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Book SynopsisThe history of Krupp is the history of modern Germany. No company symbolized the best and worst of that history more than the famous steel and arms maker. This book tells the story of the Krupp family and its industrial empire between the early nineteenth century onwards.Trade Review"Krupp is a meticulous company history, enhanced by the author's immersion in the company's archives. The book is also, inevitably, the biography of a family... Krupp rewards a reader's effort. The book shows us not only a family and a company, but also the state in its various forms with which Krupp has been associated for two centuries. The Krupp story remains troubling, but Mr. James has done much to give us a richer understanding of a company saddled with one ignoble chapter in a long history."--Jennifer Siegel, Wall Street Journal "What is good about Harold James' writing is that he does not make judgments or take sides. He allows the reader to do that."--R. Balashankar, Organiser "Krupp has provided a reasonable, balanced summary of the company's history and the men driving it. As such the book will be an interesting read for the layperson interested in business history in general and the disputed history of Krupp in particular."--Armin Grunbacher, Economic History Review "Harold James has succeeded in writing a concise account of one of the pivotal protagonists of German economic history. His book is accessible to a wide public while meeting academic standards and will surely become a point of reference for anyone interested in the history of Krupp."--Christof Dejung, German Historical Institute London "A significant merit of Harold James' book on Krupp is that he melts the firm's history down into a readable approach. For someone acquainted with the history of the company, the study does not offer many new insights, but the work is solid and the author's judgments and evaluations are in most cases well founded... James has written an interesting book, the first overall view of Krupp's history that meets scholarly standards."--Roman Koster, German History "Harold James's comprehensive business history of the steel concern fills an important gap in the literature... This book is an invaluable and thorough business history of the Krupp concern and an essential reference for any future history."--Hermione Giffard, Technology & Culture Review of German edition: "This is a masterfully told and unprejudiced book about a traditional enterprise which despite many crises made its way into the twenty-first century."--Joachim Kappner, Suddeutsche ZeitungTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: A Nation and a Name 1 CHAPTER ONE: Risk: Friedrich Krupp 9 CHAPTER TWO: Steel: Alfred Krupp 24 CHAPTER THREE: Science: Friedrich Alfred Krupp 89 CHAPTER FOUR: Diplomacy: Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach I 123 CHAPTER FIVE: Tradition: Gustav Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach II 145 CHAPTER SIX: Power and Deglobalization: Gustav and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach 172 CHAPTER SEVEN: Reglobalization: Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach and Berthold Beitz 226 Appendix 1: Family Tree 295 Appendix 2: Business Results, 1811-2010 297 Notes 305 List of Illustrations 337 Index 341

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Book SynopsisIn the graveyard of economic ideology, dead ideas stalk the land. This title explains how these dead ideas walk among us - and why we must find a way to kill them once and for all if we are to avoid an even bigger financial crisis in the future.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2012 Gold Medal Book Award in Economics, Axiom Business "Entertaining and thought-provoking... [W]orks as a good summary for non-specialists of how the economics debate has developed."--Philip Coggan, Economist "Lucid, lively and loaded with hard data, passionate, provocative and ... persuasive... (Zombie Economics) should be required reading, even for those who aren't Keynesians or Krugmaniacs."--Glenn C. Altschuler, Barron's "The financial crisis has disproved many cherished tenets of 'market liberalism', such as the 'Efficient Markets Hypothesis', yet these zombie ideas still shamble through newspapers and journals. Enter economist Quiggin, calmly wielding dual shotguns to blast them relentlessly in the face... As Quiggin explains with elegance, lucidity and deadpan humour, the undead ideas here are interconnected: killing one causes it to knock over another in a sort of zombie-dominoes effect."--Guardian "Quiggin is a writer of great verve who marshals some powerful evidence."--Financial Times (FT Critics Pick 2010) "Zombie Economics is ... a highly readable and sobering assessment of the role played by discredited economic ideas in the global financial and economic meltdown of 2008-09. Quiggin delves deeply into the origins and development of all the star culprits so loved by the economic right in recent decades: from the efficient markets hypothesis to privatization and Real Business Cycle Theory. None has stood up to the stern test posed by real markets and economies in crisis. Yet most live on, still featured in many curriculums and advocated by those academics who have staked their careers on them."--Globe & Mail "It's hard to resist a book called Zombie Economics, and University of Queensland professor John Quiggin makes his tale as compelling as his title... It's the rare read that's both thoughtful and fun."--Biz Ed Magazine "[C]ogent and readable."--Nation "Apparently some economists have a sense of humor, dismal though it may be. Quiggin uses the 2008 global financial crisis as the focal point for examining five core macroeconomic and financial theories that have been--to use zombie terminology--killed by our current predicament... Economics students and interested lay readers will find this valuable."--Library Journal "Erroneous economic ideas resemble the living dead, writes John Quiggin in his smart new book Zombie Economics. They are dangerous yet impossible to kill. Even after a financial crisis buries them, they survive in our minds and can rise unbidden from the necropolis of ideology."--James Pressley, Bloomberg News "I haven't done justice to Quiggin's book, so if you're interested in a readable exposition of the exploits of academic economists over the past 35 years I recommend it highly. It's the story of how economists forgot much of what they knew. Please, guys, don't do that again."--Ross Gittins, Sydney Morning Herald "As well as exposing how these flawed ideas brought on the global crisis and how they live on, Quiggin offers his view on a new way forward in economic theory. It's time to bury the zombie."--Fiona Capp, The Age "From the so-called 'great moderation' concept to the implications of the efficient markets hypothesis, Quiggin does an excellent job summarizing each zombie idea and explaining why it is discredited in a simple (but not simplistic) manner."--Choice "Cleverly titled, with a wonderful and very un-academic cartoon cover and written without excessive jargon, Zombie Economics provides an elegant critical introduction and analysis of some of the key ideas of modern economic thought."--Satyajit Das, Naked Capitalism blog "Put a bullet through the decaying brain of walking-dead economics by reading Quiggin."--Seth Sandronsky, SN&R "Peppered with humorous quotations, theory and history, Quiggin has assembled a compelling read about the misguided intellectual economic assumptions of the last forty years and also gives possible solutions to our current financial dilemma."--Ted Stamas, Bullfax.com "This book is certainly a good read for anyone eager to know why it is urgent that economists come up with a socially useful body of thought or suggestions."--Shanghai Daily "[A]n excellent new book."--Jessica Irvine, Sydney Morning Herald "When I put on my economist's hat, I admire my field's ability to publicly hang its soiled laundry in public. I encourage my colleagues in sociology, psychology, and management to read this book and leverage it to lead to a more integrated social science and, perhaps, a more socially aware economic science"--.Brent Goldfarb, Administrative Science Quarterly "Quiggin manages to be argumentative, accurate, straight forward and convincing, while on occasion humorous. Certainly a good companion for anyone hoping to navigate the swamps of messy, and failed economic ideas."--Sarthak Shankar, Organiser "If we're lucky, there will be more books like this one, criticizing 'market liberal' economics (neoliberalism or laissezfaire) from the left. John Quiggin ... presents a learned and frankly social-democratic attack on market liberalism."--James G. Devine, Science & Society "[T]his book, which is written for a general audience and is highly informative and entertaining."--Gaurab Aryal, Economic Record

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Book SynopsisThroughout the twentieth century, the U.S. government willingly deployed power, hard and soft, to protect American investments all around the globe. Why did the United States get into the business of defending its citizens' property rights abroad? The Empire Trap looks at how modern U.S. involvement in the empire business began, how American foreigTrade Review"[T]his is a very good book--cogently argued, detailed, and well-written."--Politics Reader "The Empire Trap represents an important addition to scholarship on twentieth century U.S. foreign policy. Maurer convincingly demonstrates that American investments in foreign countries were repeatedly threatened by expropriating governments and that in countless instances the United States utilized a variety of methods to protect those investments or to ensure fair compensation when they were lost."--Jeffrey Malanson, Enterprise & Society "It is impressive not only for its scope ... but also for its attention to detail in each of the cases presented. Most important, Maurer's analysis brilliantly captures a big picture that challenges much of the conventional wisdom showing how a small number of private investors draw government into one international quagmire after another because it was the only way they could have their property rights enforced."--Alan Dye, EH.Net "This is an exemplary work of historical social science, shedding light on many debates within the international relations literature."--Michael J. Lee, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii One Introduction 1 Two Avoiding the Trap 25 Three Setting the Trap 58 Four The Trap Closes 89 * Box 1. The Mexican Exception 137 Five Banana Republicanism 148 Six Escaping by Accident 188 Seven Falling Back In 245 Eight The Empire Trap and the Cold War 313 * Box 2. Ethiopia and Nicaragua 347 Nine The Success of the Empire Trap 350 Ten Escaping by Design? 387 Eleven The Empire Trap in the Twenty-first Century 433 Notes 453 Index 537

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Book SynopsisBefore the twentieth century, personal debt resided on the fringes of the American economy, the province of small-time criminals and struggling merchants. By the end of the century, however, the most profitable corporations and banks in the country lent money to millions of American debtors. How did this happen? The first book to follow the historyTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011: Top 25 Books "[I]ncredibly timely."--Diane Coyle, The Enlightened Economist blog "[Debtor Nation] does a splendid job unpacking the origins and evolution of credit and debt in the US, an effort that should give news consumers a new and useful perspective on the American consumer... Hyman tells the story of America's debt obsession engagingly and without an overabundance of jargon."--Asa Fitch, The National "As an elegantly crafted historical analysis of how consumer credit grew to a colossus, Debtor Nation is compelling reading. As a well-documented financial analysis, Debtor Nation exposes the weak underside of lenders' balance sheets. Legislators should read it. Lobbyists for banks and other lenders may not be able to ignore it."--Andrew Allentuck, Financial Post "Beautifully written, painstakingly documented, and altogether persuasive, the book provides a comprehensive look at the history of consumer debt in the U.S... [Debtor Nation] is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the modern credit system in the U.S. It manages to weave together a long history of developments within America's credit markets in a narrative that is both fascinating and frightening."--Choice "Hyman has written an insightful book about the evolution of U.S. credit markets. Debtor Nation is particularly relevant given the recent financial crisis and after reading it, it is clear that a complete story of the crisis must begin decades earlier. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to know more about U.S. credit markets, or about how the U.S. became so dependent on debt."--Katharine L. Shester, EH.net "Debtor Nation offers several possibilities for use by family and consumer sciences professionals. For pre-professionals or college students interested in debt access and use in the U. S., this book is a concise source of events and key laws passed to regulate credit and credit access... For educators who cover consumer choice and responsibility, this book is packed with examples of how ignorance is costly and has been used by those in business to profit from the uninformed."--Cathy F. Bowen, Journal of Family and Consumer SciencesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix An Introduction to the History of Debt 1 Chapter One: Making Credit Modern: The Origins of the Debt Infrastructure in the 1920s 10 Chapter Two: Debt and Recovery: New Deal Housing Policy and the Making of National Mortgage Markets 45 Chapter Three: How Commercial Bankers Discovered Consumer Credit: The Federal Housing Administration and Personal Loan Departments, 1934-1938 73 Chapter Four: War and Credit: Government Regulation and Changing Credit Practices 98 Chapter Five: Postwar Consumer Credit: Borrowing for Prosperity 132 Chapter Six: Legitimating the Credit Infrastructure: Race, Gender, and Credit Access 173 Chapter Seven: Securing Debt in an Insecure World: Credit Cards and Capital Markets 220 Epilogue: Debt as Choice, Debt as Structure 281 Acknowledgments 289 Abbreviations 291 Notes 293 References 363 Index 365

