Economic history Books
University of Illinois Press Technology and the Resilience of Metropolitan
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Offers fresh and deep insight into the critical nuances that civic leaders need to develop and implement strategies to use information and communication technology to make next-generation cities that help their people thrive."--Jon Gant, Director of the Center for Digital Inclusion
£77.35
MO - University of Illinois Press Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream
Trade Review"A comprehensive and enlightening survey of the evolution of Lincoln's economic thought." --Reviews in American History"Boritt illuminates Lincoln's understanding of 'equality' as well as the meaning of the concept in Lincoln's political economy." -- New York Review of BooksThis is a rare book that deserves superlatives . . . brilliant and original" -- Pennsylvania Magazine of History"A major contribution." -- Journal of Economic History
£18.04
University of Illinois Press Metropolitan Resilience in a Time of Economic
Book SynopsisCities, counties, school districts and other local governments have suffered a long-lasting period of fiscal challenges since the beginning of the Great Recession. This book looks at the capacity of local governments to mobilize resources efficiently and effectively, and the overall effects of the long-term economic downturn on quality of life.Trade Review"Particularly important at a time when cities and metros are compelled to innovate and problem-solve on their own, given the absence of federal and often state leadership."--Bruce Katz, coauthor of The Metropolitan Revolution"This book reveals the potential of metropolitan regions to cure, but also to transcend, endemic impasses beyond their respective borders. This well-written and insightful book is a must-read for scholars as well as policy makers."--Political Studies Review "In this book, Michael A. Pagano brings together a stellar set of multidisciplinary and multigenerational scholars to reconsider the urban agenda in the post–Great Recession era. They offer a coherent focus on local capacities for adaptation and change in dealing with core issues such as infrastructure, pensions, economic vitality, social safety nets, and collaborative initiatives."--Susan E. Clarke, coeditor of The Oxford Handbook on Urban Politics
£16.14
University of Illinois Press Technology and the Resilience of Metropolitan
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Offers fresh and deep insight into the critical nuances that civic leaders need to develop and implement strategies to use information and communication technology to make next-generation cities that help their people thrive."--Jon Gant, Director of the Center for Digital Inclusion
£15.19
Indiana University Press Debt Ethics the Environment and the Economy 21st
Book SynopsisExplores the concept of indebtedness in its various senses and from a wide range of perspectivesTrade ReviewThis edited collection adds a welcome range of new perspectives on what has become a central issue for contemporary debate. One strength of the collection is the way in which it draws together research from a very diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds, meaning that even a reader who considers themselves to be an expert in this topic within a particular disciplinary field is likely to find something that provokes new questions and insights. * Anthropological Notebooks *Table of ContentsIntroduction Peter Y. Paik1. Debt Richard D. Wolff2. "I Consider It Un-American Not to Have a Mortgage": Immigrant Homeownership in Chicago Elaine Lewinnek3. Demonizing Debt, Naturalizing Finance Mary Poovey4. On Debt Michael Allen Gillespie5. The Growth Imperative: Prosperity or Poverty Joel Magnuson6. Democracy's Debt: Capitalism and Cultural Revolution Stephen L. Gardner7. Is Debt the New Karma? Why America Finally Fell Apart Morris Berman8. Measures of Time: Exploring Debt, Imagination, and Real Nature Julianne Lutz Warren9. The Time of Living Dead Species: Extinction Debt and Futurity in Madagascar Genese Marie Sodikoff10. Unintended Consequences and the Epistemology of Fraud in Dickens and Hayek Eleanor Courtemanche11. The Resurrection of an Economic God: Keynes Becomes Postmodern Michael Tratner12. China and the United States: The Bonds of Debt Donald D. Hester13. Debt's Moral Kennan Ferguson14. Debt, Theft, Permaculture: Justice and Ecological Scale Gerry Canavan
£56.10
Indiana University Press Debt Ethics the Environment and the Economy 21st
Book SynopsisExplores the concept of indebtedness in its various senses and from a wide range of perspectivesTrade ReviewThis edited collection adds a welcome range of new perspectives on what has become a central issue for contemporary debate. One strength of the collection is the way in which it draws together research from a very diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds, meaning that even a reader who considers themselves to be an expert in this topic within a particular disciplinary field is likely to find something that provokes new questions and insights. * Anthropological Notebooks *Table of ContentsIntroduction Peter Y. Paik1. Debt Richard D. Wolff2. "I Consider It Un-American Not to Have a Mortgage": Immigrant Homeownership in Chicago Elaine Lewinnek3. Demonizing Debt, Naturalizing Finance Mary Poovey4. On Debt Michael Allen Gillespie5. The Growth Imperative: Prosperity or Poverty Joel Magnuson6. Democracy's Debt: Capitalism and Cultural Revolution Stephen L. Gardner7. Is Debt the New Karma? Why America Finally Fell Apart Morris Berman8. Measures of Time: Exploring Debt, Imagination, and Real Nature Julianne Lutz Warren9. The Time of Living Dead Species: Extinction Debt and Futurity in Madagascar Genese Marie Sodikoff10. Unintended Consequences and the Epistemology of Fraud in Dickens and Hayek Eleanor Courtemanche11. The Resurrection of an Economic God: Keynes Becomes Postmodern Michael Tratner12. China and the United States: The Bonds of Debt Donald D. Hester13. Debt's Moral Kennan Ferguson14. Debt, Theft, Permaculture: Justice and Ecological Scale Gerry Canavan
£19.79
MH - Indiana University Press Victorian Investments
Book SynopsisOffers ways of understanding the relationship between the financial system in Great Britain and other aspects of Victorian society and culture.Trade ReviewThis is a generous collection in every sense of the term, commendable for the breadth of its voices and for the wealth of information it offers both newcomers to and veterans of the study of Victorian finance. . . . Assembling contributions from top scholars in history and literature, Henry and Schmitt offer us a diverse and highly readable volume. Vol. 50, No. 3, July 2011 * Journal of British Studies *Serious, ample, and provocative, the essays are an important addition to the literature of nineteenth-century finance and offer constructive consideration of a fundamental feature of the practice and myths of capitalism as we continue to live with and in them. Vol. 52, No. 1 * Victorian Studies *Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Finance, Capital, Culture Nancy Henry and Cannon SchmittPart 1. A Prehistory of Victorian Investment1. "Signum Rememorativum, Demonstrativum, Prognostikon": Finance Capital, the Atlantic, and Slavery Ian BaucomPart 2. Cultures of Investment2. Writing about Finance in Victorian England: Disclosure and Secrecy in the Culture of Investment Mary Poovey3. The First Fund Managers: Life Insurance Bonuses in Victorian Britain Timothy Alborn4. Limited Liability, Market Democracy, and the Social Organization of Production in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Britain Donna Loftus5. Fair Enterprise or Extravagant Speculation: Investment, Speculation, and Gambling in Victorian England David C. Itzkowitz6. Ladies of the Ticker: Women, Investment, and Fraud in England and America, 1850–1930 George RobbPart 3. Fictions of Investment7. Trollope in the Stock Market: Irrational Exuberance and The Prime Minister Audrey Jaffe8. "Rushing into Eternity": Suicide and Finance in Victorian Fiction Nancy Henry9. Rumor, Shares, and Novelistic Form: Joseph Conrad's Nostromo Cannon SchmittAfterword Martin DauntonBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex
