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The Clothing Workers of Great Britain (Hardcover): S.P. Dobbs The Clothing Workers of Great Britain (Hardcover)
S.P. Dobbs
R1,661 Discovery Miles 16 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 2005. This book is a part of the studies in Economic and Political Science series and is a study of the British Clothing Trades. The first aim is to describe the present-day structure and localization of the Clothing Industry in Great Britain. The second is to compare existing conditions in the industry with those which prevailed some twenty years ago and to determine the causes to which the changes which have taken place are due.

The Dynamics of Victorian Business (Hardcover, New Ed): Roy Church The Dynamics of Victorian Business (Hardcover, New Ed)
Roy Church
R5,392 Discovery Miles 53 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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

The Birth of the Western Economy - Economic Aspects of the Dark Ages (Hardcover, New Ed): Robert Latouche The Birth of the Western Economy - Economic Aspects of the Dark Ages (Hardcover, New Ed)
Robert Latouche
R5,405 Discovery Miles 54 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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

Problems of British Economic Policy, 1870-1945 (Hardcover, New Ed): Jim Tomlinson Problems of British Economic Policy, 1870-1945 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Jim Tomlinson
R5,963 Discovery Miles 59 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Most historical accounts of economic policy set out to describe the way in which governments have attempted to solve their economic problems and to achieve their economic objectives. Jim Tomlinson, however, focuses on the problems themselves, arguing that the way in which areas of economic policy become problems for policy makers is always problematic itself, that it is never obvious and never happens naturally.
This approach is quite distinct from the Marxist, the Keynesian or the neo-classical accounts of economic policy, the schools of thought which are described and criticized in the introduction. Subsequent chapters use the issues of unemployment, the gold standard and problems of trade and Empire to demonstrate that these competing accounts all obscure the true complexities of the process. Because they adhere to simple assumptions about the role of economic theory or of vested interests previous histories have been unable adequately to explain the dramatic change after the First World War in attitudes to unemployment, for instance, or the decision to return to gold in 1925. Jim Tomlinson surveys the institutional circumstances, the conflicting political pressures and the theories offered at the time in an attempt to discover the conditions which characterized the questions as economic problems and contributed to the choice of solutions.
The result is a sophisticated and intellectually compelling account of matters which have remained at the forefront of political debate since its first publication in 1981.

The Rise of Modern Industry (Hardcover, New Ed): J.L. Hammond, Barbara Hammond The Rise of Modern Industry (Hardcover, New Ed)
J.L. Hammond, Barbara Hammond
R5,400 Discovery Miles 54 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 2005. This book is written for the general reader and not for the specialist. It is an attempt to put the Industrial Revolution in its place in history, and to give an idea both of its significance and of the causes that determined the age and the society in which it began. The book is divided into three parts: in part one authors discuss the development of commerce before the Industrial Revolution; part two describes the changes in transport which preceded the railways, the dissolution of the peasant village, the destruction of custom in industry, and the free play that capital found in consequence. Part three examines the first social effects of the change from a peasant to an industrial civilization.

An Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa (Hardcover, New Ed): Charles Issawi An Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa (Hardcover, New Ed)
Charles Issawi
R5,398 Discovery Miles 53 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The economic history of the Middle East and North Africa is quite extraordinary.
This is an axiomatic statement, but the very nature of the economic changes that have stemmed directly from the effects of oil resources in these areas has tended to obscure longterm patterns of economic change and the fundamental transformation of Middle Eastern and North African economies and societies over the past two hundred years.
In this study Professor Issawi examines and explains the development of these economies since 1800, focusing particularly on the challenge posed by the use and subsequent decline of Western economic and political domination and the Middle Eastern response to it. The book beg ins with an analysis of the effects of foreign intervention in the area: the expansion of trade, the development of transport networks, the influx of foreign capital and resulting integration into international commercial and financial networks. It goes on to examine the local response to these external forces: migration within, to and from the region, population growth, urbanization and changes in living standards, shifts in agricultural production and land tenure and the development of an industrial sector. Professor Issawi discusses the crucial effects of the growth of oil and oil-related industries in a separate chapter, and finally assesses the likely gains and losses in this long period for both the countries in the area and the Western powers. He has drawn on long experience and an immense amount of material in surveying the period, and provides a clear and penetrating survey of an extraordinarily complex area.