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An informative and deeply researched book that explores how property law influenced the development of the English colonies and, ultimately, the United States."---Aaron L. Chin, H-Early-America

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, many disciplines have become interested in the scientific study of morality. However, a conceptual framework for this work is still lacking. This book examines the work of numerous business ethicists and organizations - such as Protestant ministers, business associations, and business schools.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2016 Viviana Zelizer Award for Best Book, Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association Co-Winner of the 2015 Outstanding Published Book Award, Altruism, Morality and Social Solidarity Section of the American Sociological Association Honorable Mention for the 2015 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Sociology of Culture Section of the American Sociological Association "The most incisive and theoretically sophisticated entry into the 'new sociology of morality' movement that has consolidated in recent years."--Omar Lizardo, Contemporary Sociology "The Moral Background is an ambitious, deeply researched, and engaging book... Abend's account is both thorough and broad, and the erudition he displays is astounding... [A] masterful book."--Simone Polillo, Social Forces "Abend combines history, philosophy, and social science to suggest a comprehensive base for understanding moral behavior. While the book's focus is on business ethics, the insights presented have many applications."--Choice "[A] stimulating book, essential to understand the place of the business world ... in the moral landscape of America today, but also ... to grasp the contemporary trends in corporate social responsibility."--Michel Anteby, Sociologie du Travail "This is an enormously ambitious book packed with history, ethics, and philosophy of science as well as sociology. It is more historical than much history of philosophy and takes business ethics more seriously than most ethicists do. It is an important contribution to creating a field in which researchers in a variety of traditions mutually inform each other about morality."--Dale Jamieson, European Journal of Sociology "The Moral Background discerns and details moral patterns in the echo chamber where business protagonists talk, mostly to each other, about ethical motives, obligations, and opportunities. Abend has done a yeoman's job in excavating, analyzing, and systematizing the discursive surrounds of business ethics, pushing us all to think about who can and cannot be seen in the moral background."--Robin Wagner-Pacifici, European Journal of Sociology "Especially important among the virtues of Abend's research is his ability to work through a huge body of historical material ... and to find meaning in these disparate sources that point back to the 'moral backgrounds' from which they emanate. This is a truly gigantic task of intellectual integration, and Abend's book sets a high bar for future studies of the cultural meaning of intellectual, practical, and normative social realities."--Daniel Little, Understanding Society Blog "The Moral Background is an intriguing and useful book. Abend develops and promotes an analytical concept that contemporary sociology desperately needs. I think it will be influential as cultural sociology continues to seek the right balance between culture as a repertoire of skills and styles and culture as something deeper--something that shapes the thoughts we think and provides the menu for the kinds of people we can aspire to be."--Stephen Vaisey, European Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. Moral Causes 1 2. Business Ethicists 5 3. History, Morals, and Markets 10 4. The Arguments 15 5. The Plan 20 Chapter 1. The Moral Background 28 1.1. Morality as an Object of Inquiry 28 1.2. What the Background Comprises 33 1.3. What Makes the Background a Background 52 1.4. Background Theorists 56 1.5. What the Background Is For 66 Chapter 2. Ethics as a Business Proposition 71 2.1. Glaucon's Challenge 71 2.2. Today's Business Ethicists 76 2.3. The Business Case 79 2.4. Do the Right Thing 84 2.5. Policy and Self-Interest 88 2.6. Yesterday's Business Ethicists 95 2.7. Balance Sheets 99 2.8. He Profits Most Who Serves Best 106 Chapter 3. Christian Motives 115 3.1. Enlightened Scots 115 3.2. Springs of Action 120 3.3. Machiavellian Appearances 126 3.4. Compromises 132 3.5. Duties and Motives 142 3.6. The Religion of the Heart 148 3.7. One Question Too Many 156 Chapter 4. The Good of American Business 161 4.1. The Pesky Calf 161 4.2. The Chamber 165 4.3. Government Will 174 4.4. The Principles of Business Conduct 183 4.5. Codes of Ethics 190 4.6. American Business 195 4.7. The Uses of Ethics 202 Appendix 205 Chapter 5. The Good of American Society 207 5.1. Inculcating Ethics 207 5.2. Business Schools 210 5.3. The Intellectual and the Ethical Arguments 224 5.4. Ethics at Work 234 5.5. The Good of America 249 Chapter 6. Standards of Practice 260 6.1. Types 260 6.2. The Science of Ethics 264 6.3. Science and Ethics at the Business School 276 6.4. Cases 282 6.5. Metaethics 290 6.6. Service and the Golden Rule 299 Chapter 7. The Christian Merchant 306 7.1. Moral Exemplars 306 7.2. Mammon 310 7.3. Ambivalence 316 7.4. Metaphysics 326 7.5. Stewardship 332 7.6. Stewardship Metaphysics 341 7.7. Spheres 347 Conclusion 357 1. Business Is Business 357 2. Back to the Background 364 3. The Science of Morality 372 4. Whither the Science of Morality? 379 Acknowledgments 387 Index 389

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Book SynopsisExamines the triangular relationship between the American, British, and German business communities and how the special relationship that Britain believed it had with the United States was supplanted by one between America and Germany.Trade Review"Even for readers who struggle to find support for some of its claims ... this formidably eclectic report on some neglected themes offers an interesting survey of the changing perspectives of American and European business elites on multiple important issues."--Leslie Hannah, EH.Net "This outstanding comparative study examines a neglected force in the growing influence of the U.S. on 20th-century Europe and its 'Americanization' until about 1957 and Great Britain's debacle in the Suez Crisis... This book is absolutely essential for the most advanced readers in the social sciences."--Choice "Overall, the German-American 'special relationship' was more intensive and successful than the British-American one. Berghahn convincingly examines the ups and downs and the recurrent patterns of the triangular relationship that shaped the economic development of the largest economy in the world and its most important European partners... In this sense, a 'triangular history' is innovative, as it analyzes the American focus from a comparative perspective and thus facilitates a distinct advance in knowledge."--Christian Kleinschmidt "Berghahn's impressive and innovative work of transnational history will form a key point of departure for scholarship on these additional areas of complexity."--Ray Stokes, American Historical Review "Berghahn has provided a book of original scholarship that challenges earlier works concentrating on the 'special relationship' between the United States and Great Britain... Employing a wide range of sources, especially newspapers and the private writings of contemporaries, Berghahn provides a riveting economic-diplomatic history, illustrating quite clearly that power follows the money."--Mark D. Kuss, German Studies Review "Berghahn's study is a significant one, calling attention to a long history, too little studied, of a German-American 'special relationship' based on big business connections and insisting upon the value of broad, qualitative historical narratives in economic history. On both of these scores, this ambitious book succeeds."--Emily S. Rosenberg, Journal of Modern HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. A Long Book in a Nutshell 1 2. Conceptualizing "Americanization" and the "American Century" 2 3. The Anglo-American "Special Relationship" 5 4. The German-American "Special Relationship" 8 5. Sources 11 6. Transatlantic History and Its Global Dimensions 12 7. The Trials and Tribulations of Venturing into a Foreign Economy 14 I The North Atlantic Business Triangle and the Constellation of 1900-1901 1. International Relations Around 1900 22 2. Assessing the Old and the New Century 23 3. Political and Economic Relations in the Age of Late-Nineteenth-Century Imperialism 27 4. Frank Vanderlip's and William Stead's Views of Anglo-American Relations 30 5. American Perceptions of the Wilhelmine Industrial System 37 6. Trying to Understand the Peculiarities of the German Political System 45 7. The Cultural Difficulties of Operating in Foreign Markets 49 II Cooperation, Peaceful Competition, and the Specter of War, 1902-1914 1. Introduction 57 2. American Foreign Direct Investments in Britain and Germany 58 3. Facing British and German Competition and Cooperation 63 4. Prince Heinrich's Mission and German-American Relations in the New Century 70 5. American Big Business in Britain and Germany at Mid-Decade 73 6. The Threat of Deteriorating Political Relations 75 7. Comparing the Peculiarities of the American and German Industrial Systems 79 8. American Big Business and the Question of Political Participation 84 9. American and European Businessmen and the Specter of a Major War 88 III From the Outbreak of War in July 1914 to the Genoa Conference, 1922 1. The Military-Political Origins of World War I 105 2. The International Business Community and the Outbreak of War in 1914 108 3. The Ambiguities of American Neutrality 113 4. The American Economy and the Moves to Enter the War 116 5. The American Entry into the War and the Dilemmas of Peacemaking 123 6. American Big Business and European Reconstruction 126 7. The Idea of an International Loan for European Reconstruction and Its Failure 131 8. The State of the American, British, and French Economies in the Early 1920s 134 9. American Big Business and the Postwar Crisis in Germany 137 10. American Big Business, Washington, and the Question of European Loans 139 11. The Origins of the Washington System in the Far East 142 12. Britain's Rival Attempt to Spearhead a European Recovery Plan 144 IV The North Atlantic Triangle: Economic Reconstruction and Collapse, 1923-1933 1. Introduction 160 2. German Reparations and the Harding Administration 161 3. American Big Business and the Crisis of 1923 165 4. Political Stabilization through the Locarno Pact 168 5. The American Business Community and the Dawes Plan 170 6. American Big Business and the British Economy 179 7. American Investments in Weimar Germany and Their Risks 187 8. The Problem of International Cartels, Trusts, and Cooperations 195 9. The Instabilities of Weimar Politics and American Business Optimism 201 10. Parker Gilbert's Pessimism and American Business Gullibility 206 11. America's Domestic Boom and the "Wild" Years of 1925-1929 211 12. The Great Slump and Its Consequences in International Politics 214 V Nazi Germany, Appeasement, and Anglo-American Big Business, 1933-1941 1. Introduction 227 2. Hitler's Ideology of Conquest and Ultimate War Aims 229 3. Hitler's Foreign Policy in the 1930s 232 4. The Underestimation of Hitler and British Appeasement 236 5. American Foreign Policy in the 1930s 239 6. American Big Business and the Roosevelt Administration 243 7. Stimulating American Industrial Production 245 8. American Views of the Hitler Dictatorship 250 9. Hitler and German Industry 255 10. Doing Business in Nazi Germany 257 11. The U.S. Auto Industry and Mass Motorization 260 12. British and American Business and the Preservation of Peace 266 13. IBM in Germany 272 VI British and German Business and Politics under the Pax Americana, 1941-1957 1. Hitler's Quest for Victory in the East 286 2. Planning for Victory and Henry Luce's "American Century" 288 3. Cartels and the "German Question" 293 4. The Role of American Big Business in Postwar Planning 299 5. The Start of the Cold War and Anglo-American Relations in Occupied Germany 301 6. The Politics of Decartelization 307 7. The Response of West German Industry to America's Recasting Efforts 313 8. Britain and the Difficulties of Economic Reconstruction 317 9. The Origins of the European Coal and Steel Community 323 10. American Big Business and Otto A. Friedrich 326 11. Modernizing Phoenix A.G. and Erhard's Anti-Cartel Bill 329 12. The Reluctant Modernization of British Industry 332 13. America and the Suez Crisis 339 Conclusions 355 Acknowledgments 365 Index 367

