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Penguin Putnam Inc Americas Bank
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Great Degeneration How Institutions Decay and
Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower, a searching and provocative examination of the widespread institutional rot that threatens our collective futureWhat causes rich countries to lose their way? Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, increasing inequality, aging populations, antisocial behavior. But what exactly has gone wrong? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues in The Great Degeneration, is that our institutions—the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail—are degenerating. With characteristic verve and historical insight, Ferguson analyzes the causes of this stagnation and its profound consequences for the future of the West. The Great Degeneration is an incisive indictment of an era of negligence and complacency—and to arrest the breakdown of our civilization, Ferguson warns, will take heroic
£14.45
OUP India Shrimp to Whale
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£23.10
Zondervan The House of Zondervan Celebrating 75 Years
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St Martin's Press Merchant Kings
Book SynopsisCommerce meets conquest in this swashbuckling story of the six merchant-adventurers who built the modern worldIt was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expansion, controlling vast numbers of people and huge tracts of land, and taking on governmental and military functions. They managed their territories as business interests, treating their subjects as employees, customers, or competitors. The leaders of these trading enterprises exercised virtually unaccountable, dictatorial political power over millions of people.The merchant kings of the Age of Heroic Commerce were a rogue''s gallery of larger-than-life men who, for a couple hundred years, expanded their far-flung commercial enterprises over a sizable portion of the world. They include Jan Pieterszoon Coen, the violent and autocratic pioneer of the Dutch East India Company; Peter Stuyvesant, the one-legged governor of the Dutch West India Company, whose narrow-minded appr
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Little, Brown & Company New World Inc The Making of America by Englands
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Random House USA Inc The Undercover Economist
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc My Years with General Motors
Book SynopsisMy Years with General Motors became an instant bestseller when it was first published in 1963. It has since been used as a manual for managers, offering personal glimpses into the practice of the discipline of management by the man who perfected it. This is the story no other businessman could tell—a distillation of half a century of intimate leadership experience with a giant industry and an inside look at dramatic events and creative business management.Only a handful of business books have reached the status of a classic, having withstood the test of over fifty years' time. Even today, Bill Gates praises My Years with General Motors as the best book to read on business, and Business Week has named it the number one choice for its bookshelf of indispensable reading.
£20.00
WW Norton & Co Double Entry How the Merchants of Venice Created
Book Synopsis“Lively history. . . . Show[s] double entry’s role in the creation of the accounting profession, and even of capitalism itself.”—The New Yorker Trade Review"Entertaining and informative." -- The Economist"Lucidly presented. . . . An accessible introduction to this key development in the history of capitalism." -- Edward Chancellor - Wall Street Journal"Stimulating. . . . Fascinating." -- Drew DeSilver - Seattle Times"A timely, topical, readable, and thought-provoking look at the history and legacy of double-entry bookkeeping." -- Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed"Elegantly written . . . charts the epic journey of the humble device that showed how to count the cost of everything, from the Doge’s Palace to the acrobatics of John Maynard Keynes’s General Theory." -- Nicholas Wapshott, author of Keynes Hayek"A stimulating approach that presents a compelling outline for further detailed review." -- Kirkus Reviews"Starred review. Lively and elegantly written account of the history of double-entry bookkeeping.... This dynamic examination of the impact and legacy of double-entry bookkeeping is sure to appeal to those in the accounting profession, business leaders, and history buffs, and will likely become required reading in business school curricula." -- Publishers Weekly
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WW Norton & Co The End of Alchemy
Book Synopsis“If [The End of Alchemy] gets the attention it deserves, it might just save the world.” —Michael Lewis, Bloomberg ViewTrade Review"An outstandingly lucid account of postwar economic policymaking and the dilemmas we now face. . . . It is rare to encounter a book on economics quite as intellectually exhilarating as The End of Alchemy—a dazzling performance indeed." -- John Plender - Financial Times"I have read umpteen books about the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and its lessons. This is the cleverest one, brimming over with new ideas. While other ‘lords of finance’ publish memoirs, King has produced a brilliant analysis not only of what went wrong in the global financial system but also of what went wrong in economics itself." -- Niall Ferguson"A sophisticated and highly approachable study of how modern finance has lost its way. Few individuals are more qualified than Lord Mervyn King to imagine the banking of the future. His book should be required reading." -- Henry Kissinger"Mervyn King asks, ‘Why has almost every industrialized country found it difficult to overcome the stagnation that followed the financial crisis in 2007–2008, and why did money and banking, the alchemists of a market economy, turn into its Achilles heel?’ He addresses these questions, and much more. For those endeavoring to understand the greatest financial crisis of our time and the future of finance, this highly provocative book is a must-read." -- Alan Greenspan"Drawing on years of scholarly study of banking history and his real world experience in fighting financial panic, Mervyn King has set out a new framework for monetary and financial reform. Seemingly simple in concept, it challenges prevailing banking and market practice. The End of Alchemy demands debate and a well-reasoned response." -- Paul A. Volcker