£19.94
Indiana University Press Ahmedabad
Book SynopsisThe history of a city and the evolution of a nationTrade Review[T]his is a story well told, a lucid and readable book about an interesting and complex city. * The Hindu *Lucidly written, beautifully illustrated and meticulously supported with facts and figures, this is an important addition to the academic literature on Gujarat. * Contemporary South Asia *[A]n important contribution to the urban histories of Asia and a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Ahmedabad and Gujarat [T]his is a compelling account of Ahmedabad, ably written by a historian whose long engagement with and affection for the city shine through without clouding his intellectual insights. Putting a human face on the city's leading figures who built the city and its institutions, caused or led movements, maintained calm or provoked violence, Spodek takes us on an engrossing rollercoaster ride through Ahmedabad's turbulent and complicated history in the twentieth century.... * H-Asia *Ahmedabad . . . provides an important contribution to the field as both an examination of a place conspicuously underrepresented in the urban history of the region and as an excellent piece of urban history that not only greatly informs our understanding of South Asian development, but also has application to a number of cities globally. * H-Urban *Because it is written in such a lucid and lively manner and because it treats so many of the critical themes of twentieth-century Indian history, Ahmedabad is also one of the books I would most strongly recommend to anyone who wants to understand South Asia's recent past. * Business History Review *Ahmedabad: Shock City of Twentieth-Century India is an important and timely history of a city that has re-emerged at the forefront of debates around India's model of economic growth. * Urban History *[This book] will be of interest to scholars of urban history, local and national politics, and popular movements in South Asia.Feb. 2014 * JRNL ASIAN STUDIES *A city of extraordinary economic growth and innovation, horrendous communal violence and appalling poverty; Howard Spodek justifiably calls Ahmedabad a 'shock city' in his . . . book Ahmedabad: Shock City of Twentieth Century India.Winter 2012 * IIAS Newsletter (Intnl Inst Asian Studies) *The strength of this first-rate, well-illustrated study is its thorough grounding in source material, an intimate knowledge of people and places, and its connections between Ahmedabad and such personalities as Gandhi, Vallabbhai Patel, and Anasuyaben Sarabhia . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *This excellent study is the culmination of a half-century of research on a city in which Spodek first lived in 1964 and to which he continues to return. Spodek's lovingly told yet critical assessment of Ahmedabad reflects his deep affection for the place and many of its prominent twentieth-century residents. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. The Gandhian Era, 1915–1950 1. Gandhi Chooses Ahmedabad 2. Gandhi Assembles New Leadership 3. Vallabhbhai Patel Builds the Congress Political Machine 4. Anasuyaben Sarabhai Engages Ahmedabad's Working ClassesPart 2. The Westernizing City, 1950–1980 5. Ambalal Sarabhai and Kasturbhai Lalbhai Build an Industrialized, Westernized, Prosperous, Cultured, World-Class Company Town 6. Indulal Yagnik Challenges the Gandhian ConsensusPart 3. Creativity and Chaos: Economic Restructuring—Political Violence—Culture Conflict, 1969– 7. Communal Violence, 1969 8. Chimanbhai Patel Provokes the Nav Nirman Movement, 1974 9. The Mills Close, the TLA Falters, and the Municipal Corporation Goes Broke 10. Madhavsinh Solanki Invokes the Politics of Caste and Class 11. Ahmedabad 2000: The Capitalist City Out of Control 12. Godhra, the Gujarat Pogrom, and the ConsequencesGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex
£35.10
University of Texas Press Deception and Abuse at the Fed
Book SynopsisAn authoritative, well-documented exposé of abuses of power at the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) during the tenure of renowned chairman, Alan Greenspan.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Hitting a Tank with a Stick Chapter 2. The Burns Fed: Price Controls, Inflation, and the Watergate Cover-up with a Distinguished Professor at the Helm Chapter 3. The Master of Garblements Chapter 4. Spinning Mountains into Molehills Chapter 5. Valuable Secrets and the Return of Greenspan's "Prophetic Touch" Chapter 6. The Seventeen-Year Lie Chapter 7. Corrupted Airplanes and Computer Mice Chapter 8. Standing in the Door against Civil Rights Chapter 9. When Five Hundred Economists Are Not Enough Chapter 10. The Myth of Political Virginity Chapter 11. Pricking the Stock Market Bubble and Other Greenspan Policies Chapter 12. Bring the Fed into the Democracy Appendix: Excerpts from Waste and Abuse in the Federal Reserve's Payment System Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
£18.99
University of Texas Press Bureaucrats Planters and Workers The Making of
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive study of the tobacco monopoly illuminates many of the most important themes of eighteenth-century Mexican social and economic history.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I 1. Monopoly, Tobacco, and Colonial Society 2. Monopoly Bureaucrats and Monopoly Finances: An Overview, 1765–1810 Part II 3. Tobacco and Paper: The Politics and Problems of Supply 4. Merchants, Rancheros, and Peasants: The Tobacco Planters of Orizaba and Córdoba Part III 5. Organization, Production, and Policies: The State Tobacco Manufactories, 1765–1810 6. To Serve in the King’s House: Work, Wages, and Manufactory Discipline in the Royal Tobacco Manufactories 7. Accommodation, Consensus, and Resistance: The Tobacco Manufactory Workers and the Colonial State, 1770–1810 8. Postscript Appendixes Notes Glossary Select Bibliography Index
£25.19
University of Texas Press Marginal Workers Marginal Jobs The
Book SynopsisThis book addresses two principal issues: how can we measure underemployment, and how can we explain its prevalence?Table of Contents Foreword Preface 1. Approaching Labor Underutilization and Labor Marginality 2. Who Are the Marginal Workers? 3. How Do You Measure Underutilization? 4. Data, Methods, and Time Effects 5. The Idiosyncrasy Hypothesis: Employment of the Disabled 6. The Discrimination Hypothesis: Age 7. The Discrimination Hypothesis: Race and Sex 8. The Discrimination Hypothesis: Interactions 9. The Achievement Hypothesis: Effects of Training 10. The Structural Hypothesis: Marginal Jobs 11. Conclusions and Recommendations Appendices A. Data Adequacy and Methods B. Measuring Involuntary Part-time Employment C. Measuring Underutilization by Level of Income D. Measuring Mismatch Notes Bibliography Index