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Book SynopsisThe untold story of how FDR did the unthinkable to save the American economy.Trade Review"[Sebastian Edwards] skillfully narrates a pivotal episode in American political and economic history he considers too little remembered. . . . Edwards writes equally knowledgeably about economics and politics: . . . At a time of economic uncertainty at home and abroad, this comprehensive study of an important event in U.S. fiscal history has significant implications for today." * Publishers Weekly *"Sebastian Edwards' American Default is just such a superb history of the US exit from gold in 1933-34, satisfyingly detailed and highly accessible on both the relevant economics & law."---David Frum"Edwards analyses the default that followed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1933 decision to devalue the dollar against gold. . . . The story is fascinating and the lessons eternal."---Martin Wolf, Financial Times"[American Default] is the history of that mighty legal, moral, political and monetary controversy, the effects of which are with us still. . . . [Sebastian Edwards] knowledgably compares the 20th-century American default to Argentina’s 2002 abrogation of its dollar denominated debt."---James Grant, Wall Street Journal"Brilliantly told."---Steve Hanke, Forbes"Edwards ends his admirably accessible and illuminating book with some careful thoughts on recent financial crises around the world, such as those in Argentina and Greece, and shows why US gold cases from 1933 to 1935 are a useful precedent to understand how future such crises may be successfully resolved by hewing carefully to the rule of law. He believes that the cases may even be invoked by lawyers in other national, or international, arenas. If so, those involved will, no doubt, turn to this book for inspiration and guidance."---Benn Steil, Financial World"Excellent. . . . A fascinating narrative of FDR's decision to devalue the dollar in 1933-34."---Scott Sumner, EconLog"Edwards’ book is fascinating, well written and enjoyable."---Geoffrey Wood, Central Banking"Great book by UCLA economist Sebastian Edwards about a key moment in American economic history. Many economists believe that the most important thing FDR did to help the economy recover from the Great Depression was to go off the gold standard. As part of that policy, he pursued laws that rewrote many bond contracts, annulling gold clauses. It was controversial then (and surely would be again if such an issue were ever to arise). Edwards does a wonderful job telling the story."---Greg Mankiw, Greg Mankiw's Blog"Fascinating. . . . I couldn't put this book down."---Brenda Jubin, Seeking Alpha"A shimmering example of the benefits of historical distance can be found in the UCLA economist Sebastián Edwards’ American Default, a sharp-eyed exploration of a little-noted episode in US economic history."---Ken Rogoff, Project Syndicate"Sebastian Edwards has written a very important book on a monumental episode in U.S. history, the great debt default of 1933-35, which was a true turning point in American political and economic history. . . . I highly recommend American Default. It is more than compelling history; it is a tract for our times."---Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr., Cato Journal"A magnificent piece of scholarship."---Kenneth Rogoff, Project Syndicate"This easily accessible economic, political, and legal history should be read by undergraduates, graduate students, and the general public. Each audience will gain a new perspective on an important though underappreciated episode in international political economy."---Laura Phillips Sawyer, Journal of American History"Rarely does one read a book on a topic already researched thoroughly and still feel as if one has walked away with a new perspective."---James Caton, Independent Review"Edwards’ clarity enables him to sustain the interest of the reader in spite of the technical nature of his narrative."---Peter Fearon, Journal of Transatlantic Studies

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Book SynopsisHeavenly Merchandize offers a critical reexamination of religion's role in the creation of a market economy in early America. Focusing on the economic culture of New England, it views commerce through the eyes of four generations of Boston merchants, drawing upon their personal letters, diaries, business records, and sermon notes to reveal how mercTrade ReviewWinner of the 2011 Philip Schaff Prize, American Society of Church History Shortlisted for the 2011 American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Historical Study of Religion One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010 "Valeri's reading of theological sources is so satisfying because he is a subtle, careful reader; he resists the temptation to smooth away contradictions, or to oversimplify; indeed, he seems allergic to polemic it is thus not surprising when, at the end of the book--just when the author might be expected to tip his hand about what all this market accommodation means--Valeri is maddeningly even-handed."--Lauren F. Winner, Books & Culture "I found this book to be an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the working out of the Protestant ethic in colonial New England. Therefore, it is a major contribution to our understanding of American economic morality."--Donald E. Frey, EH.Net "Students of early New England will find this indispensable; it should also appeal to anyone interested in the relationship between religion and the larger culture."--Choice "[T]he effectiveness with which Valeri utilizes the small-scale cultural world of Puritan Massachusetts in the colonial era in order to examine developments that have wider ramifications, indicates that, as with Perry Miller and so many others, that time and place is still a fruitful laboratory for thick analysis of religiocultural change."--Dewey D. Wallace, Jr., Interpretation "Valeri's well-written case studies bring many rewards to the reader. They forcefully demonstrate that no one can understand the changing culture of early America without paying attention to religion."--R. Laurence Moore, Journal of Church History "The book is noteworthy as much for its method as for its conclusions. Valeri's inferences rise convincingly from his methodology, analysis, and rhetoric... [H]andled artfully in an elegant narrative."--Barry Levy, American Historical Review "This book will certainly change the way both Puritan theology and economics are viewed and is highly recommended."--Suzanne Geissler, Anglican and Episcopal History "An important study... [T]his stellar work breaks important new ground on the complex drama of economics and religion in early modern America."--Robert E. Brown, Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface xi INTRODUCTION: Heavenly Merchandize 1 CHAPTER ONE: Robert Keayne's Gift 11 Keayne, the Merchant Taylors' Company, and Civic Humanism 14 Keayne and the Godly Community in England 26 CHAPTER TWO: Robert Keayne's Trials 37 Boston's First Merchants 39 Puritan Discipline in England 50 Discipline and Trade in Early Boston 57 CHAPTER THREE: John Hull's Accounts 74 Hull and the Expansion of New England's Market 76 Hull's Piety and Changes in Church Discipline 83 Jeremiads, Providence, and New England's Civic Order 96 CHAPTER FOUR: Samuel Sewall's Windows 111 Sewall's and Fitch's Problems with Money 114 The Politics of Empire 122 Political Economy, Monetary Policy, and the Justification of Usury 134 Merchants' Callings and the Campaign for Moral Reform 157 Religious Conviction in the Affairs of Sewall and Fitch 168 CHAPTER FIVE: Hugh Hall's Scheme 178 Hall and Boston's Provincial Merchants 181 Rational Protestantism and the Meaning of Commerce 200 Gentility, the Empire, and Piety in the Affairs of Hall 220 EPILOGUE: Religious Revival 234 Samuel Philips Savage, Isaac Smith, and Robert Treat Paine 235 Social Virtue and the Market 240 Conclusion 248 Notes 251 Index 321

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Book SynopsisAt the center of the upheavals brought by emancipation in the American South was the economic and social transition from slavery to modern capitalism. In Between Slavery and Capitalism, Martin Ruef examines how this institutional change affected individuals, organizations, and communities in the late nineteenth century, as blacks and whites alike lTrade ReviewWinner of the 2015 Viviana Zelizer Award for Best Book, Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association "[A] compelling analysis of the swiftly changing economic and social institutions in the American south after the Civil War."--Heather A. Haveman, Administrative Science Quarterly "The book excels in providing a comprehensive analytical framework for understanding large-scale social change... Ruef makes excellent use of a wide range of data, including both historical census data and interviews with former slaves conducted by the Federal Writers' Project, to consider patterns of intergenerational status attainment among those who lived through emancipation... A fine exemplar of a historical-comparative analysis of economic change."--Joseph O. Jewell, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii List of Tables ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv 1. Institutional Transformation and Uncertainty 1 2. Constructing a Free Labor Market 21 3. Status Attainment among Emancipated Slaves 50 4. Class Structure in the Old and New South 75 5. The Demise of the Plantation 103 6. Credit and Trade in the New South 131 7. Paths to Development 156 8. Emancipation in Comparative Perspective 181 Appendix A. Data Sources and Sampling 195 Appendix B. Idiosyncrasy 203 Notes 209 References 253 Index 277