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Random House USA Inc The Economy of Cities BY Jacobs Jane on 1970
Book SynopsisIn this book, Jane Jacobs, building on the work of her debut, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, investigates the delicate way cities balance the interplay between the domestic production of goods and the ever-changing tide of imports. Using case studies of developing cities in the ancient, pre-agricultural world, and contemporary cities on the decline, like the financially irresponsible New York City of the mid-sixties, Jacobs identifies the main drivers of urban prosperity and growth, often via counterintuitive and revelatory lessons.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Shutdown
Book SynopsisThis book’s great service is that it challenges us to consider the ways in which our institutions and systems, and the assumptions, positions and divisions that undergird them, leave us ill prepared for the next crisis.—Robert Rubin, The New York Times Book ReviewFull of valuable insight and telling details, this may well be the best thing to read if you want to know what happened in 2020. --Paul Krugman, New York Review of BooksDeftly weaving finance, politics, business, and the global human experience into one tight narrative, a tour-de-force account of 2020, the year that changed everything--from the acclaimed author of Crashed.The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks nor in the historic record of modern ca
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Irish Academic Press Ltd The Restoration Land Settlement in County Dublin
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Four
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLERAmazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are the four most influential companies on the planet. Just about everyone thinks they know how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong. For all that’s been written about the Four over the last two decades, no one has captured their power and staggering success as insightfully as Scott Galloway. Instead of buying the myths these companies broadcast, Galloway asks fundamental questions. How did the Four infiltrate our lives so completely that they’re almost impossible to avoid (or boycott)? Why does the stock market forgive them for sins that would destroy other firms? And as they race to become the world’s first trillion-dollar company, can anyone challenge them? In the same irreverent style that has made him one of the world’s most celebrated business professors, Galloway deconstructs the strategies of the Four that lurk beneath their shiny veneers. He shows how they manipulate the fundamental emotional needs that have driven us since our ancestors lived in caves, at a speed and scope others can’t match. And he reveals how you can apply the lessons of their ascent to your own business or career. Whether you want to compete with them, do business with them, or simply live in the world they dominate, you need to understand the Four.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Four
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Johns Hopkins University Press Silver Trade and War Spain and America in the
Book SynopsisSilver, Trade, and War is about men and markets, national rivalries, diplomacy and conflict, and the advancement or stagnation of states.Trade ReviewAll serious students of Spain's national tragedies should find room for the book on their shelves. -- Eric Rust History: Reviews of New Books Sets a new standard for the writing of Spanish imperial history. -- Michael J. Schreffler Sixteenth Century Journal [The authors'] ability to synthesize a broad and disparate historiography on economic, political, and diplomatic developments in early modern Europe as they related to the new opportunities created by the opening of American territories represents a significant achievement and contributes to our understanding of the relationship between economic trends and political formation. -- Ida Altman American Historical Review This book is highly recommended to a broad array of scholars... The authors make a compelling case for the centrality of the Spanish Empire in the emergence of Europe's economic and political hegemony. -- Jeremy Baskes Historian This is a brilliant and pioneering study packed with research and is original in both its presentation and its conclusions... While communicating concrete historical information, the study stimulates the reader to speculate more widely on the fundamental problem of economic growth and the specific case of Spain. The authors inevitably take account of the evolution of the whole Atlantic world; in choosing so vast a canvas on which to execute their magisterial composition, they encourage scholars to take a more global vision of the problems of empire. -- Henry Kamen Economic Society This is a magisterial work from two scholars who have spent a lifetime investigating the economic history of Spain's overseas empire. It will be impossible for the next generation of scholars not to cite the Steins' latest book when writing about the early imperial economies of Europe. Choice What could one say of the beginnings of a Chaunu-like magnum opus other than to highlight its demonstration of a great depth of reading and research and the profound learning behind it? This is perhaps the most comprehensive, detailed examination in English of Spain and empire since Haring took up the subject during World War I. -- David Weiland Hispanic American Historical Review This book presents a compelling vision of the role of American silver in the making of Spain, the Americas, and Europe, and it merits a wide readership. -- Kenneth J. Andrien The Americas The authors survey and comment on the complex historiography