£17.99
University of Texas Press Industry the State and Public Policy in Mexico
Book SynopsisAn analysis of the political and economic role of industrial entrepreneurs in postwar Mexico.Table of Contents Preface 1. Introduction Part 1. Industrial Progress under Late and Dependent Development 2. The Pattern of Industrial Growth in Mexico 3. Dependent Industrialization in a Mixed Economy Part 2. The Political Role of Industrial Entrepreneurs in Mexico 4. State-Industry Relations: Disaggregating the Authoritarian State 5. The Political Ideology and Perceptions of Industrial Elites: Mexico and Venezuela Compared Part 3. Industrialists and Policymaking 6. A Typology of the Policy Process and a Case Study of the GATT Decision 7. Industrial Development Strategies and Petroleum Policy 8. Conclusion Appendix A: Sources of and Methods for Collecting Industrialization Data Appendix B: Selected “Mexicanized” Firms, 1967–1983 Appendix C: Selected Newly Established “Mexicanized” Firms, 1973–1979 Appendix D: Data Sources for Regression Analysis (Chapter 3) Appendix E: Questionnaire Mailed to Mexican and Venezuelan Industrialists, Summer 1980 Acronyms Notes Bibliography Index
£20.69
University of Wisconsin Press Redeeming Objects A West German Mythology
Book SynopsisTraces the afterlives of things. Natalie Scholz shows that West Germany’s consumerist ideology took shape through the reinvention of commodities previously tied to Nazism into symbols of Germany’s modernity, economic supremacy, and international prestige.Trade ReviewScholz explores the afterlife of Nazism as a repurposing and remythologizing process. Scholars have yet to learn how to account for the ‘affective legacies’ of the Third Reich, or even to realize that they existed. Scholz’s analysis of the postwar fabric of Nazi myth showcases a subject and an approach that could be of great consequence for contemporary German and, more generally, post-totalitarian scholarship." - Michael Geyer, University of Chicago
£56.95
Yale University Press Britain America from 1760 Paper Studies in
Book SynopsisCompares and contrasts the historical course of Britain and America, exploring the significance of their similarities and differences over a period of two centuries. This book includes wide-ranging analyses of such issues as industrialization and urbanization, democracy and politics.
£18.99
Yale University Press Bound Together How Traders Preachers Adventurers
Book SynopsisSince humans migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. This book follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. It also discusses how we can and should embrace a global world.Trade Review"By unbundling the attributes of modern globalization and linking them to an almost endless chain of historical precedents, Mr. Chanda demystifies a phenomenon invested by its enemies with nearly satanic properties."—William Grimes, New York Times"A lively book that is packed with incident, anecdote and derring-do. . . . Mr. Chanda makes a solid and attractive case for globalisation and its potential as a force for good. But he also has a great deal of sympathy for globalisation's losers."—Economist"While most of us consider globalization to be a purely contemporary phenomenon—conjuring up images of multinational coffee chains and multilingual call centers—to Chanda it is as old as humanity itself, and as complex and unpredictable. . . . His encyclopedic survey of the forces and events that have connected individuals, societies and cultures is nimbly paced and punctuated by lively anecdotes. . . ."—Ishaan Thardoor, Time"[An] engaging analysis. . . . This is a book filled with fascinating information. And Chanda makes the most of his training as both a journalist and a scholar, bringing to his tale a reporter's eye and sense of pacing as well as an impressive breadth of knowledge."—Jeffrey N. Wasserstein, Newsweek"With the perspective of a historian and the savvy of a political scientist, Chanda skillfully argues that globalization was, is and will always be inevitable. . . . Like a good mystery, Chanda's chronology is rich with surprises and moments of revelation."—Publishers Weekly"What stands out in Bound Together is its astonishing historical reach - which provides the basis for Chanda's examination of globalization."—Sam Mendelson, Financial World"To find a book that is prepared to venture into the lion's den, and actually say something new and interesting about a subject that has been done to death and contaminated by polemics is a rariety. To find a book that can say this with calm fluency and gentle argument is a pleasure . . . Bound Together does all this, and it does it in a literary style that is largely free of both economic theory and jargon."—Julius Sen, World Business"Well told, full of interesting details. . . . It should be prescribed reading for all those who think they are still living in a world of nation-states or who even want to migrate there in their minds."—Hans-Heinrich Nolte, Global HistoryReceived Honorable Mention for the 2007 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award in the History category"Nayan Chanda has written an invaluable, and in my view unique, history of globalization—how the concept emerged, evolved, was defused, and has now come to define today's international system. I learned a ton from this book, and I've already written two books on the subject. Students will find its analyses and anecdotes easily accessible and experts will find its arguments original and provocative. It is a real contribution to the literature—a must-read for anyone interested in understanding or teaching this subject."—Thomas L. Friedman, author of The World Is Flat"Bound Together is a graceful recounting of modern globalization with a panoramic perspective. Studded with meaningful and entertaining anecdotes, it is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how we got where we are today."—Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics"A magnificent and masterly achievement. Nayan Chanda has taken a buzzword of our era, globalization, and defined it in the full, rich, complex context of a phenomenon that has shaped humanity over the millennia. He conveys his prodigious knowledge with clarity, wit, and narrative verve, weaving themes from the history of science, politics, commerce, and religion into a coherent, compelling story."—Strobe Talbott, president, The Brookings Institution"Bound Together is a wonderful book that provides us with a rich and holistic perspective on globalization. The book is a must for every student of globalization."—R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies Ltd."Bound Together is destined to be a classic book for the 21st Century. Author Nayan Chanda has combined deep and far-ranging scholarship with a journalist’s touch for story telling to craft an enthralling narrative of humankind from our birth in Africa to our addiction to the Internet. Chanda is a true global citizen. His book should be read in every home, school, business and embassy in the world, and become a vital part of our common intellectual heritage."—Ambassador Derek Shearer, Chevalier Professor of Diplomacy and Director of Global Affairs, Occidental College, Los Angeles
£22.50
Yale University Press Fake Silk