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Brazil is the world's sixth-largest economy and fifth-largest nation, and its transformation has long piqued the interest of scholars and observers. In this engaging book, Alston and his Brazilian colleagues Melo, Mueller, and Pereira examine this transformation by asking how Brazil became an emerging power during the 20th century... Brazil in Transition is a valuable contribution to the understanding of why nations develop and the struggles they face in the process."--Choice "Brazil in Transition is an intriguing book that holds the reader's attention throughout."--Leonardo Weller, EH.netTable of ContentsList of Illustrations xi List of Tables xiii Preface xv Abbreviations xvii Part I. An Overview of Brazil in Transition: Beliefs, Leadership, and Institutional Change 1 Chapter 1. Introduction 3 Economic Development and Critical Transitions 3 Brazil: This Time for Real? 7 A Sketch of the Conceptual Framework 14 Analytical Narratives and Economic Development 16 Road Map for the Book 19 Chapter 2. A Conceptual Dynamic for Understanding Development 24 Beliefs, Leadership, Dominant Network, and Windows of Opportunity 24 Difference in Difference in Changing Beliefs 28 Overview of Dominant Network, Beliefs, and Institutions in Brazil from 1964 to 2014 33 1964-1984 33 1985-1993 36 1994-2014 38 Summary 39 Part II. Introduction to the Case Study of Brazil, 1964-2014 41 Identifying Beliefs 45 Appendix: A Primer on the Brazilian Political System 50 Chapter 3. From Disorder to Growth and Back: The Military Regime (1964-1984) 54 From Chaos to a Short Period of Order 54 From Order to Unsustainable Growth 59 The Miracle Fades 64 Back to Disorder 67 The Decline of Developmentalism 70 Chapter 4. Transition to Democracy and the Belief in Social Inclusion (1985-1993) 71 A New Belief Emerges 71 The Transition to Democracy 72 Codifying Beliefs: The Constitution of 1988 76 The Constitution-Making Process 78 The Constitution's Delegation of Powers to the President 87 Back to Uncertainty and Chaos 90 Failures of the Brazilian Economic Plans before the Real 91 The Collor Government: Great Hope, Huge Disappointment 93 Chapter 5. Cardoso Seizes a Window of Opportunity (1993-2002) 97 The Real Plan 99 Early Institutional Deepening: Constitutional Amendments 103 Coalition Management under Cardoso 107 Asserting Fiscal Control over States 108 Staying the Course against the Early Opposition to the Real Plan 110 Sustaining Stability in the Face of External Shocks 116 Cardoso's Second Term: Combining Macro Orthodoxy with Social Inclusion 117 The Reassertion of Presidential Fiscal Authority 119 Conclusions 120 Chapter 6. Deepening Beliefs and Institutional Change (2002-2014) 122 The Uncertain Transition 122 Continuity in Change 126 Deepening the Social Contract 128 Checks and Balances vs. Strong Presidential Powers 138 The New Economic Matrix and Dilma's Policy Switch 150 Beliefs? Really? ... Really! 154 The Messy Process of Dissipative Inclusion 161 Conclusion 165 Part III. A General Inductive Framework for Understandin Critical Transitions 169 Chapter 7. A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Critical Transitions 171 Understanding Critical Transitions 172 How Does Our Framework Fit in the Literature? 173 The Building Blocks of Our Conceptual Framework 176 Windows of Opportunity 176 Dominant Network 177 Beliefs 180 Leadership 186 Institutions 189 Economic and Political Outcomes 190 Dynamics 191 Argentina: An Illustrative Use of the Framework 199 The Camelot Years: 1912-1930 200 Electoral Fraud and the Rise of Peron: 1930-1946 201 Instability Is the Rule: Oscillations between Populism and Military Rule: 1946-Present 204 Concluding Remarks 207 Chapter 8. Conclusion 209 Better and Worse at the Same Time 210 Assessing the Framework 214 Brazil and the Critical Transition 216 Afterword 221 References 227 Index 243

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Book Synopsis"First published in Germany under 'Geschichte des Kapitalismus', by Jeurgen Kocka." --Title page verso.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 "'Capitalism' is a commonly used term that resists simple definition or straightforward history. Kocka adds lucidity and erudition in this excellent overview... [B]road in its intellectual sweep, covering a range of social science disciplines; and well informed by the literature in both economic and social history... [Capitalism] provides a paradigm of what a short history of an important concept should accomplish."--Choice "Jurgen Kocka is one of the most well known experts in the field of European History and like his previous books this compact book has all of his virtues: it's extremely clear and conceptually tight as well as very succinct."--Stephen Darori, Israel Book Review "A brief and lively overview which is likely to attract a wide readership... Entertaining and informative, it will prove useful and reassuring to many who are troubled by the onset of the capitalist crisis in 2008 but who are still wedded to the system."--Henry Heller, Labour-Le TravailTable of ContentsPreface to the English Edition vii 1. What Does Capitalism Mean? 1 The Emergence of a Controversial Concept 1 Three Classics: Marx, Weber, and Schumpeter 7 Other Voices and a Working Definition 16 2. Merchant Capitalism 25 China and Arabia 26 Europe: Dynamic Latecomer 35 Interim Findings around 1500 49 3. Expansion 54 Business and Violence: Colonialism and World Trade 54 Joint-Stock Company and Finance Capitalism 58 Plantation Economy and Slavery 65 Agrarian Capitalism, Mining, and Proto-Industrialization 70 Capitalism, Culture, and Enlightenment: Adam Smith in Context 84 4. The Capitalist Era 95 The Contours of Industrialization and Globalization since 1800 96 From Ownership to Managerial Capitalism 104 Financialization 114 Work in Capitalism 124 Market and State 145 5. Analysis and Critique 162 Notes 171 Bibliography 181 Index of Names 197

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Book SynopsisOriginally conceived as part of a unifying vision for Europe, the euro is now viewed as a millstone around the neck of a continent crippled by vast debts, sluggish economies, and growing populist dissent. In Europe's Orphan, leading economic commentator Martin Sandbu presents a compelling defense of the euro. He argues that rather than blaming theTrade ReviewOne of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books in Economics 2015, chosen by Martin Wolf "Refreshingly eccentric."--Wolfgang Streeck, London Review of Books "Well-written and closely argued, Europe's Orphan ought to delight the smarter supporters of European integration and will challenge some long-held assumptions of their euroskeptic opponents, not least the perception that the currency union has gnawed away at the international competitiveness of the eurozone's weaker economies."--Andrew Stuttaford, Wall Street Journal "[A] stimulating and entertaining book... [Sandbu] has performed a public service by challenging the present dreary consensus on the fate of the euro and, in his final chapter, by reminding us what the single currency was for."--Richard Lambert, Prospect "Financial Times writer Sandbu (Just Business) looks past current headlines to the ideals and realpolitik strategy behind the Eurozone, arguing that it remains Europe's best hope for preserving global relevance... The book cogently explains why scapegoating the euro for Europe's economic and political disunity is nonsense."--Publishers Weekly "Books that attack the conventional wisdom are refreshing. They force us to rethink. That is what Martin Sandbu's Europe's Orphan does--and what makes it stand out in the increasingly crowded field of eurocrisis analysis... Europe's Orphan is a stimulating and important book."--Paul De Grauwe, Financial Times "[T]his is ... a highly intelligent, thought provoking book, to be read by anyone who follows contemporary macroeconomic policy."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "Martin Sandbu's book is a robust and generally well-informed critique of the handling of the euro-area crisis."--Patrick Honohan, Irish Times "The book provides a sophisticated 'liquidationist' alternative to the dominant rhetoric."--Martin Wolf, Financial Times, a FT Best Book of 2015 "[A] valuable recent book on the Euro crisis."--Arthur Goldhammer, The American Prospect "Intelligent, well-sourced, controversial."--Anders Horntvedt, Finansavisen "These provocative and insightful arguments are particularly valuable at a time when austerity retains its intellectual luster despite its manifest failures."--Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs "A spirited defense and a thoughtful reinterpretation of the eurozone's unpromising recent history."--Mark Harrison, Enterprising InvestorTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. xi*ONE. A Giant Historic Mistake?, pg. 1*TWO. Before the Fall, pg. 25*THREE. Greece and the Idolatry of Debt, pg. 48*FOUR. Ireland: The Private Is Political, pg. 80*FIVE. Europe Digs Deeper, pg. 106*SIX. Righting the Course: From Bail-Out to Bail-In, pg. 139*SEVEN. If Europe Dared to Write Down Debt, pg. 165*EIGHT. Europe's Real Economic Challenges, pg. 189*NINE. The Politics That the Euro Needs, pg. 217*TEN. Great Britain or Little England?, pg. 242*ELEVEN. Remembering What the Euro Is For, pg. 265*Notes, pg. 273*Index, pg. 303

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the ICAS Book Prize in Social Sciences, International Convention of Asia Scholars"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Jones's scholarship is enormous, and the book is full of fascinating facts... He writes clearly with an absence of jargon, which makes the book accessible to a wide audience. Economists could certainly benefit from the way it opens up a wider set of perspectives. And ... there is more than enough interesting material to make the book worthwhile for the more general reader."--Paul Ormerod, Times Higher Education Supplement "Jones' book is important because it links our economic past and future with our ideas about culture."--Mark Trahant, Seattle Post-Intelligencer "An accessible, illuminating, and inspiring book."--Avner Greif, EH.net "Eric Jones is intelligent, literate, and eclectic. His comments range over many fields besides economic history, and he writes in a sprightly manner. The book is fun to read, and it engages one of the big issues of economic history: the role of culture in economic affairs."--Peter Temin, Economic History Review "Eric L. Jones has written an interesting and well-argued critique of two positions that he believes are well entrenched in the economic history literature. The first, which he terms 'cultural nullity', is widely held by economists and assigns no or at best a trivial role to culture in explaining economic outcomes. Second, Jones criticizes those (often historians) who think of a 'cultural fixity', in which an unchanging culture dominates every other aspect of life... Jones marshals an impressive and at times amusing range of illustrations of the fluidity of cultures."--Harold James, International History Review "Cultures Merging is a remarkable historical tour de force presenting a wealth of argument to indicate the role of economic forces in the modification of culture and vice versa."--Arthur Webb, Journal of Cultural Economics "Jones ... makes a compelling argument for the special place of literature in understanding these dialectics of poverty."--John Marsh, The Minnesota Review "Jones writes in a vivid, attractive manner, expressing sometimes trenchant arguments on specific topics... His book has a syncretic and eclectic feel, and conveys a sense of its author as someone who, having established his standing in his previous, more focused work, now revels in his ability to survey that of another generation or two of scholars, and to tell his readers which leads to follow and which to consider useless."--Gianfranco Poggi, SociologicaTable of ContentsPreface vii PART I CULTURAL ANALYSIS Chapter 1: The Revival of Cultural Explanation 3 Chapter 2: Cultures Fluid and Sticky 31 Chapter 3: Culture as Mediocrity 52 Chapter 4: The Means of Merging 85 Chapter 5: Institutions as Cryptogams 108 PART II CULTURAL COMMENTARY Chapter 6: Cultures of Immigration 135 Chapter 7: East Asia's Experience 161 Chapter 8: Economic Changes, Cultural Responses 194 Chapter 9: Cultural Protection 223 PART III CONCLUSION Chapter 10: Culture as Reciprocity 255 Bibliography 273 Index 291