of Spain's rise and fall in the Atlantic world and Western Europe. This work is also deeply grounded in archival research... that allows ample insight into the functioning of the Spanish court and colonial bureaucracy. -- Christopher Schmidt-Nowara Latin American Research Review 2004Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: The LegacyChapter 1. Spain, Europe, and The Atlantic System, 1500–1700Chapter 2. Financing Empire: The European Diaspora of Silver by War Chapter 3. Westphalia: The Legacy of Unequal TreatiesChapter 4. Conjunctural Crisis: War and the Utrecht Settlement Part II: Toward a Spanish-Bourbon ParadigmChapter 5. Conditions of Growth, 1700–1759Chapter 6. Changing Patterns in the Transatlantic System: Flotas and Registros, 1720–1759Chapter 7. Critical Voices, 1720–1759Chapter 8. Toward the Mid-Century Crisis: Ensenada, 1743–1754Chapter 9. By Way of ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£58.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Between Crown and Commerce
Book SynopsisIn doing so, the book highlights the conjoined history of broad transnational processes and local political change.Trade Review"A superb work of historical investigation and analysis in every respect - an important and well-conceived topic, thoroughly and expertly researched, and organized and presented in an effective and memorable fashion." (Kent Wright, Arizona State University)"Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Commerce, State-Building, and Republicanism in Old Regime France1. Louis XIV, Marseillais Merchants, and the Problem of Discerning the Public Good2. Between Republic and Monarchy: Debating Commerce and Virtue3. France and the Levantine Merchant: The Challenges of an International Market4. Plague, Commerce, and Centralized Disease Control in Early Modern France5. Virtue without Commerce: Civic Spirit During the Plague, 1720– 17236. Civic Religiosity and Religious Citizenship in Plague- Stricken Marseille7. Postmortem: Virtue and Commerce ReconsideredNotesBibliographyIndex
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Random House USA Inc Money for Nothing
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. American Exceptionalism in a New Era Rebuilding
Book SynopsisPresents thirteen essays by Hoover fellows that discuss the unique factors that have historically set America apart from other nations and how these factors shape public policy. The authors show how America and its people have prospered and emerged as global leaders by prizing individuality and economic freedom and explore key factors in America's success.
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University of Exeter Press The History Of Honiton Lace Industry SouthWest
Book SynopsisHoniton lace is one of the world's great laces and this book for the first time tells the full story of the industry that produces it, from its beginnings in the sixteenth century to its demise in the twentieth. Over 100 photographs illustrate the history of design in Honiton lace as well as the technical aspects of manufacture.Trade Review “This is a satisfying study, provoking much thought on domestic industries of the past, and perhaps of the future too." (Business History) "I highly recommend it not only to lacemakers . . . But also to anyone interested in textiles or the social and historical aspects of cottage industries." (Canadian Lacemaker Gazette) "Dr Yallop's book is a treasure chest filled with new clues for those who approach lace as a fascinating puzzle." (The Lace Collector) Table of ContentsPreface, ix; Foreword by Santina M. Levey, xi; Introduction, 1; Part 1-The rise and decline of an industry, 7; Chapter 1 The origin of the industry, 9; Chapter 2 1617-1707, an age of legislation, 27; Chapter 3 The English lace industry in 1698, 48; Chapter 4 1617-1707, the products of the industry, 61; Chapter 5 1707-1816, continuation and contraction, 73; Chapter 6 1768-1820, the machine revolution, 87; Chapter 7 1820-1940, the years of decline, 94; Chapter 8 1820-1940, attempts to halt the decline, 112; Part 2-The people of the industry, 133; Chapter 9 The manufacturers, 135; Chapter 10 The lacemakers-at work, 157; Chapter 11 The lacemakers-at play, 186; Chapter 12 Designs and designers, 205; Chapter 13 Distribution and sales, 220; Postscript, 240; Appendices, 239; Bibliography, 273; Illustrations, 287; Index, 349.
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WW Norton & Co One Nation Under Gold
Book SynopsisOne Nation Under Gold examines the countervailing forces that have long since divided America—whether gold should be a repository of hope, or a damaging delusion that has long since derailed the rational investor.Trade Review"The book is wildly entertaining as well as informative. …Ledbetter is a first-rate reporter with a nose for unearthing great stories. He delivers great and often outré stories in abundance…Ledbetter has written a delightful book, one that succeeds in capturing, among other things, much of the loopiness that has undeservedly tarnished the reputation of the true gold standard." -- Ralph Benko - Forbes"[A] chronicle of the American people’s fascination with gold. . . . [Ledbetter’s] well-spun narrative spans the better part of four centuries." -- James Grant - Wall Street Journal"A surprisingly readable history of U.S. fiscal policy. Starting with America’s earliest currencies . . . the book traces the chaotic end of the gold standard and dissects our modern obsession with trying to bring it back . . . . [Ledbetter’s] measured, persuasive conclusion after surveying two centuries of haphazard fiscal decision making is that a return to a gold standard would be a deeply bad idea. Consider this a must read for the gold bugs in your life" -- Anne VanderMey - Fortune"Everyone is familiar with gold but few know of its complex history—until now, thanks to James Ledbetter’s skillful storytelling." -- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Prize–winning economist and best-selling author of The Great Divide"What an original, imaginative book! Bristling with ideas, this lucid history reveals the economic, cultural, and political dimensions of gold’s role in the American experience. So doing, it