Book SynopsisWhen a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken?Trade Review“The book is well researched and clearly written, with a passionate concern for the impact of carbon disulphide on workers. . . this book will be very appealing to scholars as well as to general readers interested in the history of the rayon industry, the history of occupational health, or the unbridled use of toxic materials by industry.”—Peter Morris, Ambix"It is a fast paced and shocking tale. . . Rather than chart occupational health through a specific industry Fake Silk focuses on the substance, which permits a much broader and deeper reach into politics, economics, environmentalism and culture both in terms of both historical research and its audience."—Social History of Medicine“Action-packed . . . Reading Fake Silk, I could not help but wonder about the manufacturing process behind my T-shirt or the new dress hanging in my closet. Was someone harmed in the making of the kitchen sponge I just unwrapped?”—Science“Thanks to Paul Blanc’s extensively researched study we learn that. . . As the industry expanded, so did the number of victims suffering from the manufacturing process through exposure to the toxic solvent. They, as workers in the critical step, had suffered hallucinations and muscle and nerve dysfunction, and even died, from the toxic solvent carbon disulphide (disulfide). Their story is told sympathetically in this highly readable volume.” —Anthony S. Travis, Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group Newsletter“In a time when many occupational physicians in developed countries will not see much classical occupational disease, this book is a timely reminder of the risks resulting from poorly controlled workplace exposures. Read it as a warning to understand the background to what happened in the viscose rayon industry and to quicken consciences for future prevention.”—Ron McCaig, Journal of Occupational Medicine“Interesting and engaging” —Catherine Mills, The Review of English Studies "This book provides a much needed dimension often missing in histories of rayon-producing corporations. . . .many readers will appreciate the assembling of facts concerning carbon disulfide's use."— Mary Schoeser, Textile History"Paul Blanc's book compellingly chronicles the all-too-real dangers behind the production of ‘fake’ silk. A terrifying exposé of what happens when the textile business puts profits before health."—Alison Matthews David, author of Fashion Victims:The Dangers of Dress Past and Present“This is an essential read for all interested in the history of occupational disease and of our increasing knowledge, yet failure to implement, the controls needed to reduce the risk of preventable disease and premature death.”—Sir Anthony Newman Taylor, Imperial College, London“Blanc's meticulous research has yielded a calm and overwhelming indictment of the murderous treatment that rayon workers worldwide have endured at the hands of their corporate masters.”—Eric Frumin, Health and Safety Director, US trade union federation Change to Win“A shocking story. Blanc draws back the curtain on the corporate deceit and neglect connected to products that have come to epitomize modern life.”— Frederick Rowe Davis, author of Banned: A History of Pesticides and the Science of Toxicology“A fascinating investigation into the colorful century-long history of a pernicious industrial hazard. A cautionary must-read for anyone who cares about eco-friendly living and integrity too.”—Don Katz, founder, Audible.com
£28.50
Yale University Press Broken Bargain Bankers Bailouts and the Struggle
Book SynopsisA history of major financial crisesand how taxpayers have been left with the bill In the 1930s, battered and humbled by the Great Depression, the U.S. financial sector struck a grand bargain with the federal government. Bankers gained a safety net in exchange for certain curbs on their freedom: transparency rules, record-keeping and antifraud measures, and fiduciary responsibilities. Despite subsequent periodic changes in these regulations, the underlying bargain played a major role in preserving the stability of the financial markets as well as the larger economy. By the free-market era of the 1980s and 90s, however, Wall Street argued that rules embodied in New Dealera regulations to protect consumers and ultimately taxpayers were no longer neededand government agreed. This engaging history documents the country's financial crises, focusing on those of the 1920s, the 1980s, and the 2000s, and reveals how the two more recent crises arose from the neglect of this fundamental bargaiTrade Review“Day has written a sweeping account of financial calamities. She shows how often we’ve been wracked by crises, and how quickly we forget why, setting up the next one. Buckle in.”—Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics"Kathleen Day provides a panoramic and insightful analysis of financial booms and crashes that have shaped our nation’s history. She demonstrates that loose credit and weak regulation have played key roles in promoting every speculative boom since the 1920s. Her book is required reading for everyone who wants to understand how to prevent the next financial crisis."—Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr., George Washington University Law School"An essential narrative of the regulatory cycles that predate financial crises, Broken Bargain offers an important lesson in the dangers of amnesia as Washington once again embarks on deregulation, repeating the mistakes of the past."—Sheila Bair, founding Chair of the Systemic Risk Council and former Chair of the FDIC
£26.12
Yale University Press Trading in War
Book SynopsisA vivid account of the forgotten citizens of maritime London who sustained Britain during the Revolutionary Wars In the half-century before the Battle of Trafalgar the port of London became the commercial nexus of a global empire and launch pad of Britain's military campaigns in North America and Napoleonic Europe. The unruly riverside parishes east of the Tower seethed with life, a crowded, cosmopolitan, and incendiary mix of sailors, soldiers, traders, and the network of ordinary citizens that served them. Harnessing little-known archival and archaeological sources, Lincoln recovers a forgotten maritime world. Her gripping narrative highlights the pervasive impact of war, which brought violence, smuggling, pilfering from ships on the river, and a susceptibility to subversive political ideas. It also commemorates the working maritime community: shipwrights and those who built London's first docks, wives who coped while husbands were at sea, and early trade unions. This meticulously reTrade Review“This book inexorably ties the lives of citizens to the life of the port, and you will never see London in the same light. It is enlightening, well-written, gripping and down-to-earth. This is a must-read for anyone whose ancestors lived in not just London but any busy port during the 18th century, by an author who really knows her stuff.”—Janet Dempsey, Who Do You Think You Are“This is a vivid evocation of the riverside life of eighteenth-century London, with sailors and landmen, rich and poor, bankers, merchants, stevedores, wharfingers and boatmen living and working cheek by jowl in the middle of the biggest and busiest port in the world. Many have glanced at this lost world from a distance, but few can equal Margarette Lincoln’s intimate knowledge of it.”—N. A. M. Rodger, author of The Command of the Ocean“[A] marvellous account . . . enlightening”—Steven Simon, Survival“Those of us who love south-east London will enjoy Margarette Lincoln’s Trading in War: London’s Maritime World in the Age of Cook and Nelson, which uncovers the lost world of the London docks in the period when Britain first became a world empire based on maritime trade.”