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2016 Viviana Zelizer Award for Best Book, Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association Co-Winner of the 2015 Outstanding Published Book Award, Altruism, Morality and Social Solidarity Section of the American Sociological Association Honorable Mention for the 2015 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Sociology of Culture Section of the American Sociological Association "The most incisive and theoretically sophisticated entry into the 'new sociology of morality' movement that has consolidated in recent years."--Omar Lizardo, Contemporary Sociology "The Moral Background is an ambitious, deeply researched, and engaging book... Abend's account is both thorough and broad, and the erudition he displays is astounding... [A] masterful book."--Simone Polillo, Social Forces "Abend combines history, philosophy, and social science to suggest a comprehensive base for understanding moral behavior. While the book's focus is on business ethics, the insights presented have many applications."--Choice "[A] stimulating book, essential to understand the place of the business world ... in the moral landscape of America today, but also ... to grasp the contemporary trends in corporate social responsibility."--Michel Anteby, Sociologie du Travail "This is an enormously ambitious book packed with history, ethics, and philosophy of science as well as sociology. It is more historical than much history of philosophy and takes business ethics more seriously than most ethicists do. It is an important contribution to creating a field in which researchers in a variety of traditions mutually inform each other about morality."--Dale Jamieson, European Journal of Sociology "The Moral Background discerns and details moral patterns in the echo chamber where business protagonists talk, mostly to each other, about ethical motives, obligations, and opportunities. Abend has done a yeoman's job in excavating, analyzing, and systematizing the discursive surrounds of business ethics, pushing us all to think about who can and cannot be seen in the moral background."--Robin Wagner-Pacifici, European Journal of Sociology "Especially important among the virtues of Abend's research is his ability to work through a huge body of historical material ... and to find meaning in these disparate sources that point back to the 'moral backgrounds' from which they emanate. This is a truly gigantic task of intellectual integration, and Abend's book sets a high bar for future studies of the cultural meaning of intellectual, practical, and normative social realities."--Daniel Little, Understanding Society Blog "The Moral Background is an intriguing and useful book. Abend develops and promotes an analytical concept that contemporary sociology desperately needs. I think it will be influential as cultural sociology continues to seek the right balance between culture as a repertoire of skills and styles and culture as something deeper--something that shapes the thoughts we think and provides the menu for the kinds of people we can aspire to be."--Stephen Vaisey, European Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. Moral Causes 1 2. Business Ethicists 5 3. History, Morals, and Markets 10 4. The Arguments 15 5. The Plan 20 Chapter 1. The Moral Background 28 1.1. Morality as an Object of Inquiry 28 1.2. What the Background Comprises 33 1.3. What Makes the Background a Background 52 1.4. Background Theorists 56 1.5. What the Background Is For 66 Chapter 2. Ethics as a Business Proposition 71 2.1. Glaucon's Challenge 71 2.2. Today's Business Ethicists 76 2.3. The Business Case 79 2.4. Do the Right Thing 84 2.5. Policy and Self-Interest 88 2.6. Yesterday's Business Ethicists 95 2.7. Balance Sheets 99 2.8. He Profits Most Who Serves Best 106 Chapter 3. Christian Motives 115 3.1. Enlightened Scots 115 3.2. Springs of Action 120 3.3. Machiavellian Appearances 126 3.4. Compromises 132 3.5. Duties and Motives 142 3.6. The Religion of the Heart 148 3.7. One Question Too Many 156 Chapter 4. The Good of American Business 161 4.1. The Pesky Calf 161 4.2. The Chamber 165 4.3. Government Will 174 4.4. The Principles of Business Conduct 183 4.5. Codes of Ethics 190 4.6. American Business 195 4.7. The Uses of Ethics 202 Appendix 205 Chapter 5. The Good of American Society 207 5.1. Inculcating Ethics 207 5.2. Business Schools 210 5.3. The Intellectual and the Ethical Arguments 224 5.4. Ethics at Work 234 5.5. The Good of America 249 Chapter 6. Standards of Practice 260 6.1. Types 260 6.2. The Science of Ethics 264 6.3. Science and Ethics at the Business School 276 6.4. Cases 282 6.5. Metaethics 290 6.6. Service and the Golden Rule 299 Chapter 7. The Christian Merchant 306 7.1. Moral Exemplars 306 7.2. Mammon 310 7.3. Ambivalence 316 7.4. Metaphysics 326 7.5. Stewardship 332 7.6. Stewardship Metaphysics 341 7.7. Spheres 347 Conclusion 357 1. Business Is Business 357 2. Back to the Background 364 3. The Science of Morality 372 4. Whither the Science of Morality? 379 Acknowledgments 387 Index 389

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of Bloomberg Businessweek's Best Books of 2015, chosen by Barry Eichengreen "Brilliant."--Edward Rothstein, Wall Street Journal "[Why Did Europe Conquer the World?] is a very interesting addition to the flourishing history of the world genre."--Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist "History and counterfactuals blend into a fluent thesis, underpinned by diverting tables of data."--Martin Vander Weyer, Daily Telegraph "Fascinating."--G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs "A confident and sure-footed book."--Robert Fulford, National Post "Big-picture economic history at its best. Hoffman's answer: chronic military conflict that gave European leaders incentives to harness widely known gunpowder technologies more effectively than leaders in other parts of the world. Also a good reminder of what economic history brings to today's economic and political table."--Barry Eichengreen, Bloomberg Businessweek "A hugely ambitious book and one that no scholar analyzing transitions in global history can overlook. It is a daunting task to attempt such an endeavor, let alone succeed as Hoffman has. [How Did Europe Conquer the World?] will change interpretations of European warfare, the financing of conflicts, transitions in other regions of the world, the causes of the Industrial Revolution, and the Great Divergence--topics that are at the forefront of history, economics, and political science today... Impressive and persuasive... [T]his book is a classic of economic history, which should be required reading."--Jari Eloranta, EH.net "Impressive."--Jan De Vries, American Historical Review "A powerful argument that resonates strongly with recent work in international political economy (Herman Schwartz) and political science (Ned Lebow)."--SurvivalTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 How the Tournament in Early Modern Europe Made Conquest Possible 19 Chapter 3 Why the Rest of Eurasia Fell Behind 67 Chapter 4 Ultimate Causes: Explaining the Difference between Western Europe and the Rest of Eurasia 104 Chapter 5 From the Gunpowder Technology to Private Expeditions 154 Chapter 6 Technological Change and Armed Peace in Nineteenth-Century Europe 179 Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Price of Conquest 205 Appendix A Model of War and Technical Change via Learning by Doing 215 Appendix B Using Prices to Measure Productivity Growth in the Military Sector 228 Appendix C Model of Political Learning 231 Appendix D Data for Tables 4.1 and 4.2 233 Appendix E Model of Armed Peace and Technical Change via Research 234 Acknowledgments 239 Bibliography 241 Index 263

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFinancial Times Best Books in Economics of the Year One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books in Economics 2015, chosen by Martin Wolf "Refreshingly eccentric."--Wolfgang Streek, London Review of Books "Well-written and closely argued,Europe's Orphanought to delight the smarter supporters of European integration and will challenge some long-held assumptions of their euroskeptic opponents, not least the perception that the currency union has gnawed away at the international competitiveness of the eurozone's weaker economies."--Andrew Stuttaford, Wall Street Journal "Books that attack the conventional wisdom are refreshing. They force us to rethink. That is what Martin Sandbu'sEurope's Orphandoes--and what makes it stand out in the increasingly crowded field of eurocrisis analysis... [S]timulating and important."--Paul De Grauwe, Financial Times "[A] stimulating and entertaining book... [Sandbu] has performed a public service by challenging the present dreary consensus on the fate of the euro and, in his final chapter, by reminding us what the single currency was for."--Richard Lambert, Prospect "Financial Times writer Sandbu (Just Business) looks past current headlines to the ideals and realpolitik strategy behind the Eurozone, arguing that it remains Europe's best hope for preserving global relevance... The book cogently explains why scapegoating the euro for Europe's economic and political disunity is nonsense."--Publishers Weekly "A highly intelligent, thought-provoking book, to be read by anyone who follows contemporary macroeconomic policy."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "Martin Sandbu's book is a robust and generally well-informed critique of the handling of the euro-area crisis."--Patrick Honohan, Irish Times "The book provides a sophisticated 'liquidationist' alternative to the dominant rhetoric."--Martin Wolf, Financial Times, a FT Best Book of 2015 "[A] valuable recent book on the Euro crisis."--Arthur Goldhammer, The American Prospect "Intelligent, well-sourced, controversial."--Anders Horntvedt, Finansavisen "These provocative and insightful arguments are particularly valuable at a time when austerity retains its intellectual luster despite its manifest failures."--Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs "A spirited defense and a thoughtful reinterpretation of the eurozone's unpromising recent history."--Mark Harrison, Enterprising InvestorTable of ContentsPREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION xi PREFACE xvii 1 A Giant Historic Mistake? 1 Spinelli's Proposition 1 Vindication of the Sceptics? 4 A Politics of Blackmail 7 The Disowned Currency 9 The Overlapping Goals of Monetary Unification 12 A Currency Designed by Economists 15 Misplaced Misgivings 17 Europe's Economic Drift 20 2 Before the Fall 25 A Honeymoon for the Single Currency 25 The Euro and the Genesis of the Crisis 28 One Size Fits None 29 The 'Export Competitiveness' Conundrum 35 The Euro's Lopsided Capital Flows 39 Losing the Printing Press 45 The Euro's Innocence 47 3 Greece and the Idolatry of Debt 48 The Promise of Europe 48 A Country Runs Out of Credit 51 The Difficulty of Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 53 Three Great Morality Plays 55 The Costs of Compromise 59 Economic Tragedy 62 The Alternative That Could Not Be Named 67 An Escape from the Euro? 70 Killing Democracy in Its Cradle 73 Disenfranchisement without Respite 76 4 Ireland: The Private Is Political 80 An Interview Out of the Ordinary 80 One Letter and Six Months 82 Europe's Banking Addiction 85 Too Big to Fail 87 Pulled Down by a Helping Hand 90 Alternatives 93 Quid Pro Quo 98 Lehman Syndrome 101 5 Europe Digs Deeper 106 Doubling Down 106 Austere Solidarity: All Must Tighten 107 The Eurozone's Self-inflicted Second Downturn 110 Letting Zombie Banks Roam 116 Death by Accounting 118 Irreversibility Reversed 122 The Mutualisation Fix 126 The Tyranny of Technocracy 130 Germany's Conditions 133 The Logical Extreme 137 6 Righghting the Course: From Bail-Out to Bail-In 139 Learning from Failure 139 Accepting Default 140 Learning the Irish Lesson 144 Prising Loose a Deadly Embrace 146 Testing the Waters 149 Plunging In 150 Fiscal and Monetary Let-Up 155 Whatever It Takes 157 Lasting Injury 161 7 If Europe Dared to Write Down Debt 165 Renouncing 'There Is No Alternative' 165 A Stroll through Counterfactual History 166 Fail Early, Fail Often 168 Ending the Cult of the Sovereign Signature 173 Sovereign Contagion 177 Restructuring Politics: Dealing with Greece 181 Restructuring Politics: A Less Conflicted Europe 183 8 Europe's Real Economic Chahallenges 189 Three Tasks 189 Making the Eurozone Safe from Sudden Stops 190 Idling Europe's Economic Engine 197 A Pact Long in Need of Reform 204 Encouraging Long-term Growth 208 Unexploited Opportunities 215 9 The Politics Thahat the Euro Needs 217 Cracks in the Consensus? 217 A 'New Deal'? 217 Choosing an Alternative 221 France: The Duumvir that Abdicated 226 Germany: The Reluctance of the Hegemon 228 Insurrections 232 From Restored National Autonomy to Renewed European Integration 239 10 Great Britain or Little England? 243 The Real Choice for Britain in Europe 243 Counterfactual History: Crisis Policy with Britain in the Euro 244 Brown's Five Tests Today 251 Greater Guernsey? 260 The Euro and National Power 265 11 Remembmbering Whahat the Euro Is For 267 What Is at Stake 267 Exonerating the Euro: A Summary of the Argument 268 The Euro and Economic Strength 270 Unity in Diversity 272 NOTES 275 INDEX 307