An Economic History of the United States Since 1783 (Hardcover, New Ed): Peter D'A. Jones An Economic History of the United States Since 1783 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Peter D'A. Jones
R5,394 Discovery Miles 53 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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

American Business Cycles 1945-50 (Hardcover, New Ed): Conrad Blyth American Business Cycles 1945-50 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Conrad Blyth
R1,582 Discovery Miles 15 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

After the end of the Second World War businessmen and economists throughout the world feared that the American postwar inflationary boom would end in a serious slump. The slump took a long time to come, and when it did appear in 1949 it was both mild and short lived. In its mildness and brevity it foreshadowed the American business recessions since that time and, indeed, may foreshadow the end of the business cycle as it has been known in the past. This book presents the first full-scale study of the 194849 recession in the United States, making it the focal point of a detailed, analytical account of American business fluctuations from the end of the Second World War until the beginning of the Korean War. The main part of the book is prefaced by a review of fluctuations from 1945 to 1967 and of the business cycle theory, which places the postwar events in perspective. Of special importance are the studies of the ending, in early 1948, of the period of re-stocking and re-equipment; of the impact of the changedfarm situation in this deflationary atmosphere, and use of modern consumption theory to explain the changes in household spending after the war and during the recession.
Dr. Blyth has drawn extensively upon the results of modern economic research, and has woven the econometric findings and the historical narrative together with a theoretical analysis. He conclusively rejects the theory that recent U.S. business cycles are the result of any largely self-perpetuating fluctuation in investment in stocks. Instead he draws attention to the persistent destabilizing roles of changes in defense expenditure and of changes in monetary policy-inventory investment performs the largelypassive role of aggravating these changes.
The book, first published in 1969, will be of value not only to specialists in business cycle studies, but to economists and others concerned with the problems of stability and growth in the international economy, as well as to economic historians.

The Economic and Social Foundations of European Civilization (Hardcover, New Ed): Alfons Dopsch The Economic and Social Foundations of European Civilization (Hardcover, New Ed)
Alfons Dopsch
R5,413 Discovery Miles 54 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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

The American Economy 1860-1940 (Hardcover): A.J. Youngson Brown The American Economy 1860-1940 (Hardcover)
A.J. Youngson Brown
R5,382 Discovery Miles 53 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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

By the Sweat of Their Brow - Women workers at Victorian Coal Mines (Hardcover, New Ed): Angela V John By the Sweat of Their Brow - Women workers at Victorian Coal Mines (Hardcover, New Ed)
Angela V John
R5,389 Discovery Miles 53 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The pit brow lasses who sorted coal and performed a variety of jobs above ground at British coal mines prompted a violent debate about womens work in the nineteenth century.
Seen as the prime example of degraded womanhood, the pit brow woman was regarded as an aberration in a masculine domain, cruelly torn from her natural sphere, the home. The, attempt to restrict womens work at the mines in the 1880s highlights the dichotomy between the fashionable ideal of womanhood and the necessity and reality of female manual labour.
Although only a tiny percentage of the colliery labour force, the pit lasses aroused an interest out of all proportion to their numbers and their work became a test case for womens outdoor manual employment. Angela John discusses the implications of this debate, showing how it encapsulates many of the ambivalences of late Victorian attitudes towards working-class female employment, and at the same time raises wider questions both about womens work in industries seen as traditionally male enclaves, and about the ways in which women within the working community have been presented by historians.This book was first published in 1980.