—Jonathan Sumption, Spectator, “Books of the Year”Winner of the Outstanding Academic Title for 2018 award sponsored by Choice“A rich and vibrant study of the riverside boroughs of London to the east of Tower Bridge, the world’s greatest maritime city, in an age of revolution and social change. Lincoln catches a transient world of moving people, changing work, and the integrated lives of sea captains and servants, shipwrights, stowaways and thieves.”—Andrew Lambert, author of Nelson and War at Sea in the Age of Sail“Written at a fine, taut pace, this account of the industrial and trading powerhouse of maritime London at the end of the eighteenth century demonstrates that living then was at times far from comfortable, even for those who prospered. This is a new and comprehensive social analysis, with wonderful stories taken from unusual sources. Here, too, is the underside of society, riot and murder, poverty and theft, alongside the economic vibrancy along the banks of the Thames, capitalists and workers taking advantage of the business stoked up by lengthy wars.”—Roger Knight, author of Britain Against Napoleon“A fascinating glimpse of a part of London that is so often overlooked. Margarette Lincoln takes us into the minutiae of the lives of ‘ordinary’ citizens, and shows how they are in fact far from ordinary: shipbuilders, sailors and explorers and many others who made Britain the leading maritime nation of the period. And even more remarkable, we get to know the women of this watery world, often the unsung heroines in turbulent times.”—Margaret Willes, author of The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn
£26.12
Palgrave Macmillan The Economic Laws of Scientific Research
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£66.49
John Wiley & Sons Inc It Was a Very Good Year
Book SynopsisWhat, if anything, do the most spectacular, high-performance periods of the twentieth-century stock market have in common? And most importantly: Can we predict when they will occur again? In this fascinating investigation, acclaimed author and financial authority Martin S. Fridson probes the past, leading an exhilarating tour through each of the twentieth-century stock market''s golden years. Illuminating, entertaining, and rich in historical anecdotes, Fridson''s book treats us to the opinions and investment strategies of some of the most prominent and intriguing figures on the scene. Timely, informative, and highly readable . . . It Was a Very Good Year offers wonderful insights into the years that provided spectacular gains in the past. There are important lessons in this book for all investors.-Henry Kaufman, President, Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc. A useful and extremely entertaining book. It''s loaded with fascinating stock market lore and helpful investment approacheTable of Contents1908. 1915. 1927. 1928. 1933. 1935. 1954. 1958. 1975. 1995. Epilogue: What Causes the Very Good Years? Selected Readings. Index.
£26.39
John Wiley & Sons Inc Once in Golconda
Book SynopsisOnce in Golconda In this book, John Brooks-who was one of the most elegant of all business writers-perfectly catches the flavor of one of history''s best-known financial dramas: the 1929 crash and its aftershocks. It''s packed with parallels and parables for the modern reader. -From the Foreword by Richard Lambert Editor-in-Chief, The Financial Times Once in Golconda is a dramatic chronicle of the breathtaking rise, devastating fall, and painstaking rebirth of Wall Street in the years between the wars. Focusing on the lives and fortunes of some of the era''s most memorable traders, bankers, boosters, and frauds, John Brooks brings to vivid life all the ruthlessness, greed, and reckless euphoria of the ''20s bull market, the desperation of the days leading up to the crash of ''29, and the bitterness of the years that followed. Praise for Once in Golconda A fast-moving, sophisticated account.embracing the stock-market boom of the twenties, the crash of 1929, the Depression, and the cominTable of ContentsOverture: The Outrage. Ticker Tyranny. The Almost Aristocracy. So Near the Apes. Things Fall Apart. Enter the White Knight. Gold Standard on the Booze. Ordeal in Washington. The White Knight Unhorsed. Rising Action. Catastrophe. Denouement. Acknowledgments. Sources. Index.
£22.94
LUP - University of Michigan Press The Economy of Communist China 19491969
Book SynopsisEconomic development in mainland China during the first two decades of Communist control provides a typical example for the difficult task to transform a vast underdeveloped agrarian economy into a modern industrial one. The Economy of Communist China reviews selected aspects of this economic transformation.
£11.48
The University of Michigan Press The HalfLife of Deindustrialization
Book SynopsisExamines how contemporary American working- class literature reveals the long- term effects of deindustrialization on individuals and communitiesTrade ReviewAn important and timely contribution to studies of working-class culture in this period of economic and social transformation."" - Nick Coles, University of Pittsburgh""Linkon’s compelling study opens up a new set of texts and new critical problematics—the aftermath of downsizing, the impact of neoliberalism on everyday life, the politics of memory—with great verve and insight."" - Joseph Entin, Brooklyn College
£19.90
The University of Michigan Press The HalfLife of Deindustrialization
Book SynopsisThrough analysis of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, film, and drama, The Half-Life of Deindustrialization shows why people and communities cannot simply ""get over"" the losses of economic restructuring. The past provides inspiration and strength for working-class people, even as the contrast between past and present highlights what has been lost in the service economy.Trade ReviewAn important and timely contribution to studies of working-class culture in this period of economic and social transformation."" - Nick Coles, University of Pittsburgh""Linkon’s compelling study opens up a new set of texts and new critical problematics—the aftermath of downsizing, the impact of neoliberalism on everyday life, the politics of memory—with great verve and insight."" - Joseph Entin, Brooklyn College
£64.95
LUP - University of Michigan Press Getting Rich in Late Antique Egypt
Book SynopsisPapyrologists and historians have taken a lively interest in the Apion family, which rose from local prominence in rural Middle Egypt to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the Eastern Roman Empire. Getting Rich in Late Antique Egypt discusses how the Apions' wealth was generated and what role their Egyptian estate played in that growth.Trade Review"[T]his volume deserves to be read more widely as it offers us a rare glimpse of one particular Egyptian family and the role they played in the wider agricultural and economic machinery of Byzantine Egypt." — Ancient Egypt
£56.95
The University of Michigan Press Bankruptcy and Debt Collection in Liberal
Book SynopsisDrawing on perspectives from anthropology and social theory, this book explores the quotidian routines of debt collection in nineteenth-century capitalism. Ultimately, the book advances an empirically grounded and theoretically informed history of quotidian legal practices in the everyday economy.