illuminates, informs, and provokes." -- Ira Katznelson, author of the Bancroft Prize–winning Fear Itself"I learned an interesting new fact on nearly every page of One Nation Under Gold, but I also learned more than facts: James Ledbetter shows us how men have been transfixed by this metal and the folly that has resulted from that obsession. A gripping story, and a history that has had far more influence over policy in the United States than you might think." -- Michael Tomasky, editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas"The material on the gold crisis of the 1960s is really superb—without question the best treatment I have seen of this issue. This was the issue Johnson faced, combined with Vietnam and racial backlash." -- Julian Zelizer, author of The Fierce Urgency of Now"[This] is the first book to really make sense of the tumultuous and entertaining history of Americans’ obsession with gold, brilliantly illuminating how our fascination with the precious metal has shaped our national psyche, sparked political turmoil, and exerted a powerful and often malignant influence on economic policy." -- James Surowiecki
£21.84
Ivan R Dee, Inc Businessmen and Reform A Study of the Progressive
Book SynopsisIn this perceptive, influential study of the Progressive movement, Mr. Wiebe shows how businessmen helped to shapeâand were shaped byâsocial reform in the early years of the 20th century. âœGracefully written, thoroughly researched, and imaginative.â âAmerican Historical Review.Trade ReviewA perceptive study.... Because of his work, historians will have less reason than ever to treat business as an indivisible interest group. * Journal of American History *Gracefully written, thoroughly researched, and imaginative. * American Historical Review *
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Economic Modeling in the Post Great Recession Era
Book SynopsisReality-based modeling for today''s unique economic recovery Economic Modeling in the Post Great Recession Era presents a more realistic approach to modeling, using direct statistical applications to address the characteristics and trends central to current market behaviors. This book''s unique focus on the reality of today''s markets makes it an invaluable resource for students and practitioners seeking a comprehensive guide to more accurate forecasting. While most books treat the economy as if it were in a vacuum, building models around idealized or perception-biased behaviors, this book deals with the economy as it currently standsin a state of recovery, limited by financial constraints, imperfect information, and lags and disparities in price movements. The authors identify how these characteristics impact various markets'' behaviors, and quantify those behaviors using SAS as the primary statistical tool. Today''s economy bears a number of unique attrTable of ContentsPreface/Justification xiii Acknowledgments xxi Chapter 1 Setting the Context 1 The Problem with Uncritical Assumptions in a Less-Than-Perfect Economy 2 The Problem with Models in an Imperfect Economy 3 Four Characteristics of a Less-Than-Perfect Economy 4 Economic Policy Inconsistencies—The Parable of Strange Bedfellows 13 Chapter 2 Dynamic Adjustment in an Economy: Frictions Matter 15 Introduction 16 Quantifying Frictions: Is the Long-Run Average a Useful Guide for the Future? 32 Modeling Dynamic Adjustment due to Economic Frictions: Decision Making in an Evolving World 49 Dynamic Economic Adjustment: An Evolution unto Itself 67 Appendix 68 A Case for the Multiple Markets: 1983–2008 68 The Labor Market: 1983–2008 70 Chapter 3 Information: Past Imperfect, Present Incomplete, Future Uncertain 73 Story Behind the Numbers 76 Conclusion 103 Chapter 4 Price Adjustment and Search for Equilibrium 105 What Barriers Are There to Perfectly Flexible Prices? 107 Implications 112 Finding Dynamic Adjustment in the Data 116 Conclusion 121 Chapter 5 Business Investment: This Time Is Different 123 Drivers of Business Spending 125 Putting It All Together: Explaining Slow Recovery in Capital Investment 134 Chapter 6 Corporate Profits: Reward, Incentive, and That Standard of Living 135 Introduction: Profits as Essential Partner 136 The Role of Profits in the Economic Cycle: Five Drivers 137 The Role of Profits: Incentives and Rewards 140 Concluding Remarks: Modeling Profits 167 Chapter 7 Labor Market Evolution: Implications for Private-Sector and Public-Policy Decision Makers 169 Part I: Labor Market Imperfections 171 Part II: Heterogeneity in the Labor Market 182 Part III: How Do Secular Labor Market Trends Impact Economic Policy? 196 Chapter 8 Inflation: When What You Get Isn’t What You Expect 205 Introduction 206 What Is Inflation? 207 Why Does Inflation Matter? 208 What Determines Inflation? 212 Inflation after the Great Recession 219 Application: Predicting if Central Banks Can Achieve Price Stability 230 Chapter 9 Interest Rates and Credit: Capital Markets in the Post–Great Recession World 235 Imperfect Guidance in an Uncertain World 236 A Look at Actual History over the Long Run 247 Credit and Administered Rates 250 Imperfect Information and Credit 255 Conclusion: Shift from Historical Benchmarks 280 Chapter 10 Three-Dimensional Checkers: Open Economy, Capital Flows, and Exchange Rates 281 Newton’s Third Law 282 Introducing a New Price to the Analysis: The Role of Exchange Rates 289 Three-Dimensional Checkers on an International Playing Field 295 A Perfect Model in an Imperfect World 298 Concluding Remarks: Future Looks Different 330 Chapter 11 Assessing Economic Policy in an Imperfect Economy 331 Generalized Policy Model 333 Rules and Reputation: Beyond Economic Benchmarks 338 Confronting Our Three Market Imperfections 340 Economic Policy in the Context of an Imperfect Economy 359 About the Authors 361 Index 363
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Griffin Publishing Markets of Provence
Book SynopsisProvence is justly famous for its dazzling light, vibrant colours, rich history, and flavourful foods and wines. In Markets of Provence, Marjorie Williams whisks you away to 30 of the best. This pocketable guide, complete with detailed maps and organised by days of the week, gives you all the information you need for your visit.