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Book Synopsis"First published in Germany under 'Geschichte des Kapitalismus', by Jeurgen Kocka." --Title page verso.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 "'Capitalism' is a commonly used term that resists simple definition or straightforward history. Kocka adds lucidity and erudition in this excellent overview... [B]road in its intellectual sweep, covering a range of social science disciplines; and well informed by the literature in both economic and social history... [Capitalism] provides a paradigm of what a short history of an important concept should accomplish."--Choice "Jurgen Kocka is one of the most well known experts in the field of European History and like his previous books this compact book has all of his virtues: it's extremely clear and conceptually tight as well as very succinct."--Stephen Darori, Israel Book Review "A brief and lively overview which is likely to attract a wide readership... Entertaining and informative, it will prove useful and reassuring to many who are troubled by the onset of the capitalist crisis in 2008 but who are still wedded to the system."--Henry Heller, Labour-Le TravailTable of ContentsPreface to the English Edition vii 1. What Does Capitalism Mean? 1 The Emergence of a Controversial Concept 1 Three Classics: Marx, Weber, and Schumpeter 7 Other Voices and a Working Definition 16 2. Merchant Capitalism 25 China and Arabia 26 Europe: Dynamic Latecomer 35 Interim Findings around 1500 49 3. Expansion 54 Business and Violence: Colonialism and World Trade 54 Joint-Stock Company and Finance Capitalism 58 Plantation Economy and Slavery 65 Agrarian Capitalism, Mining, and Proto-Industrialization 70 Capitalism, Culture, and Enlightenment: Adam Smith in Context 84 4. The Capitalist Era 95 The Contours of Industrialization and Globalization since 1800 96 From Ownership to Managerial Capitalism 104 Financialization 114 Work in Capitalism 124 Market and State 145 5. Analysis and Critique 162 Notes 171 Bibliography 181 Index of Names 197

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, American Philosophical Society""Winner of the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History and Culture, Association for Jewish Studies""[Trivellato] deftly demonstrates how dangerous such stories [about credit] can be—and how widespread their effects."---Rebecca L. Spang, Times Literary Supplement"Extraordinary. . . . Trivellato’s excellent book shows the power and the necessity of credible history to fight ever corrosive and dangerous legends alive and thriving in our own technologically-advanced yet troubled times."---Jacob Soll, New Republic"Part history, part mystery . . . . [A] tour de force history of economic thought that gives deep insight into the evolution of thought towards (and mainly against) Jews . . . . The Promise and Peril of Credit was a true pleasure to read. For anyone interested in the history of early modern economic thought or Jewish economic history, this book is a must read."---Jared Rubin, The Journal of Economic History"Trivellato’s close, convincing analysis makes for stimulating reading."---Thomas Max Safley, Economic History Review"Trivellato’s The Promise and Peril of Credit bristles with intelligence, insight, and ingenuity: it is one of the most sophisticated, thoughtful, and thought-provoking books I have read (and enjoyed reading) in recent years."---Lars Fischer, Jewish Historical Studies"[An] important and potentially field-changing [book]. . . . Trivellato’s work has much contemporary resonance."---Flora Cassen, Jewish Quarterly Review"The Promise and Peril of Credit masterfully traces changing European attitudes to finance and commerce in the early modern and modern periods."---Francesca Bregoli, Journal of Modern History"A meticulous survey of the early modern commercial and economic literature. . . . The Promise and Peril of Credit is a book as erudite as it is sweeping. With ease and elegance, the author crosses not only language barriers, but also the trans-temporal divide between early modern and modern times. . . . Trivellato adds important nuance to our understanding of anti-Judaism."---Daniel Jütte, Eighteenth-Century Studies"“The book’s long subtitle promises to tell us what this forgotten legend reveals ‘about the making of European commercial society.’ It is a testament to the author’s erudition, patient research, and intellectual ecumenism that her book delivers so richly on this promise.”"---Rowan Dorin, Law and History Review"Moving deftly through economic history, law, and the annals of anti-Semitism."---Elka Weber, Segula Jewish History Magazine"[An] important book deserving the widest possible readership across disciplines. . . . [Its] subject is nothing less than the making of the modern world."---Robert Fredona, Business History Review"The book is highly relevant today and truly inspiring."---Tom Tölle, H-Soz-u-Kult"The valuable study by Francesca Trivellato, who transcends national and linguistic boundaries . . . shows how a study of “international” anti-Semitism can be done by focusing on one particular example such as a legend on Jewish economic activity and its subsequent spread throughout Europe."---Oliver Schulz, QUEST- Issues in Contemporary Jewish History"Astonishing book."---Germano Maifreda, QUEST- Issues in Contemporary Jewish History"Trivellato’s study makes an important contribution to both Jewish Studies and the wider history of economic thought, the bridging of which is an express purpose of the work. . . . The book is an important contribution to the history of Jews in economic thought and to the study of the relationship between law and language."---Joshua Teplitsky, Antisemitism Studies"This book is a gem. Francesca Trivellato has produced a multifaceted exploration of the complex relation between evolving Christian ideas about Jews and the development of modern commercial society."---Arthur Wilson, EH.net

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of the book’s great strengths is the way in which is seeks to integrate the history of social policy with the history of living standards more generally, and the book is enhanced by the author’s efforts to place both living standards and social protection in an international context. - Bernard Harris" * Journal of Economics *"An important, and useful, addition to the literature on the history of social welfare in modern Britain."---John Stewart, Journal of Social Policy

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Highly recommended for anyone interested in economic history, regardless of their disciplinary backgrounds and areas of specialization."---Francesca Trivellato, EH.Net"Deeply researched, lean, and stimulating. . . . I was left with a reflection that is rare upon finishing an academic monograph: wishing it were longer."---Paul Cheney, Journal of Modern History

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A succinct elaboration of core ideas and a complex web of insightful underpinnings. It is a valuable and timely research."---Gouranga Gopal Das, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature"The book is a thought-provoking study analysing the complicated relationship between history, politics, and economics. . . . Pomfret provides country-specific analyses with enough detail, which can also serve as a springboard for students who would like to specialise in the Central Asia region to conduct further in-depth academic research."---Özge Söylemez, Rest Journal

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] provocative argument . . . As a critique of prevailing modes of thinking about global politics, Empires of the Weak succeeds admirably."---Alan Mikhail, New York Times Book Review"Without assuming prior knowledge, Empires of the Weak, demonstrates the problems with the theoretical assumptions of the military revolution thesis."---Sarah Kinkel, Times Higher Education"Sharman builds a provocative, yet cogent argument, wide-ranging and readable."---Ephraim Nissan, Quaderni di Studi Indo-Mediterranei"[Empires of the Weak is] intellectually challenging and makes observers think about where they stand before they call in their bets on the sweep of history. . . . people who are willing to challenge their views . . . should relish the book."---I. William Zartman, Rest Journal"An interesting and thought-provoking narrative. . . . Empires of the Weak is a valuable addition to the underrepresented topic of non-Western military history as part of the growing literature on the underlying causes of the great divergence from the vantage point of global military and political history."---Kaveh Yazdani, International Review of Social History

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2017 James Henry Breasted Prize, American Historical Association""This book must surely sweep the field. Whether one is an undergraduate student, an early-career scholar, has been chewing over the ancient economy for a career, or is simply a general reader with a curiosity about how the ancient economy worked, this is now the go-to work. [Bresson] has produced a book that is at the same time something of an encyclopaedia of the ancient Greek economy, full of in-depth discussions about more or less every product and every economic phenomenon, a sourcebook of texts, particularly epigraphic texts, illustrating economic phenomena, and a book with an argument."---Professor Robin Osborne, Classics for All"This authoritative introduction to and survey of the ancient Greek economy translates, updates, expands, and combines the author's original two-volume French edition. Bresson documents the unprecedented and unparalleled economic growth of the Greek world from the Archaic through the Hellenistic periods. . . . [A] thoroughly informed masterwork." * Choice *"An irreplaceable reference work for knowledge of the economy of ancient Greece."---Adolfo J. Domínguez, Ancient West and East