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University of California Press The Making of a Hinterland State Society and
Book SynopsisThis reassessment of the critical issues in modern Chinese history traces social, economic and ecological change in northern China during the late Qing Dynasty. It maps changes in local finance, farming, transportation, taxation and popular protest, and analyzes their consequences.
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University of California Press Rediscovering Palestine
Book SynopsisThis text paints a portrait of Palestinian society on the verge of modernity. Through the voices of merchants, peasants and Ottoman officials, the book investigates the ways in which urban-rural dynamics in a provincial setting gave meaning to Ottoman rule and European economic expansion.Table of ContentsList of Maps, Plates, and Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Note on Translation and Transliteration INTRODUCTION: PALESTINE AND THE OTTOMAN INTERIOR Toward a History of Provincial Life in the Ottoman Interior Rethinking Ottoman Palestine Sources Approach and Methodology 1. THE MEANINGS OF AUTONOMY Jabal Nablus as a Social Space Boundaries in Time and Space Conclusion 2. FAMILY, CULTURE, AND TRADE Textile Merchants The Arafat Family Regional Trade Networks Local Trade Networks Conclusion J· COTTON, TEXTILES, AND THE POLITICS OF TRADE Cotton and the Politics of Monopoly The Politics of Free Trade Textiles: Resilience and Restructuring Conclusion 4· THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF OLIVE OIL From the Hands of the Peasants A Forced Marriage? Redefining Identity and Political Authority Conclusion 5. SOAP, CLASS, AND STATE Soap and the Economy Soap and Society Soap and the State Conclusion CONCLUSION The Labyrinthine Journey The Discourses of Modernity Appendix 1. Weights and Measures Appendix 2. Court Records, Judges, and Private Family Papers Appendix 3· Soap Factories and the Process of Production Glossary Notes Select Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Encountering Chinese Networks
Book SynopsisThe text studies how various Western, Japanese, and Chinese businesses struggled with the persistent dilemma in China of how to retain control over corporate hierachies while adapting to dramatic changes in Chinese society, politics and foreign affairs from 1880-1937.
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University of California Press From Settler to Citizen New Mexican Economic
Book SynopsisAn analysis of Pueblo Indian pottery, Pueblo and Spanish blankets, and Spanish religious images that links economic change to social and cultural change in the New Mexico. It charts the creation of a culturally innovative and dominating Hispanic settler - or vecino - community during the final decades of the eighteenth century.
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University of California Press Orange Empire
Book SynopsisBrings together the story of the orange industry - how growers, scientists, and workers transformed the natural and social landscape of California, turning it into a factory for the production of millions of oranges.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue. An Allegory of California Part I. Fabricating Eden Introduction 1. Manifesting the Garden 2. A Cornucopia of Invention 3. Pulp Fiction: The Sunkist Campaign Part II. Work in the Garden Introduction 4. The Fruits of Labor 5. "The Finished Products of Their Environment" Part III. Reclaiming Eden Introduction 6. A Jungle of Representation: The EPIC Campaign versus Sunkist 7. A Record of Eden's Erosion 8. "A Profit Cannot Be Taken from an Orange": Steinbeck's Case for Environmental Justice Epilogue. By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them Notes Select Bibliography Index 00
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University of California Press The Economy of the Greek Cities
Book SynopsisThis introduction to the Ancient Greek economy has proved popular in France, and has also been translated into Italian and Greek; this first English edition is of the second French edition of 2007.Trade Review"A very mature and thought-provoking book introducing an immense range of aspects in very little space." Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) "The book's main strength lies in its clarity of structure and exposition and in its masterful control of the evidence." Journal Of Interdisciplinary History "This is an excellent, concise introduction into the main branches of the economy of the Greek worlds." Klio "[A] compact but impressive volume... Accessible to students new to the field of study." Ancient West & EastTable of ContentsForeword Introduction The Purpose and Nature of This Book Sources 1. The Greek Cities and the Economy Constants and Constraints Economy and Oikonomia The Economic Space of the Cities Primary Text 2. The World of Agriculture Agricultural Labor and Products Foodstuffs and How They Were Used Cultivating the Soil Self-sufficiency and Markets Primary Texts 3. Craft Industries and Business Ventures Private Crafts Public Works Primary Texts 4. Trade Trading Conditions Different Levels of Trading The Business World Public Interventions Primary Texts Conclusion Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Drink Water but Remember the Source
Book SynopsisWhile many have studied China's rise as an economic power, China itself does not exist solely in the economic realm. This study explores the moral sphere as a key to understanding how rural Chinese experience and talk about their lives in a period of rapid economic transformation.Trade Review"Original and important contribution to the fast-growing literature on contemporary China ... Two thumbs up!" Journal Of China Quarterly "Commendable" Chinese Historical Review "Very well written, entertaining like a novel, but with an evident scholarly background." -- Dominique Tyl Chinese Cross Currents "Stories ... are told with care and compassion, allowing Oxfeld to develop a nuanced analysis of moral discussions in rural China." Asia Pacific World "Drink water is Oxfeld's insightful call to arms." Social Anthropology "A significant contribution to the anthropology of morality." -- David A. Palmer The China JournalTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Notes on the Text Preface and Acknowledgments Part I. Morality in Rural China: Contexts and Categories 1. Moonshadow Pond: Moral Expectations and Daily Life 2. Liangxin Part II. Moral Discourse in Social Life 3. Weighty Expectations: Women and Family Virtue 4. Everlasting Debts 5. The Moral Dilemmas of Return Visits 6. Property Rights and Wrongs 7. "Money Causes Trouble" Conclusion: Ethnography and Morality Notes Chinese Character Glossary References Index
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University of California Press From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean
Book SynopsisPresents a study that explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. This book discusses the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. It also explores the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community life.Trade Review"Fascinating." Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "Exceeds, by far, all previous scholarship on the Armenian merchants of New Julfa." Ararat "A fascinating book." Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "Aslanian has unearthed a veritable treasure trove, and this book, which is written in a lucid style, is of great interest." The Historian "An extensively researched study ... that is both scholarly and interesting to read... Well written and well-documented." -- Daphne Abeel Armenian Mirror-Spectator "This is the kind of book that entices readers to spend time not only with the text but also with the bibliography and endnotes, retracing research steps and finding new paths to benefit their own work." -- Patricia Risso American Historical Review "Ground-breaking ... Superb." -- Sossie Kasbarian Journal of Global History
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University of California Press The Modern WorldSystem IV Centrist Liberalism
