Economic History

'Robert Peston's compelling account of global financial meltdown is a must-read.' ObserverWhat can we learn from the 2008 recession? ITV's political editor explains the global economic mess and how to escape it - in his characteristically straightforward...

'A landmark book....A massively reported deep dive into the unparalleled corporate industrial giant Koch Industries....This impressively researched and well-rendered book also serves as a biography of Charles Koch, with Leonard providing an evenhanded...

'Basic Income is an idea whose time has come, and Guy Standing has pioneered our understanding of it... Standing's analysis is vital' Paul Mason'Guy Standing has been at the forefront of the movement for nearly 4 decades, and in this superb and thorough...

"The need for realism in reform of its monetary system is what makes Bernstein's story of the Power of Gold so timely. It is a compelling reminder that maintaining a fixed price for gold and fixed exchange rates were difficult even in a simpler financial...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**'A classic ... wonderfully enjoyable' WILLIAM DALRYMPLEThis is the authoritative history of South Asia in the 20th century.Shadows at Noon tells the subcontinent's story from the British Raj...

This is the first comprehensive history of pre-Civil War American radicalism, mapping the journeys of the land reformers, Jacksonian radicals and militant abolitionists on the long road to the failed slave revolt of Harpers Ferry in 1859. This book...

For a century and a half the artists and intellectuals of Europe have scorned the bourgeoisie. And for a millennium and a half the philosophers and theologians of Europe have scorned the marketplace. The bourgeois life, capitalism, Mencken's "booboisie,"...

First published in 1958, this volume by R. H. Tawney throws light on the background, conditions, and practices of England's economic life during the reign of James I. At the centre of the study is the figure of Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, whose...

To what extent has the British economy declined compared to its competitors and what are the underlying reasons for this decline? Nicholas Crafts, one of the world's foremost economic historians, tackles these questions in a major new account of...

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch-to laying the groundwork for future British expansion The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its...

Where does wealth come from? How is it different from money? Does government intervention prevent or create crises? What is the most effective way to protect the environment? In Economics Without the Boring Bits, Oxford-trained economist Tejvan Pettinger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788027332540Author Thorstein VeblenFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint E-ArtnowPublisher E-ArtnowWeight(grams) 152g

'Fascinating revelations' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'An immensely valuable guide to a great and terrible industry' The Economist 'The book I have long been waiting for... Essential reading' Michael KlarePetroleum has always been used by humans: as an...

THE DEFINITIVE SINGLE-VOLUME BIOGRAPHYRobert Skidelsky's three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes has been acclaimed as the authoritative account of the great economist-statesman's life. Here, Skidelsky has revised and abridged his magnum opus into...

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Few economists can claim the influence--or fame--of F. A. Hayek. Winner of the Nobel Prize, Hayek was one of the most consequential thinkers of the twentieth century, his views on the free market echoed by such major figures as Ronald Reagan and Margaret...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913377007Author Neil MonneryFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Gulielmus Occamus & CoPublisher Gulielmus Occamus & CoWeight(grams) 260gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871204285Author Andrew FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Comerford & MillerPublisher Comerford & Miller

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948647953Author Steven HorwitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Cato InstitutePublisher Cato InstituteWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385529969Author Matt TaibbiFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Spiegel & GrauPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

In 1776 Adam Smith (1723-90) wrote The Wealth of Nations , a book so foundational it has led to him being called the 'father of economics'. Today he is associated with the promotion of self-interest, a defence of greed and a criticism of any governmental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913176235Author Oswald MosleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Sanctuary Press LtdPublisher Sanctuary Press LtdWeight(grams) 140g

Over 6.4 billion people participate in a $36.5 trillion global economy, designed and overseen by no one. How did this marvel of self-organized complexity evolve? How is wealth created within this system? And how can wealth be increased for the benefit of...

The first volume of The Cambridge History of Capitalism provides a comprehensive account of the evolution of capitalism from its earliest beginnings. Starting with its distant origins in ancient Babylon, successive chapters trace progression up to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910220238Author David AstleFormat PaperbackPage Count 315Imprint Omnia Veritas LtdPublisher Omnia Veritas Ltd

Capitalism has made rationality into a pervasive feature of human action and yet, far from heralding a loss of emotionality, capitalist culture has been accompanied with an unprecedented intensification of emotional life. This raises the question: how...

A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle...

Salt is a vital commodity. For many centuries it sustained life for Scots as seasoning for a diet dominated by grains (mainly oats), and for preservation of fish and cheese. Sea-salt manufacturing is one of Scotland's oldest industries, dating to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783949546112Author Michael HudsonFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint IsletPublisher IsletWeight(grams) 1007gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 29mm

In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ecological and economic changes that made Chicago America's most dynamic city and the Great West its...

An intimate account of the eighteenth-century Bank of England that shows how a private institution became "a great engine of state"The eighteenth-century Bank of England was an institution that operated for the benefit of its shareholders-and yet came to...

The Great Financial Crash had cataclysmic effects on the global economy, and took conventional economists completely by surprise. Many leading commentators declared shortly before the crisis that the magical recipe for eternal stability had been found...

From the Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, candid reflections on the economist’s craftWhen economist Angus Deaton immigrated to the United States from Britain in the...

A staggering new account of the civilian death toll of the world wars-and what it reveals about the true nature and cost of modern warSoldiers have never been the only casualties of wars. But the armies that fought World Wars I and II killed far more...

This is the most comprehensive introduction to the ancient Greek economy available in English. A team of specialists provides in non-technical language cutting edge accounts of a wide range of key themes in economic history, explaining how ancient Greek...

A powerful new understanding of global currency trends, including the rise of the Chinese yuanAt first glance, the history of the modern global economy seems to support the long-held view that the currency of the world's leading power invariably...

How Chile became home to the world’s most radical free-market experiment—and what its downfall suggests about the fate of neoliberalism around the globeIn The Chile Project, Sebastian Edwards tells the remarkable story of how the neoliberal economic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812982053Author Hedrick SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

For twenty years, Ireland's economic miracle was supposed to be the envy of the world. Low taxes, light regulation and an 'anything goes' attitude seemed to have created boundless prosperity. And then, as in Iceland, the glittering palaces vanished in...

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But...