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Best First Book Prize, Foundations of Political Theory section of the American Political Science Association""A fresh and splendidly clear guide to the intellectual history of monetary policy. . . . The Currency of Politics is an invaluable guide to why — and how to think about what comes next."---Felix Martin, Financial Times"Eich’s extraordinary book provides an essential guide to thinking about the politics of money." * Adam Tooze *"Eich offers a rich treatment of each historical episode. But the chapters on the two Englishmen, Locke and Keynes, stand out. . . . pathbreaking."---Jonathan Levy, Project Syndicate"Eich’s book is ultimately a call to revive democratic debate about money…this excellent book…does not tell us what to do, but he does show us something can be done."---Geoff Mann, New Statesman"A pathbreaking new intellectual history of monetary policy. In examining how key thinkers approached the economic crises of their respective times, Eich offers a map for navigating the politics of money today."---Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, The Nation"Eich’s work is sure to be a landmark in political science. His argument is bold and ambitious; his writing clear and engaging; and his message timely, persuasive and imperative."---Erik Jones, Survival"A deep ex­amination of the theoretical and political foundations of money that rescues the money discus­sion from economists."---Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Open Magazine"An intellectual history of money that theoretically grounds the works of others working on democratizing money. The Currency of Politics is a great addition to the philosophy of money."---Valerie Schreur, Oeconomia"A very good book. . . . Eich takes us on a fascinating journey."---Paul Sagar, Perspectives on Politics"Exquisitely written."---Jorge González-Gallarza, The Critic"Eich’s contribution demarcates a new space for political thought on money, and brings together key theorists on the structuration of money both to show that political thought often has a direct effect on the type of monetary system that is maintained, and to show that democratic agency vis-a-vis money is often wilfully ignored."---Dominic Burbidge, Politics and Poetics"[The Currency of Politics] fits well into the growing critical debate on neoliberal policies that have dominated the economic discussion in the latest decades. . . . [and] helps us to understand that monetary policy must be the prerogative of a healthy and fruitful public and thus political debate."---Giampaolo Conte, The Journal of European Economic History

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Book SynopsisAn 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 inequitiesTrade Review"Winner of a Millard Meiss Publication Fund Grant, College Art Association""Painting by Numbers…[is] careful and systematic…it is a solid demonstration that “counting things” matters. It leaves audiences to wonder what work the book will inspire as other researchers draw from the quantitative foundation Greenwald has established… [I]t’s clear that the author’s expertise in art and data pair brilliantly” –Lydia Pyne, Hyperallergic""The real power of [Painting by Numbers] is. . . . prompting art historians to ask questions about the values underpinning their definition of their objects of study. . . . [Diana Greenwald] has done a valuable service to the field in asking us to rethink our fundamental categories of disciplinary concern and our responsibilities to the vast range of visual and material culture that might fall within their purview." * CAA Reviews *"Diana Seave Greenwald’s Painting by Numbers: Data-Driven Histories of Nineteenth-Century Art is an ambitious study that synthesizes two disparate approaches of scholarship: art history and economic analysis. . . . Greenwald is a pioneer in the field who is willing to explore new perspectives and challenge past presumptions. The book paves the way for similar interdisciplinary studies to follow. . . . Painting by Numbers shows the promise of what can be achieved when an abundance of information is wedded with insightful scholarship."---Matt Garklavs, ARLIS/NA Reviews"[Diana Greenwald] presents novel evidence on the artistic production of the nineteenth-century in France, the USA, and England and focusses on crucial topics in the art history of that period, namely, industrialization, gender, and the history of empire, providing new points of view. . . . [Painting by Numbers] represents a concrete application of the benefits of an interdisciplinary approach in humanities and social sciences."---Laura Paganl, Journal of Cultural Economics"[A] great benefit to art historians unpracticed in economic theory."---Elizabeth L. Block, Panorama"Painting By Numbers offers methods and interpretations that may revise art historians’ assumptions about what we do and how we do it."---Julie Codell, Winterthur Portfolio"Using hard, quantitative data in order to test, critique or support conventional wisdom is very unusual in art-historical research. Painting by Numbers succeeds in making a convincing case for that kind of study, which makes it a model of methodological innovation, and a very welcome one."---Jorge Sebastián Lozano, Art History

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the American Library in Paris Book Award""Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize, McGill University""Winner of the PROSE Award in European History, Association of American Publishers""Winner of the Leo Gershoy Award, American Historical Association""Rothschild rightly rejects what she describes as an ‘ideological’ division of the dead by historians between ‘important’—the people with substantial records—and ‘the unimportant . . . who can be counted, but cannot be understood.' Rather, as this book demonstrates, a focus on the ‘ordinary’ can offer new perspectives on periods of extraordinary change."---Laura O’Brien, Times Literary Supplement ​​​​​​​"[An Infinite History] is a family history unlike any other because of the way Rothschild tells it. . . . By starting with the names and tracing them over space and especially time, Rothschild not only upends the usual methods of study but also compels a rethinking of many prevailing views about the politics, economy, and society of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France."---Lynn Hunt, New York Review of Books"Captivating. . . . One of the most successful attempts to put Ginzburg and Poni’s ‘science of the lived’ into action."---David A. Bell, The Nation"[A] remarkable inquiry into the town of Angoulême, in southwestern France, beginning with the story of 'an inquisitive, illiterate woman, Marie Aymard,' and five generations of her extended family in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: the sort of history that has been exceedingly hard to tell, and therefore not often told." * Harvard Magazine *"Emma Rothschild leaves no stone unturned in her quest to trace one family through centuries and five generations... this is an inspiring and enjoyable demonstration of what can be achieved by skill, perseverance and a bit of luck." * Family Tree Magazine *"This innovative study of ordinary people in a French provincial town is a remarkable achievement of both painstaking research and historical imagination . . . . the result is a fascinating exercise in history from below, a history of chance encounters and social networks, of ambition and opportunity."---Alan Forrest, Family and Community History"This is a tremendously engaging book which reads, paradoxically, like a capacious nineteenth-century novel. And not least because of its elusive dénouements and the absence of an authorial omniscience straining our suspension of disbelief, it is enriched by the certainty, validated by scholarship of the highest quality, that none of it is invented."---Robert Lethbridge, Journal of European Studies

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The accomplished historian Jennifer Delton has written an extremely important book on one of the United States’ leading business organizations, the National Association of Manufacturers . . . . [A] meticulously researched study." * Business History Review *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers""Intriguing. . . . Capacious. . . . Rich."---Kim Phillips-Fein, New Republic"How did Adam Smith become as American as apple pie? Wisely skipping over the ‘mesmerizingly mundane’ life of the man, about whom we know little, Glory Liu offers a biography of Adam Smith the idea. Traversing three centuries of American thought in fluid prose, Ms. Liu finds traces of Smith in his inspiration of the founding generation, as grist for 19th-century debates over free trade, and as a celebrated apostle of the free market during the Cold War. Synthesizing a wave of recent scholarship on Smith, Ms. Liu elevates his Theory of Moral Sentiments over his canonical Wealth of Nations."---Jennifer Burns, Wall Street Journal (Five Best Biographies of Economists)"A fascinating tour of American economic theory and debate from the late 18th century to the present. . . . Liu’s book is more than an examination of the twists and turns in American economic debate, for it also raises profound questions about economics as a discipline and terrain of debate."---Colin Kidd, New Statesman"This is an excellent book."---Branko Milanovic, Global Inequality and More 3.0"[Adam Smith’s America] illuminates how the ways that readers approach a text become part of that text’s story. . . . A model for doing reception history well."---Rebecca Brenner Graham, Slate"Exemplary. . . . Liu presents Smith’s reception history as a unique window into what she calls the nation’s ‘politics of political economy.’ She is right. . . . Liu demonstrates just how malleable ideologically the interpretation of Smith has been over time."---Jonathan Levy, Boston Review"[A] provocative analysis of Scottish moral philosopher Adam Smith’s influence on U.S. politics and business. . . . This is a rewarding reconsideration of an influential thinker." * Publishers Weekly *"The iconic economist has become all things to all people over time, from Friedman-esque libertarian to anti-capitalist crusader. . . . Even if Chicago, the Heritage Foundation, and other right-leaning entities have tried to seize him for their cause, Liu examines the possibility that he may be ‘closer to the values of the contemporary left’—thus are the many ambiguities in his work. A bracing study not just of Smith’s ideas, but also of how scholars and activists have used (and misused) them." * Kirkus Reviews *"Masterful."---David Bahnsen, Religion & Liberty Online"Fascinating."---Greg Olear, PREVAIL"Lucid and compelling. . . . Adam Smith’s America is an impressively researched and deftly executed book."---Robin Douglass, Global Intellectual History"Maybe it’s a moonshot to imagine lanyard-festooned Seattleite techies as a revolutionary vanguard, but, whatever your political visions: There’s a Smith for that."---Adam Willems, The Stranger"Outstanding work."---Matteo Santarelli, Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas"A detailed and well-researched account of the reception of Adam Smith in America."---Maria Pia Paganelli, History of Economic Thought and Policy

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Tignor's book is one for enthusiasts of development, of social science research and of African history. It is long, closely written, tightly researched and scrupulously comprehensive."---Lawrence Haddad, Times Higher Education Supplement"This book can be read on two levels. On the human level, it is the story of triumph against adversity. . . . [A]t the level of the contribution made by a professional economist to economic development, this book reads as a story of intellectual failure in the face of political reality. . . . Each of these chapters is thoroughly researched, judiciously blending discussions of Lewis's personal life and of the changes taking place in the world."---Ranald Michie, Business History Review"In this splendid intellectual biography, Robert L. Tignor examines Lewis's career and thought, giving particular emphasis to his experiences in Africa. . . . This is an important biography, and one that will benefit scholars seeking to understand the enormous gap between economic aspirations and achievements in much of the developing world, as well as the struggle for racial justice. For students of post-independence Africa the book has special relevance."---Alfred E. Eckes, International History Review"Robert Tignor has produced an impressive intellectual biography of the remarkable economist, policy advisor, and educator, Sir W. Arthur Lewis."---James B. Stewart, Journal of African American History