Book SynopsisTraces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. This title encompasses the nineteenth century from the revolutionary era of 1789 to the First World War.Trade Review"Wallerstein offers a timely topic that answers our dilemmas about modern society and the historical sense of the Western civilization." Theory & Society "In this new volume [Wallerstein] answers critics who complain that he pays little attention to culture... Definitely worth reading." Choice "A fresh look at global history ... tracing the evolution of contemporary political ideologies from the 18th to the 20th centuries." -- Benjamin W. Gittelson Columbia College Today "Provocative... Radically original." -- Jennifer Pitts New Left ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface: On Writing about the Modern World-System 1. Centrist Liberalism as Ideology 2. Constructing the Liberal State, 1815--1830 3. The Liberal State and Class Conflict, 1830--1875 4. The Citizen in a Liberal State 5. Liberalism as Social Science 6. The Argument Restated Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Technology and the Search for Progress in Modern
Book SynopsisDrawing on three detailed case studies the sewing machine, a glass bottle blowing factory, and the cyanide process for gold and silver refining, this book explores a central paradox of economic growth in nineteenth-century Mexico.Trade Review"Beatty's book is a groundbreaking study, a tour de force that should be required reading for anyone interested in economic development or the history of technology in the nineteenth-century Atlantic world." American Historical Review
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University of California Press Dear China Emigrant Letters and Remittances 18201980
Book SynopsisQiaopi is one of several names given to the silver letters Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the Chinese diaspora in different parts of the world and in different times. Dear China is the first book-length study in English of qiaopi and of the origins, structure, and operations of the qiaopi trade. The authors explore the characteristics and transformations of qiaopi, showing how such institutionalized and cross-national mechanisms helped sustain families separated by distance and state frontiers and contributed to the sending regions' socioeconomic development. Dear China contributes substantially to our understanding of modern Chinese history and to the comparative study of global migration.Trade Review"Makes substantial and significant contributions to our ongoing struggles to attain better understanding of migration as a most human, yet greatly disruptive, element of our global society and economy." * Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review *"A pertinent contribution to extant scholarship on the history of Chinese migration and diasporic ties between 1820 and 1980. . . . Students of oral history, social memory, in addition to migration researchers, will find this book an intelligible and informative read." * International Migration Review *"No matter what a reader of Dear China might think they know at the beginning, by the end of their perusal of this intensively researched and wide-ranging work they will know and appreciate a great deal more." * Journal of Chinese Overseas *"This fascinating volume by Benton and Liu proposes many noteworthy arguments for Southeast Asian history research because it pays heed to overseas Chinese society as one of the key factors in the region’s historical changes." * Southeast Asian Studies *Table of ContentsList of Maps and Tables Foreword by Wang Gungwu Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Genealogy of Qiaopi Studies 2. The Structure of the Qiaopi Trade and Transnational Networks 3. The Qiaopi Trade as a Distinctive Form of Chinese Capitalism 4. Qiaopi Geography 5. Qiaopi and Modern Chinese Economy and Politics 6. Qiaopi, Qiaoxiang, and Charity 7. Qiaopi and European Migrants’ Letters Compared Conclusions Appendix: Selected Qiaopi and Huipi Letters Glossary Notes References Index
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University of California Press Dear China
Book SynopsisQiaopi is one of several names given to the silver letters Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the Chinese diaspora in different parts of the world and in different times. Dear China is the first book-length study in English of qiaopi and of the origins, structure, and operations of the qiaopi trade. The authors explore the characteristics and transformations of qiaopi, showing how such institutionalized and cross-national mechanisms helped sustain families separated by distance and state frontiers and contributed to the sending regions' socioeconomic development. Dear China contributes substantially to our understanding of modern Chinese history and to the comparative study of global migration.Trade Review"Makes substantial and significant contributions to our ongoing struggles to attain better understanding of migration as a most human, yet greatly disruptive, element of our global society and economy." * Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review *"A pertinent contribution to extant scholarship on the history of Chinese migration and diasporic ties between 1820 and 1980. . . . Students of oral history, social memory, in addition to migration researchers, will find this book an intelligible and informative read." * International Migration Review *"No matter what a reader of Dear China might think they know at the beginning, by the end of their perusal of this intensively researched and wide-ranging work they will know and appreciate a great deal more." * Journal of Chinese Overseas *"This fascinating volume by Benton and Liu proposes many noteworthy arguments for Southeast Asian history research because it pays heed to overseas Chinese society as one of the key factors in the region’s historical changes." * Southeast Asian Studies *Table of ContentsList of Maps and Tables Foreword by Wang Gungwu Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Genealogy of Qiaopi Studies 2. The Structure of the Qiaopi Trade and Transnational Networks 3. The Qiaopi Trade as a Distinctive Form of Chinese Capitalism 4. Qiaopi Geography 5. Qiaopi and Modern Chinese Economy and Politics 6. Qiaopi, Qiaoxiang, and Charity 7. Qiaopi and European Migrants’ Letters Compared Conclusions Appendix: Selected Qiaopi and Huipi Letters Glossary Notes References Index
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University of California Press Worker Cooperatives in America
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University of California Press The Thrift Debacle
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University of California Press Money in SixteenthCentury Florence
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University of California Press Worker Cooperatives in America
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University of California Press Delinquent
Book SynopsisPublisher's Weekly Top 10 Fall Release in Business and Economics?A consumer credit industry insider-turned-outsider explains how banks lure Americans deep into debt, and how to break the cycle. Delinquenttakes readers on a journey from Capital One's headquarters tostreet corners in Detroit, kitchen tables in Sacramento, and otherplaces where debt affects people's everyday lives. Uncovering the true costs of consumer credit to American families in addition to thebenefits, investigative journalist Elena Botellaformerly an industry insider who helped set credit policy at Capital Onereveals the underhanded and often predatory ways that banks induce American borrowers into debt they can't pay back. Combining Botella's insights from the banking industry, quantitative data, and research findings as well as personal stories from interviews with indebted families around the country, Delinquent provides a relatable and humane entry into understanding debt. Botella exposes the ways that baTrade Review"An ambitious insider’s critique of the 'debt machine' created by credit card companies and financial culture. . . . Original, passionate fusion of progressive polemic and stark portrait of the labyrinth of contemporary consumer finance." * Kirkus *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface A Note PART I THE PRINCIPAL ARGUMENT 1. The Time before the Debt Machine 2. How the Machine Was Built 3. The Debtor Class 4. A Broken Net 5. The Quickest Levers PART II THE INTEREST ARGUMENT 6. Divergent 7. A Fair Deal PART III THE FUTURE 8. The Last Frontier 9. Transformational Lending Acknowledgments Appendix A: About My Research Process Appendix B: Advice for Consumers Notes Index