£14.99
Johns Hopkins University Press Signs Streets and Storefronts
Book SynopsisA must-read for city planners, town councils, architects, sign designers, concerned citizens, and anyone who cares about the appearance and vitality of America's commercial streets, this heavily illustrated book is equally appealing to armchair historians, small-town enthusiasts, and lovers of Americana.Trade ReviewA must-read for any fan of architecture -- and for city planners. It is a thorough dissection of the trends and clashes that continue to shape and regulate our nation's commercial corridors. -- Mark A. Vernarelli American RoadTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. The Making of Main Street: Transformation and Invention on the Commercial Frontier, 1700s–18992. The Great Blight Way: Electricity and Reform from Main Street to City Center, 1900–19173. Visions and Velocity: The Expansive Age of the Automobile, 1918–19284. Sign as Storefront: America Discovers Modernism, 1929–19455. Landscapes of More and Less: Consequences of Commercial Freedom and Restraint, 1946–19646. Rediscovering Main Street: Retrenchment, Repair, and Reinvention, 1965–2010ConclusionNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
£54.22
Johns Hopkins University Press Beatlemania
Book SynopsisRefreshing and insightful, Beatlemania offers a deeper understanding the days of the Fab Four and the band's long-term effects on the business and culture of pop music.Trade ReviewAny interested in either the Beatles of the undercurrents of the music industry as a whole will find this a thought-provoking discussion especially suitable for college-level music collections strong in popular music! Midwest Book Review [Beatlemania] is well-written, clearly argued, presents a different interpretation of a much-studied topic, and places the story into the broader historical context. -- Douglas Karsner Essays in Economic and Business HistoryTable of ContentsPreface1. The Record2. Beatlemania3. Liverpool4. The Promised Land5. Skiffle6. Rock'n'roll Comes to Britain7. The Look8. The Fans9. Convergence10. Technology11. In the Recording Studio12. The Beatles and the SixtiesNotesIndex
£45.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Beatlemania
Book SynopsisRefreshing and insightful, Beatlemania offers a deeper understanding the days of the Fab Four and the band's long-term effects on the business and culture of pop music.Trade ReviewAny interested in either the Beatles of the undercurrents of the music industry as a whole will find this a thought-provoking discussion especially suitable for college-level music collections strong in popular music! Midwest Book Review [Beatlemania] is well-written, clearly argued, presents a different interpretation of a much-studied topic, and places the story into the broader historical context. -- Douglas Karsner Essays in Economic and Business HistoryTable of ContentsPreface1. The Record2. Beatlemania3. Liverpool4. The Promised Land5. Skiffle6. Rock'n'roll Comes to Britain7. The Look8. The Fans9. Convergence10. Technology11. In the Recording Studio12. The Beatles and the SixtiesNotesIndex
£27.93
Johns Hopkins University Press Reimagining Business History
Book SynopsisHow can this field develop in an age of global markets, growing information technology, and diminishing resources? A transnational collaboration between two senior scholars, Reimagining Business History offers direction in forty-four short, pithy essays.Trade ReviewReimagining Business History belongs in American history and business collections alike and provides new approaches to understanding the evolution of companies, corporate strategies, and resources. Midwest Book Review An important and provocative book, not only in terms of business history but also in terms of the wider discipline, as the authors' plea for greater interaction with other historians. -- Joe Martin American Historical Review I really hope that business historians will read this book, because it is apt to open new roads and strengthen the discipline in such a way as to make of it a more assertive component of the larger field of "Economic History," which cannot be left only to macro-econometricians. -- Vera Zamagni EH.NetTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Traps: Practices Business Historians Would Do Well to Avoid1. Misplaced Concreteness2. Not Recognizing That the State Is Always "In"3. Periodization as a (Necessary) Constraint4. Privileging the Firm5. Retrospective Rationalization6. Searching for a New Dominant Paradigm7. Scientism8. Taking Discourse at Face Value and Numbers for Granted9. Taking the United States (or the West) as Normal and Normative10. The Rush to the RecentPart II: Opportunities: Thematic Domains1. Artifacts2. Creation and Creativity3. Complexity4. Improvisation5. Microbusiness6. The Military and War7. Nonprofits and Quasi Enterprises8. Public-Private Boundaries9. Reflexivity10. Ritual and Symbolic Practices11. The Centrality of Failure12. Varieties of UncertaintyPart III: Prospects: Promising Themes in Developing Literatures1. Deconstructing Property2. Fraud and Fakery3. From Empires to Emergent Nations4. Gender5. Professional Services6. Projects7. Reassessing Classic Themes8. Standards9. The Subaltern10. Transnational Exchanges11. Trust, Cooperation, and NetworksPart IV: Resources: Generative Concepts and Frameworks1. Assumptions2. Communities of Practice3. Flows4. Follow the Actors5. Futures Past6. Memory7. Modernity8. Risks9. Spatiality10. TimeAfterwordAuthor IndexSubject Index
£45.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Reimagining Business History