Why Ireland Starved - A Quantitative and Analytical History of the Irish Economy, 1800-1850 (Hardcover, New edition): Joel Mokyr Why Ireland Starved - A Quantitative and Analytical History of the Irish Economy, 1800-1850 (Hardcover, New edition)
Joel Mokyr
R5,400 Discovery Miles 54 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Technical changes in the first half of the nineteenth century led to unprecedented economic growth and capital formation throughout Western Europe; and yet Ireland hardly participated in this process at all. While the Northern Atlantic Economy prospered, the Great Irish Famine of 184550 killed a million and a half people and caused hundreds of thousands to flee the country. Why the Irish economy failed to grow, and why Ireland starved remains an unresolved riddle of economic history.
Professor Mokyr maintains that the Hungry Forties were caused by the overall underdevelopment of the economy during the decades which preceded the famine. In Why Ireland Starved he tests various hypotheses that have been put forward to account for this backwardness. He dismisses widespread arguments that Irish poverty can be explained in terms of over-population, an evil land system or malicious exploitation by the British. Instead, he argues that the causes have to be sought in the low productivity of labor and the insufficient formation of physical capital results of the peculiar political and social structure of Ireland, continuous conflicts between landlords and tenants, and the rigidity of Irish economic institutions.
Mokyrs methodology is rigorous and quantitative, in the tradition of the New Economic History. It sets out to test hypotheses about the causal connections between economic and non-economic phenomena. Irish history is often heavily coloured by political convictions: of Dutch-Jewish origin, trained in Israel and working in the United States. Mokyr brings to this controversial field not only wide research experience but also impartiality and scientific objectivity.
The book isprimarily aimed at numerate economic historians, historical demographers, economists specializing in agricultural economics and economic development and specialists in Irish and British nineteenth-century history. The text is, nonetheless, free of technical jargon, with the more complex material relegated to appendixes. Mokyrs line of reasoning is transparent and has been easily accessible and useful to readers without graduate training in economic theory and econometrics since ists first publication in 1983.

Industrial England, 1776-1851 (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Dorothy Marshall Industrial England, 1776-1851 (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Dorothy Marshall
R5,387 Discovery Miles 53 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Dr Dorothy Marshall covers a vital period in English social development, during which the traditional social hierarchy of order and degree was giving place to a class society marked by the growth of a self-conscious working class.
The author shows how, between 1776 and 1851, industrialization brought about major changes in the structure of society, so that by 1851 the outlines of modern urban and industrial society had been irrevocably drawn. She examines the social implications of the Industrial Revolution, referring in particular to the growth of urban society, the repercussions on the rural community and the resulting alterations in the social structure. She examines upper-, middle- and working-class opinions on such topics as religion and education, and traces the effect of the economic and social changes on the constitution and on political life. In the final chapter Dr Marshall describes the way in which the abuses of the new society brought about the demand for parliamentary legislation to deal with the injustices of the Poor Law, the factory system, and the problem of sanitation. This fascinating book was first published in 1973.

Agrindus - Integration of AGRIculture and INDUStries (Hardcover): Haim Halperim Agrindus - Integration of AGRIculture and INDUStries (Hardcover)
Haim Halperim
R5,384 Discovery Miles 53 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a fascinating insight into some of the most important thinking of the industrial revolution in Israel.

Technological revolution, rapid industrialization and higher levels of productivity all drew more and more people from the agricultural workforce and new ideas were needed to combat this serious loss of labour.

At the time this book was first published, Professor Halperim's had somthing new and original to offer. He argued that agriculture could be combined with industry without undermining that age-old social asset, the village community, and bring it into line with changing conditions.

As he predicted the development of areas comprising a score or more of villages, ranging around non-agriculture has been preserved, and rural society has continued to exist although it has assumed different forms. The name proposed by the author for this new formation is Agrindus, as it expresses the integration of AGRiculture and INDUStries.

Ancient Rome at Work - An Economic History of Rome From the Origins to the Empire (Hardcover): Paul Louis Ancient Rome at Work - An Economic History of Rome From the Origins to the Empire (Hardcover)
Paul Louis
R5,405 Discovery Miles 54 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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

The Development of Japanese Business - 1600-1973 (Hardcover): Johannes Hirschmeier, Tusenehiko Yui The Development of Japanese Business - 1600-1973 (Hardcover)
Johannes Hirschmeier, Tusenehiko Yui
R5,400 Discovery Miles 54 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 2005. This book has been written as an outline history of the development of Japanese business. A good deal of literature exists on some aspects, and some periods, but this is the first attempt to follow the entire course from the Tokugawa period to the present, and to analyse the salient features from the vantage point of modernisation. A separate section in each chapter deals exclusively with the value problem and the impact of values on business and economic development. The Glossary gives an explanation of Japanese terms that are used in the text.

Economic Development of China and Japan (Hardcover): C.D. Cowan Economic Development of China and Japan (Hardcover)
C.D. Cowan
R5,975 Discovery Miles 59 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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

Introduction to the Economic History of China (Hardcover): Stuart Kirby Introduction to the Economic History of China (Hardcover)
Stuart Kirby
R5,380 Discovery Miles 53 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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

British Economic Policy and Empire, 1919-1939 (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Ian M. Drummond British Economic Policy and Empire, 1919-1939 (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Ian M. Drummond
R5,387 Discovery Miles 53 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 2005. This volume looks at the period of 1919 to 1939 in British economic policy and the Empire, including documents on imperial policy.

