The Development of International Insurance

• Paperback | Engels | Financial History
• Despite their economic and social importance, there are relatively few book-length studies of national insurance industries. This collection of nine e... Lees meer

Virginia and the Panic of 1819

Clyde A Haulman

• Paperback | Engels | Financial History
• Argues that the Panic of 1819 was America's first experience with a modern boom-bust cycle, and most importantly, much more than a banking panic resul... Lees meer

Monetary Statecraft in Brazil

Kurt Mettenheim

• Hardcover | Engels | Financial History
• Brazil has one of the world's fastest growing economies and a fascinating history underpinning its evolution. This book presents an analysis of the st... Lees meer

Argentina's Parallel Currency

Georgina M Gomez

• Paperback | Engels | Financial History
• Analyzes the rise and fall of the Red de Trueque (launched in 1995 by a group of environmentalists who exchanged goods and services at their own 'mark... Lees meer

Regulation of the London Stock Exchange

Chris Swinson

• Paperback | Engels | Financial History
• In 1914, the notion of statutory regulation of trading in shares was anathema to both the Government and the London Stock Exchange. By 1945, a statuto... Lees meer

Camille Gutt and Postwar International Finance

Jean F Crombois

• Hardcover | Engels | Financial History
• As a businessman, financier, diplomat, minister, and first Managing Director of the IMF, Camille Gutt (1884-1971) was involved in all the important fi... Lees meer

A History of Public Banking in Portugal in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Pedro Lains

• Paperback | Engels | Financial History
• This book examines the history of what became one of Portugal's largest banks, the Caixa Geral de Depósitos . The bank was founded in 1876 by the stat... Lees meer

Money in the Pre-Industrial World

• Paperback | Engels | Financial History
• The papers in this edited volume discuss key elements of monetarism, including coin denominations, the role of bullion and case studies of substitute ... Lees meer

Debt and Slavery in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Worlds

Alessandro Stanziani

• Paperback | Engels | Financial History
• Filling a significant gap in the historiography, the essays in this volume show that debt slavery has played a crucial role in the economic history of... Lees meer

The Revenue Imperative

Jane S Flaherty

• Paperback | Engels | Financial History
• Provides a comprehensive overview of the Union financial policies during the American Civil War. This work argues that the revenue imperative, the nee... Lees meer

Virginia and the Panic of 1819

Clyde A Haulman

• Hardcover | Engels | Financial History
• Argues that the Panic of 1819 was America's first experience with a modern boom-bust cycle, and most importantly, much more than a banking panic resul... Lees meer

Reforming the World Monetary System

Carol M Connell

• Hardcover | Engels | Financial History
• Focusing on Fritz Machlup, Connell presents the story of the Bellagio Group and its contribution to modern finance. Initiated by Machlup the Bellagio ... Lees meer

The Globalization of Merchant Banking before 1850

Manuel Llorca-Jaña

• Hardcover | Engels | Financial History
• London merchant bankers emerged during the 1820s in the wake of financial turmoil caused by the wars of American Independence, the Napoleonic campaign... Lees meer

The Development of the Art Market in England

Thomas M Bayer, John R Page

• Paperback | Engels | Financial History
• This book gives a comprehensive account of the history and underlying economics of the modern art market in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain... Lees meer

The Rise and Fall of the American System

Songho Ha

• Hardcover | Financial History
• The American System was implemented by the US government after the American-British War of 1812 to develop a national domestic market. This study expl... Lees meer

The Development of the Art Market in England

Thomas M Bayer, John R Page

• Hardcover | Engels | Financial History
• This book gives a comprehensive account of the history and underlying economics of the modern art market in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain... Lees meer

Histories of Tax Evasion, Avoidance and Resistance

• Hardcover | Engels | Financial History
• Tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax resistance are widespread phenomena in political, economic, social and fiscal history from antiquity through mediev... Lees meer

Gambling on the American Dream

James R Karmel

• Hardcover | Engels | Financial History | nr. 4
• Provides a historical perspective for understanding the exponential growth of casinos in the United States since 1990, by telling the story of Atlanti... Lees meer

Taxation and Debt in the Early Modern City

• Hardcover | Engels | Financial History
• Fiscal relations between states and cities in early modern Europe is a major concern for economic and financial historians. This collection of eleven ... Lees meer

The Rise and Fall of the American System

Songho Ha

• Paperback | Engels | Financial History
• The American System was implemented by the US government after the American-British War of 1812 to develop a national domestic market. This study expl... Lees meer

Government Debts and Financial Markets in Europe

• Paperback | Engels | Financial History
• Contains essays by historians of economic and financial history. It illuminates the relationships between government indebtedness and the development ... Lees meer

Money in the Pre-Industrial World

• Hardcover | Engels | Financial History
• The papers in this edited volume discuss key elements of monetarism, including coin denominations, the role of bullion and case studies of substitute ... Lees meer

Monetary Plurality in Local, Regional and Global Economies

• Hardcover | Financial History
• Reforms to increase the responsiveness and flexibility of the monetary system can be part of the solution during financial and economic crisis. This b... Lees meer

The Development of International Insurance

• Hardcover | Engels | Financial History
• Despite their economic and social importance, there are relatively few book-length studies of national insurance industries. This collection of nine e... Lees meer