Book SynopsisHow can this field develop in an age of global markets, growing information technology, and diminishing resources? A transnational collaboration between two senior scholars, Reimagining Business History offers direction in forty-four short, pithy essays.Trade ReviewReimagining Business History belongs in American history and business collections alike and provides new approaches to understanding the evolution of companies, corporate strategies, and resources. Midwest Book Review An important and provocative book, not only in terms of business history but also in terms of the wider discipline, as the authors' plea for greater interaction with other historians. -- Joe Martin American Historical Review I really hope that business historians will read this book, because it is apt to open new roads and strengthen the discipline in such a way as to make of it a more assertive component of the larger field of "Economic History," which cannot be left only to macro-econometricians. -- Vera Zamagni EH.NetTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Traps: Practices Business Historians Would Do Well to Avoid1. Misplaced Concreteness2. Not Recognizing That the State Is Always "In"3. Periodization as a (Necessary) Constraint4. Privileging the Firm5. Retrospective Rationalization6. Searching for a New Dominant Paradigm7. Scientism8. Taking Discourse at Face Value and Numbers for Granted9. Taking the United States (or the West) as Normal and Normative10. The Rush to the RecentPart II: Opportunities: Thematic Domains1. Artifacts2. Creation and Creativity3. Complexity4. Improvisation5. Microbusiness6. The Military and War7. Nonprofits and Quasi Enterprises8. Public-Private Boundaries9. Reflexivity10. Ritual and Symbolic Practices11. The Centrality of Failure12. Varieties of UncertaintyPart III: Prospects: Promising Themes in Developing Literatures1. Deconstructing Property2. Fraud and Fakery3. From Empires to Emergent Nations4. Gender5. Professional Services6. Projects7. Reassessing Classic Themes8. Standards9. The Subaltern10. Transnational Exchanges11. Trust, Cooperation, and NetworksPart IV: Resources: Generative Concepts and Frameworks1. Assumptions2. Communities of Practice3. Flows4. Follow the Actors5. Futures Past6. Memory7. Modernity8. Risks9. Spatiality10. TimeAfterwordAuthor IndexSubject Index
£29.71
Johns Hopkins University Press Refrigeration Nation
Book SynopsisRees shows that how we obtain and preserve perishable food is related to our changing relationship with the natural world.Trade ReviewA smart and illuminating book that will be of great interest to anyone engaged with either the history of technology or the history of food. American Historical Review Rees has written an entertaining, well-narrated, and well-researched book about building one root infrastructure of modern food systems. He brings this infrastructure to the foreground of U.S. history, and hopefully the book will reach a broad readership, both within history departments and a public with an interest in the intersections of the histories of food, business, and technology. Business History Refrigeration Nation is a well-written and useful book for both scholars and students... Rees presents a well-developed account of the importance of American enterprise and innovation in the national and global marketplace. History: Reviews of New Books A fascinating book. Heritage Radio Refrigeration Nation is a valuable, well-researched study, but it also suggests the need for more work on a subject that at first seems mundane and taken for granted but, upon greater inspection, is really quite fascinating and compelling. Journal of American Culture Jonathan Rees provides us a good history of the ice industry, cold chains, cold storage, refrigerated transport, and mechanical refrigeration in this valuable book. Biz India Magazine [Rees] delves into the very infrastructure of ice-making, chronicling the engineering feats, describing the machinery of temperature control, and a particularly appealing exploration of human ingenuity that has made refrigerated food the norm in American homes. Food, Culture, and Society Nowhere else can one find such rich information on everything from ice boxes to home freezers to refrigerated container ships... A most welcome contribution to our understanding of how Americans came to expect cold drinks, unpickled produce, and unsalted meats as a matter of course. -- Shane Hamilton Agricultural History Nowhere else can one find such rich information on everything from ice boxes to home freezers to refrigerated container ships... A most welcome contribution to our understanding of how Americans came to expect cold drinks, unpickled produce, and unsalted meats as a matter of course. Agricultural HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Inventing the Cold Chain2. The Long Wait for Mechanical Refrigeration3. The Decline of the Natural Ice Industry4. Refrigerated Transport Near and Far5. The Pleasures and Perils of Cold Storage6. "Who Ever Heard of an American without an Icebox?"7. The Early Days of Electric Household Refrigeration8. The Completion of the Modern Cold ChainConclusionNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
£41.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Plantation Kingdom
Book SynopsisWritten for scholars and students alike, Plantation Kingdom is an accessible and fascinating study.Trade ReviewA concise presentation of some of the best recent scholarship in agricultural history...Environmental historians will find the book useful as an introduction to southern agricultural history, exploring the economic, political, and environmental factors that influenced plantation agriculture. H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction by Richard FollettThe Road to Commodity Hell: The Rise and Fall of the First American Rice IndustryCotton and the US South: A Short HistoryThe Rise and Fall of American SugarTobacco's Commodity RouteConclusionNotesGuide to Further ReadingIndex
£43.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Plantation Kingdom