History of Income Tax - the Development of Income Tax from its beginning in 1799 to the present day related to the social,... History of Income Tax - the Development of Income Tax from its beginning in 1799 to the present day related to the social, economic and political history of the period (Hardcover)
B.E.V. Sabine
R5,394 Discovery Miles 53 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This classic book tells the story of the development of Income Tax from its beginning in 1799 to the present day and relates it to the social, economic and political history of the period.
There have been studies of Income Tax at various stages in its growth; studies of finance and taxation in general in which Income Tax has been closely concerned; studies too of some of the Chancellors of the Exchequer who have made significant contributions to the Income Tax system; but this is the first time an attempt has been made to encompass the whole 160 years or so of its life in one volume.
And a fascinating story it is too when set in perspective. The author shows how Income Tax was introduced to finance the Napoleonic Wars, how it was revived by Peel to pay for Free Trade, and how it underwrote Victorian prosperity and confidence. He then describes its immense expansion through two World Wars to its present position as a dominant feature of British finance. This book was first published in 1966.

Germany's Comeback in the World Market - the German 'Miracle' explained by the Bonn Minister for Economics... Germany's Comeback in the World Market - the German 'Miracle' explained by the Bonn Minister for Economics (Hardcover)
Ludwig Erhard
R5,392 Discovery Miles 53 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A great deal has been talked about the economic recovery of Western Germany since the Second World War. It is know htat this recovery was accompanied by the return of the Federal Republic to the markets of the world. Not so much is know abotu the details - about the work effected through the opitimism of the Minister for Economics, Professor Ludwig Erhard.
In this book, the minister himself speaks. A detailed description is given of the stages by which first the Bizone, and then the Federal Republic, has effected the remarkable comeback which has created keen interest and concern. The book goes into the full detail which might be expected from on who is in charge of the entire machinery. The description of the way in which Government policy was employed to stimulate a free market economy is of great technical interest. Equally important is the detailed description of the way in which every nook and cranny is exploited to give the Federal Republic a foothold in foreign markets. No opportunity is neglected, from the fostering of the most ambitious long-term capital development schemes to the publication of day-to-day reports on trade openings. This book was first published in 1954.

Studies in the Economic Policy of Frederick the Great (Hardcover): W.O. Henderson Studies in the Economic Policy of Frederick the Great (Hardcover)
W.O. Henderson
R5,383 Discovery Miles 53 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Biographies of Frederick the Great generally emphasise the military and diplomatic events of his reign and neglect to discuss fully the significance of his economic policy.

In this series of essays Dr. Henderson deals with various aspects of the Prussian economy in Frederick the Great's reign. He describes Frederick's commercial policy, the reconstruction of Prussia after the Seven Years War and the state of the Prussian economy in 1780's, showing that alone among his contemporaries Frederick left his country with a far more flourishing economy than it had been when he ascended the throne. The role of the private entrepreneur in Prussia at this time is illustrated by surveys of the careers of the merchants Splitgerber and Gotzkowsky who promoted the expansion of Prussia's armament, silk and porcelain industries. This book was first published in 1963.

A Banker's World - The Revival of the City 1957-1970 (Hardcover): Richard Fry A Banker's World - The Revival of the City 1957-1970 (Hardcover)
Richard Fry
R5,384 Discovery Miles 53 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 2005. In the decade of the sixties, which brought so many disappointments to the British people, one signal achievement stands out: the revival of "The City"-London's financial district-as a major centre of international finance. To work in the City now seems to hold the promise of moving up fast, not merely to good pay and good social standing but to an early share of responsibility. George Lewis French Bolton was born in 1900 and started work in the City before he was seventeen. This volume is a collection of works by Sir George Bolton on the revival of the City from 1957 to 1970.

The Growth and Role of UK Financial Institutions, 1880-1966 (Hardcover): D.K. Sheppard The Growth and Role of UK Financial Institutions, 1880-1966 (Hardcover)
D.K. Sheppard
R5,384 Discovery Miles 53 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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

International Money - A Collection of Essays (Hardcover): Charles P. Kindlerberger International Money - A Collection of Essays (Hardcover)
Charles P. Kindlerberger
R5,401 Discovery Miles 54 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

International Money was first published in 1981.

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