaganda During the Postwar. The Case of BarcelonaChapter 7. Tourism as a Tool for Territorial Cohesion: The Cassa per il Mezzogiorno in Italy During the 1950sChapter 8.Emigration and Cruises: The Transatlantic Shipping Companies After the Second World War (1945-1960)ΓêùChapter 9. Conclusions

Discovering a Global Perspective''Se mantiene de lavar'': The Laundry Business in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Mexico CityInvesting in Enterprise: Women Entrepreneurs in Colonial ''South Africa''A Mosaic of Entrepreneurship: Female Traders in Moscow, 1810s-1850sA Constant Presence: The Businesswomen of Paris, 1810-1880The Gendered Nature of the Atlantic World Marketplace: Female Entrepreneurs in the Nineteenth-Century American LowcountryOn Their Own in a ''Man''s World'': Widows in Business in Colonial New Zealand and AustraliaIn the Business of Piracy: Entrepreneurial Women among Chinese Pirates in the Mid-Nineteenth CenturyThe Business of Self-Endowment: Women Merchants, Wealth and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century LuandaMore Than Just Penny Capitalists: The Range of Female Entrepreneurship in Mid-Nineteenth-Century United States CitiesJapanese Female Entrepreneurs: Women in Kyoto Businesses in Tokugawa JapanFemale Entrepreneurship in England and Wales, 1851-1911 Skirting the Boundaries: Businesswomen in Colonial British Columbia, 1858-1914Mirror, Bridge or Stone? Female Owners of Firms in Spain During the Second Half of the Long Nineteenth CenturyGendered Innovation: Female Patent Activity and Market Development in Brazil, 1876-1906Not Such a ''Bad Speculation'': Women, Cookbooks and Entrepreneurship in Late-Nineteenth-Century AustraliaNineteenth-Century Female Entrepreneurship in TurkeyAfrican Women Farmers in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, 1875-1930: State Policies and Spiritual Vulnerabilities

This book pinpoints continuities and changes in U.S. foreign economic policy from the fixed exchange rate system of the 1960s through to the period between the two oil crises of the 1970s.

and fourth that China's 'resilient authoritarianism' has been effective in ensuring the country's economic and political transformation. Yue argues that the China model is one of 'crony comprador capitalism' that has hindered the country's attempts at economic and political modernity.

Lu provides a compelling narrative about the connection between inclusive political systems and open access economies, hypothesizing that entry into banking was firstly made upon partisan grounds before later becoming open access/free entry.

This book explores the complex history of Catalonia in relation to Spain from an economic and political perspective. It begins in the Middle Ages and ends in the present day, analysing the intricate political problems of modern day Catalonia within a context of European integration and nationalism.

This book provides a historical economic analysis of two key issues relating to township and village enterprise (TVE) development in China.

This book explores the historical roots of rapid economic growth in South Asia, with reference to politics, markets, resources, and the world economy.

The period from 1945 to 1960, infamously labelled the Great Gloom (Grande Noirceur), was in fact a breaking point where the previous decades of relative decline were overturned - Geloso argues that this era should be considered the Great Convergence (Grand Rattrapage).

Aston challenges and reshapes the on-going debate concerning social status, economic opportunity, and gender roles in nineteenth-century society.

This book is a study of New Zealand shaking off its quasi-colonial dependence on Britain. Hall analyses the three decades after World War II when changes in Britain, mainly as a consequence of that war, forced New Zealand to seek new markets for its exports, which were predominantly primary produce;

British monetary policy was reactivated in 1951 when short-term interest rates were increased for the first time in two decades. The book explores the politics of formulating monetary policy in the 1950s and the techniques of implementing it, and discusses the parallels between the present monetary situation and that of 1951.

The first part addresses the progress of post-communist transition in comparative terms, including regional focus on Eastern and South Eastern Europe, CIS and Central Asia.

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 explores the challenges of importing modern business enterprises to Japan, where the pursuit of profit was considered beneath the dignity of the samurai elite.

Together with Mauritius, Botswana is often categorized as one of two growth miracles in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to its spectacular long-run economic performance and impressive social development, it has been termed both an economic success story and a developmental state. While there is uniqueness in the Botswana experience, several aspects of the country's opportunities and challenges are of a more general nature. Throughout its history, Botswana has been both blessed and hindered by its natural resource abundance and dependency, which have influenced growth periods, opportunities for economic diversification, strategies for sustainable economic and social development, and the distribution of incomes and opportunities.Through a political economy framework, Hillbom and Bolt provide an updated understanding of an African success story, covering the period from the mid-19th century, when the Tswana groups settled, to the present day. Understanding the interaction over time between geography and factor endowments on the one hand, and the development of economic and political institutions on the other, offers principle lessons from Botswana's experience to other natural resource rich developing countries.