Book SynopsisWritten for scholars and students alike, Plantation Kingdom is an accessible and fascinating study.Trade ReviewA concise presentation of some of the best recent scholarship in agricultural history...Environmental historians will find the book useful as an introduction to southern agricultural history, exploring the economic, political, and environmental factors that influenced plantation agriculture. H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction by Richard FollettThe Road to Commodity Hell: The Rise and Fall of the First American Rice IndustryCotton and the US South: A Short HistoryThe Rise and Fall of American SugarTobacco's Commodity RouteConclusionNotesGuide to Further ReadingIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in
Book SynopsisAn important examination of the foundational American ideal of economic equalityand how we lost it.Winner of the Missouri Conference on History Book Award for 2021The United States has some of the highest levels of both wealth and income inequality in the world. Although modern-day Americans are increasingly concerned about this growing inequality, many nonetheless believe that the country was founded on a person''s right to acquire and control property. But in The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America, 16001870, Daniel R. Mandell argues that, in fact, the United States was originally deeply influenced by the belief that maintaining a rough or relative equality of wealth is essential to the cultivation of a successful republican government.Mandell explores the origins and evolution of this ideal. He shows how, during the Revolutionary War, concerns about economic equality helped drive wage and price controls, while after its end Americans Trade ReviewMandell successfully recovers the often obscured legacy of economic equality and moral economy that emerged from the English Civil War, as it informed debates about proper republican polity during the American Revolution . . . Highly recommended.—ChoiceWidening economic inequality has been one of the most striking and significant problems facing the United States during the past half-century . . . Mandell's useful book belongs on the reading lists of the scholars, elected officials, and others who will be engaged with figuring out a path ahead.—Journal of Interdisciplinary HistorySpecialists and researchers will find Mandell's sophisticated and insightful analysis deeply engaging, yet the book's writing is so clear that it could be assigned to advanced undergraduates. The fact that economic inequality is one of the great issues of the twenty-first century makes Lost Tradition especially timely and important.—Journal of the Early RepublicMandell usefully recovers the many and varied attempts to forge a link between economic and political equality in American culture from colonial times to the Reconstruction era, and he reminds readers that there have been numerous cries for greater economic justice since.—Rowena Olegario, University of Oxford, Journal of British StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. English OriginsChapter 2. Indians and Anglo-American EgalitarianismChapter 3. Revolutionary Ideologies and RegulationsChapter 4. Wealth and Power in the Early RepublicChapter 5. Raising Republican ChildrenChapter 6. Clashes over America's Political EconomyChapter 7. Separating Property and Polity Chapter 8. Reviving the TraditionChapter 9. Reconstruction and the Rejection of Economic EqualityEpilogueNotesIndex
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Rowman & Littlefield The United States and the Global Economy
Book SynopsisFinancial collapse. Global recession. The revival of free-market policies. Massive and increasing inequalities. Housing bubbles and record foreclosures. Severe strain in the European Union. Emergence of China and other major players on the international economic scene. Every day, media outlets bombard us with news and possible explanations for the financial, economic, and political crises. In The United States and the Global Economy, Frederick S. Weaver gives readers a concise introduction to the patterns of change in international financial and trade regimes since World War II in order to clarify recent global economic turmoil. Weaver has compiled a clear chronology of major events in the international economy to show how they have reflected and shaped changes in the domestic economy of the United States. Although U.S. dominance over the world economy is not as complete as it once was, U.S. domestic economic processes continue to have profound effects on global economic affairs. TheTrade ReviewWeaver provides a clear, concise, and easily-digestible description of key moments in US economic history and the economic concepts that underpin these events. His work is a boon to all undergraduates struggling through a course in international political economy and to those teaching them. -- Alexandra Guisinger, University of Notre DameHistory matters so we repeat it when we should and don't when we shouldn't. Weaver has done a great service by providing an accessible guide to recent US economic history (and its political drivers) in global context. -- Kevin Gallagher, Boston UniversityWeaver’s book makes a contribution to public understanding of a complex subject. It offers an alternative interpretation to the doctrinaire writings of some mainstream economists who celebrate the benefits of free trade, wealth creation, and consumer gains while downplaying the costs of dislocations, volatility, and instability. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *To quickly get up to speed on today's global economy and its impact on the US, this interdisciplinary book is a good place to start. Its wide-ranging "Selected Readings and Websites" list will also help readers pursue specific topics of interest. Over the last 60 years, numerous international developments have affected the US's role in the global economy, and this volume focuses on how these events have shaped the US economy. Weaver (emer., Hampshire College) explains and analyzes the effects on the US of the emergence of the EU, OPEC policies, the Soviet Union's collapse, China's rise as the export superpower, and economic successes in South Korea, India, Brazil, and Southeast Asia. He examines the causes and consequences of the global crisis from the perspective of developed and developing countries, covering important themes such as the role of income distribution during this crisis; the global nature of the crisis; the systematic failure of the global financial systems; inadequacy of global governance institutions; and challenges presented by financial innovation. To make the book more accessible, Weaver provides readers with the vocabulary of key elements of international economic analysis and their interactions. A good supplement for international studies courses. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduate through professional audiences as well as general readers. * CHOICE *Explores the patterns of change in the international economy since World War II, focusing on the ways in which international events, issues, and relationships reflected and shaped changes to the U.S.economy. * Journal of Economic Literature *Weaver’s narrative of how the international economic order has changed since the end of the Second World War is often compelling and informative. The book is well paced and an easy read, giving readers without background knowledge in economic or international affairs a good starting point to understand the rapid changes in the international economy. Weaver has the ability to seamlessly define and discuss the sometimes confusing jargon of international economics and provides throughout the book helpful side notes that add to the narrative but do not unnecessarily distract the reader from the book’s core insights. * E-International Relations *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Twentieth Century Quest for a Stable International Economy Chapter 2: The U.S. Domestic Economy and the International Scene, 1945 to 1970s Chapter 3: U.S. Political Shifts and beyond Bretton Woods, 1970s to 1980s Chapter 4: The New International Economy and the Dissolution of U.S. Modern Times, 1970s to 1990s Chapter 5: The Triumph of Free-Market Global Capitalism, 1990s to 2007 Chapter 6: The Twenty-First Century Quest for a Stable International Economy Selected Readings
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Arcadia Publishing (SC) Cromwell
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Arcadia Publishing Seattles Coal Legacy Images of America
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Arcadia Publishing (SC) Campbell County Past and Present
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PublicAffairs How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and Why Poor
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Purdue University Press Doing Business in America: A Jewish History
Book SynopsisAmerican and Jewish historians have long shied away from the topic of Jews and business. Avoidance patterns grew in part from old, often negative stereotypes that linked Jews with money, and the perceived ease and regularity with which they found success with money, condemning Jews for their desires for wealth and their proclivities for turning a profit. A new, dauntless generation of historians, however, realizes that Jewish business has had and continues to have a profound impact on American culture and development, and patterns of immigrant Jewish exploration of business opportunities reflect internal, communal, Jewish-cultural structures and their relationship to the larger non-Jewish world. As such, they see the subject rightly as a vital and underexplored area of study. Doing Business in America: A Jewish History, edited by Hasia R. Diner, rises to the challenge of taking on the long-unspoken taboo subject, comprising leading scholars and exploring an array of key topics in this important and growing area of research.Table of Contents FOREWORD EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1, American Jewish Business: At the Street Level, by Hasia R. Diner CHAPTER 2, Common Fortunes: Social and Financial Gains of Jewish and Christian Partnerships in Eighteenth-Century Transatlantic Trade, by Allan M. Amanik CHAPTER 3, Jewish Immigrant Bankers, New York Real Estate, and American Finance, 1870–1914, by Rebecca Kobrin CHAPTER 4, Far Away Moses & Company: An Ottoman Jewish Business between Istanbul and the United States, by Julia Phillips Cohen CHAPTER 5, The Roots of Jewish Concentration in the American Popular Music Business, 1890–1945, by Jonathan Karp CHAPTER 6, "Sometimes It Is Like I Am Sitting on a Volcano": Retailers, Diplomats, and the Refugee Crisis, 1933–1945, by Niki C. Lefebvre CHAPTER 7, Max Moses Heller: Patron Saint of Greenville's Renaissance, by Diane Vecchio CHAPTER 8, "A Just and Righteous Man": Eli Black and the Transformation of United Fruit, by Matt Garcia ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS ABOUT THE USC CASDEN INSTITUTE
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Monthly Review Press,U.S. Silvertown: The Lost Story of a Strike That Shook
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Autonomedia The Violence of Financial Capitalism: Volume 2
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University of New Orleans Press Industrial Development Urbanization: A New Theory
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PublicAffairs Sabotage: The Hidden Nature of Finance
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