Jewish Immigrants in London, 1880-1939

Susan L Tananbaum

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Between 1880 and 1939, a quarter of a million European Jews settled in England. Tananbaum explores the differing ways in which the existing Anglo-Jewi... Lees meer

Respectability and the London Poor, 1780-1870

Lynn MacKay

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• The population of London soared during the Industrial Revolution and the poorer areas became iconic places of overcrowding and vice. Focusing on the c... Lees meer

Workers, Unions and Payment in Kind

Christopher Frank

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Despite the dramatic expansion of consumer culture from the beginning of the eighteenth century onwards and the developments in retailing, advertising... Lees meer

The Determinants of Entrepreneurship

Jose L García-Ruiz

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• This study looks at entrepreneurial history from three angles: Entrepreneurial Typologies; Business Leaders; and Culture vs Institutions. The previous... Lees meer

The Economic and Business History of Occupied Japan

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• The Occupation era (1945-1952) witnessed major change in Japan and the beginnings of its growth from of the ashes of defeat towards its status as a de... Lees meer

Policing Prostitution, 1856-1886

Catherine Lee

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Focusing on the ports, dockyards and garrison towns of Kent, this study examines the social and economic factors that could cause a woman to turn to p... Lees meer

Jewish Immigrants in London, 1880-1939

Susan L Tananbaum

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Between 1880 and 1939, a quarter of a million European Jews settled in England. Tananbaum explores the differing ways in which the existing Anglo-Jewi... Lees meer

Merchants and Profit in the Age of Commerce, 1680-1830

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Merchant activity across Europe, America and China during the long eighteenth century is explored in this collection of essays. Using a unique data se... Lees meer

Residential Institutions in Britain, 1725-1970

Jane Hamlett

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• The essays in this collection explore both organizational intentions and inhabitants' experiences in a diverse range of British residential institutio... Lees meer

Merchant Communities in Asia, 1600-1980

Madeleine Zelin

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• This book is the first to use local primary sources to explore the interaction between foreign and native merchants in Asian countries. Contributors d... Lees meer

Credit and Debt in Eighteenth-Century England

Alexander Wakelam

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Throughout the eighteenth century hundreds of thousands of men and women were cast into prison for failing to pay their debts. This apparently illogic... Lees meer

Sex in Japan's Globalization, 1870-1930

Bill Mihalopoulos

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Based on archival research undertaken in Japan, Britain and the United States, Mihalopoulos offers a new perspective on the relations between gender h... Lees meer

The Nordic Economic, Social and Political Model

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• The Nordic Model is the 20th-century Scandinavian recipe for combining stable democracies, individual freedom, economic growth and comprehensive syste... Lees meer

The Economies of Latin America

César Yáñez

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• The economic backwardness of Latin America and the Caribbean has long been discussed, but seldom been the subject of such a wide-ranging quantitative ... Lees meer

Consuls and the Institutions of Global Capitalism, 1783-1914

Ferry De Goey

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• The nineteenth century saw the expansion of Western influence across the globe. A consular presence in a new territory had numerous advantages for bus... Lees meer

Philanthropy and the Funding of the Church of England, 1856-1914

Sarah Flew

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• The changing relationship between the church and its supporters is key to understanding changing religious and social attitudes in Victorian Britain. ... Lees meer

Conflict, Commerce and Franco-Scottish Relations, 1560-1713

Siobhan Talbott

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Using untapped archival sources from Britain, France and America, Talbott presents a comparative view of British relations with France over the long s... Lees meer

Conflict, Commerce and Franco-Scottish Relations, 1560-1713

Siobhan Talbott

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Using untapped archival sources from Britain, France and America, Talbott presents a comparative view of British relations with France over the long s... Lees meer

Mining and the State in Brazilian Development

Gail D Triner

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• 'Mining and the State' examines the fundamental economic institutional structure of Brazil through the prism of its mineral endowment. Lees meer

Rural-Urban Relationships in the Nineteenth Century

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• The essays in this collection seek to challenge accepted scholarship on the rural-urban divide. Using case studies from the UK, Europe and America, co... Lees meer

Agriculture and the Great Depression

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• What role did the agricultural sector play in the economic crash of 1929? Taking evidence from country cases across Europe and the Americas, this edit... Lees meer

The World of Carolus Clusius

Florike Egmond

• Hardcover | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Egmond's study investigates horticultural techniques, fashions in the collection of rare plants, botanical experimentation and methods of scientific e... Lees meer

Female Economic Strategies in the Modern World

Beatrice Moring

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• This collection of essays looks at the various ways in which women have coped financially in a male-dominated world. Chapters focus on Europe and Lati... Lees meer

Welfare and Old Age in Europe and North America

Bernard Harris

• Paperback | Engels | Perspectives in Economic and Social History
• Over the last twenty years, historians have become increasingly interested in the role of non-state organizations in the development of welfare servic... Lees meer