Zbirka: Zgodovina ekonomije
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British Imperialism and Globalization, c. 1650-1960(2022)Examining the domestic politics of imperial expansion these essays question the role of the Industrial Revolution and British imperial leadership beyond the issue of hierarchy and The Great Divergence.Vezava: Trda163,65 € -
Economy of Medieval Wales, 1067-1536(2019) STEVENS, MATTHEWThis book traces the developing economy of medieval Wales across roughly two hundred years of English conquest and colonization, and more than two centuries of post-conquest occupation, ending with the 1536 union of England and Wales. It details the growtVezava: Mehka41,57 € -
Architect of Prosperity(2017) MONNERY, NEILThis is a book about Sir John Cowperthwaite - the man Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman identified as being behind Hong Kong's remarkable post-war economic transformation. Despite there being some articles about him and effusive obituaries theVezava: Trda40,76 € -
Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke's Political Economy(2020) COLLINS, GREGORY M. (YALE UNIVERSITY, CONNECTICUT)This book examines the economic thought of Edmund Burke. By exploring Burke's understanding of the relation between commerce and manners, it raises timely ethical questions about capitalism and its limits relevant to contemporary debates over neoliberalisVezava: Trda82,25 € -
Triumph of the South(2022) SCOTT, PETERThis book provides a scholarly but accessible account of British regional development during the twentieth century, focusing on the emergence and development of the North-South divide.Vezava: Mehka60,81 € -
Feeding the People(2020) EARLE, REBECCA (UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK)Almost no one knew what a potato was in 1500. Today everyone eats them. This book traces the global journey of this popular foodstuff from the Andes to everywhere. En route it helps explain why we feel so ambivalent about governmental dietary guidelines aVezava: Trda35,63 € -
Painting by Numbers(2021) GREENWALD, DIANA SEAVEAn innovative application of economic methods to the study of art history, demonstrating that new insights can be uncovered by using quantitative and qualitative methods together, which sheds light on longstanding disciplinary inequitiesVezava: Trda56,55 € -
Civilizing Money(2021) CAFFENTZIS, GEORGEAn engaging and unique study of Enlightenment philosopher David Hume's understanding of money and his role in the rise of capitalismVezava: Mehka40,97 € -
Ship of Fools(2010) O'TOOLE, FINTANFor twenty years, Ireland's economic miracle was supposed to be the envy of the world. For years, those with economic power had been investing in a gigantic property bubble. In Ship of Fools Fintan O'Toole tells the story of this dizzying rise and sickeVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Secular Cycles(2009) TURCHIN, PETER,NEFEDOV, SERGEY A.Incorporating theoretical and quantitative history, this book examines a specific model of historical change and, more generally, investigates the utility of the dynamical systems approach in historical applications. It is of interest to practitioners ofVezava: Trda81,81 € -
Unsustainable Inequalities(2020) CHANCEL, LUCASThe greatest dilemma our planet faces is the tradeoff between poverty alleviation, inequality reduction, and climate change. In Unsustainable Inequalities, economist Lucas Chancel confronts how to share prosperity without furthering environmental harm, arVezava: Trda44,50 €