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of the book’s great strengths is the way in which is seeks to integrate the history of social policy with the history of living standards more generally, and the book is enhanced by the author’s efforts to place both living standards and social protection in an international context. - Bernard Harris" * Journal of Economics *"An important, and useful, addition to the literature on the history of social welfare in modern Britain."---John Stewart, Journal of Social Policy

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, American Philosophical Society""Winner of the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History and Culture, Association for Jewish Studies""[Trivellato] deftly demonstrates how dangerous such stories [about credit] can be—and how widespread their effects."---Rebecca L. Spang, Times Literary Supplement"Extraordinary. . . . Trivellato’s excellent book shows the power and the necessity of credible history to fight ever corrosive and dangerous legends alive and thriving in our own technologically-advanced yet troubled times."---Jacob Soll, New Republic"Part history, part mystery . . . . [A] tour de force history of economic thought that gives deep insight into the evolution of thought towards (and mainly against) Jews . . . . The Promise and Peril of Credit was a true pleasure to read. For anyone interested in the history of early modern economic thought or Jewish economic history, this book is a must read."---Jared Rubin, The Journal of Economic History"Trivellato’s close, convincing analysis makes for stimulating reading."---Thomas Max Safley, Economic History Review"Trivellato’s The Promise and Peril of Credit bristles with intelligence, insight, and ingenuity: it is one of the most sophisticated, thoughtful, and thought-provoking books I have read (and enjoyed reading) in recent years."---Lars Fischer, Jewish Historical Studies"[An] important and potentially field-changing [book]. . . . Trivellato’s work has much contemporary resonance."---Flora Cassen, Jewish Quarterly Review"The Promise and Peril of Credit masterfully traces changing European attitudes to finance and commerce in the early modern and modern periods."---Francesca Bregoli, Journal of Modern History"A meticulous survey of the early modern commercial and economic literature. . . . The Promise and Peril of Credit is a book as erudite as it is sweeping. With ease and elegance, the author crosses not only language barriers, but also the trans-temporal divide between early modern and modern times. . . . Trivellato adds important nuance to our understanding of anti-Judaism."---Daniel Jütte, Eighteenth-Century Studies"“The book’s long subtitle promises to tell us what this forgotten legend reveals ‘about the making of European commercial society.’ It is a testament to the author’s erudition, patient research, and intellectual ecumenism that her book delivers so richly on this promise.”"---Rowan Dorin, Law and History Review"Moving deftly through economic history, law, and the annals of anti-Semitism."---Elka Weber, Segula Jewish History Magazine"[An] important book deserving the widest possible readership across disciplines. . . . [Its] subject is nothing less than the making of the modern world."---Robert Fredona, Business History Review"The book is highly relevant today and truly inspiring."---Tom Tölle, H-Soz-u-Kult"The valuable study by Francesca Trivellato, who transcends national and linguistic boundaries . . . shows how a study of “international” anti-Semitism can be done by focusing on one particular example such as a legend on Jewish economic activity and its subsequent spread throughout Europe."---Oliver Schulz, QUEST- Issues in Contemporary Jewish History"Astonishing book."---Germano Maifreda, QUEST- Issues in Contemporary Jewish History"Trivellato’s study makes an important contribution to both Jewish Studies and the wider history of economic thought, the bridging of which is an express purpose of the work. . . . The book is an important contribution to the history of Jews in economic thought and to the study of the relationship between law and language."---Joshua Teplitsky, Antisemitism Studies"This book is a gem. Francesca Trivellato has produced a multifaceted exploration of the complex relation between evolving Christian ideas about Jews and the development of modern commercial society."---Arthur Wilson, EH.net

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Saller’s book is truly interesting in many ways. Not only does it do justice to the existence of a reflection on economy in Western antiquity and to its few points of convergence with modern economic thought, but [it] also . . . raises a question that goes beyond antiquity: that of the conditions that make long-term economic growth and development possible, with a particular interest in cultural causes."---Etienne Helmer, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An informative and deeply researched book that explores how property law influenced the development of the English colonies and, ultimately, the United States."---Aaron L. Chin, H-Early-America

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Key to Abbreviations, pg. xiii*I. Hamburg and the HAPAG, 1880-1900, pg. 1*II. The World Is My Field: The West, pg. 27*III. The World Is My Field: The East, pg. 63*IV. Prussians and Politicians, pg. 98*V. A Place in the Sun, pg. 143*VI. Peace or War with England?, pg. 175*VII. The Phantom Fleet, pg. 214*VIII. A Voice in Berlin, pg. 248*IX. War with America, pg. 285*X. "An End with Dread", pg. 314*XI. Conclusion, pg. 348*Bibliographical Essay, pg. 357*Index, pg. 371

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Book SynopsisThrough a comparison of economics and politics in two Populist states - Kansas and Nebraska - and one non-Populist state - Iowa - this work shows that economic conditions alone cannot explain why the People's Party flourished or floundered in the period 1880 to 1892.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA theoretically informed, historically accurate, and valuable guide to Social Security's development.... Serves as an ideal vantage point from which to view today's debate. - Edward D. Berkowitz, author of Mr. Social Security: The Life of Wilbur J. Cohen ""There are few social scientists with sufficient expertise to understand the debates over Social Security reform and even fewer who can make them comprehensible to non-experts. Beland's beautifully written and carefully researched book places these debates in their historical context and explains them in a thoughtful and balanced manner."" - Jill Quadagno, author of The Transformation of Old Age Security ""Because Beland's powerful analysis significantly advances current debates about the role of ideas, political institutions, gender, and race in the formation of Social Security, it is must reading for scholars in the field. But since it is uncommonly well written, it will also serve as an important guide for the uninitiated trying to make sense of contemporary debates."" - John Myles, author of Old Age in the Welfare State ""Provides valuable insights about Social Security politics over time, including convincing evidence about the enduring emphasis on self-reliance and individualism, the diminishing role of business and labor, and the relative impact of gender and race."" - Pamela J. Larson, Executive Vice President, National Academy of Social Insurance

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Book SynopsisAn unprecedented analysis of the revered political economist Karl Polyani's life and work, drawn from newly discovered primary sources.Trade Review'Indispensable for understanding and applying Polanyian thought. Dale's book is a model of critical scholarship, placing Polanyi in historical context and skillfully tracing thedevelopment of his theory' -- Wolfgang Streeck, Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, author of Buying Time and How Will Capitalism End?'A great asset for the left in the critique of capitalist market economy’ -- Tamás Krausz, author of Reconstructing Lenin: An Intellectual Biography (Monthly Review Press, 2015)'A magisterial culmination of the author’s extensive decade-long research' -- LSE Review of Books'Revitalises, brings back, and inverts Polanyi's thought' -- Alicia Girón, Professor and Researcher of the Economic Research Institute (IIEc) at the National University of Mexico'No one digs deeper than Gareth Dale into Polanyi's mindset, into his politics as well as his scholarship' -- Chris Hann, Director, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany'Full of gems and every paragraph reads like a dense fascinating summary of big debates ... there is much of interest here' -- Green Left WeeklyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Reconstructing Sociology 2. The Marxist Orbit: Polanyi’s Double Movement 3. Capital versus the Demos 4. Democratic Tyranny: The Soviet Union 5. Reconstructing The Great Transformation 6. Regionalism and the European Union 7. Intellectuals and the Red Scare 8. Redistribution and Market Exchange in Mesopotamia 9. Markets in Ancient Greece: The Challenge of the New Institutionalism (with Matthijs Krul) Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn engaging and unique study of Enlightenment philosopher David Hume's understanding of moneyand his role in the rise of capitalismTrade Review'Caffentzis has been the philosopher of the anticapitalist movement from the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. A historian of our own times, he carries the political wisdom of the twentieth century into the twenty-first. Here is capitalist critique and proletarian reasoning fit for our time' -- Peter Linebaugh, author of 'The Magna Carta Manifesto' (University of California Press, 2008)Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Foreword An Autobiographical Preface Introduction: Who is a Philosopher of Money? PART I: HUME AND HIS CLASS'S PROBLEMATIC 1. On the Scottish Origins of Civilization 2. Civilizing the Highlands: Hume, Money and the Annexing Act 3. Hume’s Monetary Education in Bristol PART II: HUME'S PHILOSOPHY AND HIS STRATEGY 4. Why was Hume a Metallist? 5. Did Hume read Berkeley’s The Querist? Notions and Conventions in their Philosophies of Money 6. Fiction or Counterfeit? Specie or Paper? 7. Wages and Money: Pegasus’ Mirror Conclusion: Locke, Berkeley and Hume as Philosophers of Money Coda: A Critique of Marx’s Thesis 11 on Feuerbach Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA classic examination of John Locke's philosophy of economics, language and historyTrade Review'Caffentzis is a practical philosopher and a pure teacher. His reasoning even at its most abstract always tends to the political. The street is his classroom. This is truly vulgar Marxism, that is, it is a critique by, with, and for the vulgus, or common people (you and I)' -- Peter Linebaugh, author of 'The Magna Carta Manifesto' (University of California Press, 2008)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on the New Edition Foreword Introduction to the New Edition Preface Introduction 1. Clipped Coins 2. Civil Government 3. Abused Words Conclusion: Weaving an Origin Postface: John Locke, the Philosopher of Primitive Accumulation Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisState and Society in Post--War Japan integrates the previous work of disciplinary specialists into a coherent account of how Japanese society has changed since the war.Trade Review"... a book which can be safely recommended to colleagues and students who want or need to know more about contemporary Japan." (Times Higher Education Supplement) "[a] comprehensive study" (International Review of Administrative Sciences) "an outstanding contribution. ...[this book] corrects many popular misconceptions about Japan ... a useful book because of the broad arguments that it develops." (British Journal of Industrial Relations) "A substantial example of critical empirical sociology. It should become a standard text in the sociology of Japan and of industrial society." (Reviewing Sociology)Table of ContentsAbbreviations. Acknowledgements. 1. Conflict or Consensus: Competing Images of Japan. 2. An Economic Structure of Interdependent Rivals. 3. A Flexible Labour Market. 4. A Planned Market Economy. 5. The Japanese Polity. 6. Social Divisions in Japan. 7. Continuity and Change in the Japanese Social Process. Bibliography. Index.

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