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University of California Press Cooperative Rule
Book SynopsisWhile many have interpreted the cooperative movement as propagating a radical alternative to capitalism, Cooperative Rule shows that in the late British Empire, cooperation became an important part of the armory of colonialism. The system was rooted in British rule in India at the end of the nineteenth century. Officials and experts saw cooperation as a unique solution to the problems of late colonialism, one able to both improve economic conditions and defuse anticolonial politics by allowing community uplift among the empire's primarily rural inhabitants. A truly transcolonial history, this ambitious book examines the career of cooperation from South Asia to Eastern and Central Africa and finally to Britain. In tracing this history, Aaron Windel opens the door for a reconsideration of how the colonial uses of cooperation and community development influenced the reimagination of community in Europe and America from the 1960s onward.Trade Review"An electric account of the cooperative movement’s role in rural modernization. . . .an ambitious and clear-headed. . . .contribution to these literatures and to courses on colonial development, anti-colonial politics, and late imperial history." * H-Soz-Kult *"[An] original book." * Contemporary British History *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Cooperative Rule 2. Pedagogies of Community Development 3. Anti-empire, Development, and Emergency Rule 4. Uganda’s Anti-colonial Cooperative Movement 5. Cooperatives and Decolonization in Postwar Britain Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Can Legal Weed Win
Book SynopsisTwo economists take readers on a tour of the economics of legal and illegal weed, showing where cannabis regulation has gone wrong and how it could do better. Cannabis legalization hasn't lived up to the hype. Across North America, investors are reeling, tax collections are below projections, and people are pointing fingers. On the business side, companies have shut down, farms have failed, workers have lost their jobs, and consumers face high prices. Why has legal weed failed to deliver on many of its promises?Can Legal Weed Win? takes on the euphoric claims with straight dope and a full dose of economic reality. This book delivers the unadulterated facts about the new legal segment of one of the world's oldest industries. In witty, accessible prose, economists Robin Goldstein and Daniel Sumner take readers on a whirlwind tour of the economic past, present, and future of legal and illegal weed. Drawing upon reams of data and their own experience working with California cannabis Trade Review"In this lucid and pragmatic analysis, U.C. Davis economists Goldstein and Summer extinguish overheated predictions about the potential size and profits of the legal marijuana market. . . . Jargon-free and data-rich, this is a clear-eyed analysis of a hazy market." * Publishers Weekly *“Economists Goldstein and Sumner argue that government bureaucracy has made legal pot expensive to grow and sell, incentivizing illegal operations instead. Legal weed, their punny, breezy book shows, can only win once 'legal' isn’t an anticompetitive word.” * Bloomberg Businessweek *"An excellent primer on the state of the cannabis industry in America today." * Jacobin *"Explains how burdensome licensing requirements, regulations, and taxes have frustrated plans to displace the black market." * Reason *"Written in a fun, witty tone that makes reading about finances more engaging than ever." * CBD Oracle *Table of ContentsContents Preface: Fear and Stoning in Las Vegas Acknowledgments 1 We Call It Weed 2 Legal versus Illegal: A Market Battle 3 Prices Get High 4 We Ask Our Data: Where’s the Cheapest Legal Weed? 5 California Dreamin’ 6 Sabrina’s Story 7 Legal Weed in 2050 8 How to Survive Legalization Conclusion: Five Pipe Dreams about Legal Weed Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Japan the Sustainable Society
Book SynopsisBy the late twentieth century, Japan had gained worldwide attention as an economic powerhouse. Having miraculously risen from the ashes of World War II, it was seen by many as a country to be admired if not emulated. But by the early 1990s, that bubble burst in spectacular fashion. The Japanese economic miracle was over. In this book, John Lie argues that in many ways the Japan of today has the potential to be even more significant than it was four decades ago. As countries face the prospect of a world with decreasing economic growth and increasing environmental dangers, Japan offers a unique glimpse into what a viable future might look likeone in which people acknowledge the limits of the economy and environment while championing meaningful and sustainable ways of working and living. Beneath and beyond the rhetoric of growth, some Japanese are leading sustainable lives and creating a sustainable society. Though he does not prescribe a one-size-fits-all cure for the world, Lie makes th
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Britain in the 1930s
Book SynopsisWere the 1930s in Britain a decade of growing prosperity, unprecedented levels of ownership and sane, competent government? Or was it a time of grinding poverty, long-term unemployment and political timidity? In this new book Andrew Thorpe cuts through the welter of dispute and mythology to provide fresh analysis of politics, economics and society in this most controversial of decades.Trade Review"Likely to be an introductory text widely used by students in schools and universities: it is short, the format is accessible, the paperback edition is cheap and it is a new addition to the successful series of Historical Association Studies published by Blackwell." Labour History ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Part I: Introduction:. Part II: Politics:. 1. The Conservatives and the National Governments. 2. The Labour Party and Socialism. 3. The Liberals. 4. The Communists. 5. The Fascists. 6. Conclusion. Part III: Economy:. 1. Cyclical Trends. 2. Structural Change. 3. Government Economic Policy: Causes and Effects. 4. Conclusion. Part IV: Society:. 1. A Class-Ridden Society?. 2. Domestication and Privatization? Housing and Leisure. 3. Health, Welfare, and Social Policy. 4. Conclusion. Part V: Conclusion:. Appendix 1: General Election Results, 1924-45. Appendix 2: Unemployment, 1929-40. References and Guide to Further Reading.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Postwar Japan
Book SynopsisWithin forty years of the end of the Second World War, Japan was transformed from a nation in defeat to one of the most successful economic forces in the world. In this book, Paul Bailey draws on the most recent research to analyse the significance of the American Occupation (1945-52) as well as the later political, social and economic factors that contributed to postwar recovery.Trade Review"This book will provide historians of modern Japan with a reliable, readable and engaging text to assign in new undergraduate courses that desperately need such an anchor." Professor Jeffrey Eldon Hanes, University of Oregon Table of ContentsList of Figures. Outline Chronology. Introduction. 1. The Path to 1945. 2. The American Interregnum (1945-1952). 3. The Creation of the Liberal-Democratic Party and Political Conflict in the 1950s and 1960s. 4. The Emergence of an Economic Superpower. 5. A New Imperial Era and the End of the LDP Hegemony. Guide to Further Reading. Bibliography. Glossary of Japanese Terms.
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