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Cornell University Press The Politics of the Asian Economic Crisis
Book SynopsisIn the summer of 1997, a tidal wave of economic problems swept across Asia. Currencies plummeted, banks failed, GNP stagnated, unemployment soared, and exports stalled. In short, the vaunted "Asian Economic Miracle" became the "Asian Economic...Trade ReviewPempel has put together an outstanding volume that will be of interest to academics with an interest in the region, crisis managment, or the complex interconnections that explain so many commercial events. This volume should have an impact on academic thinking, and it should have that impact for a long time... This is a volume worth reading, and worth reading carefully. * Asia Pacific Journal of Management *The Politics of the Asian Economic Crisis is a must read for anyone interested in the national, regional, and global dimensions of the Asian economic crisis.... It has far-reaching comparative implications beyond... Asia.... Indeed, major economic crisis is nothing new to Latin America, and the former Soviet states have many lessons to learn, particularly as they navigate the rocky waters of the dual transition to democracy and a market-based economy. * Journal of East Asian Studies *The thoughts of the finest political analysts from both within and without East Asia are collected in this outstanding volume... The contributors emphasize nuance and detail over parsimony of explanation. * Journal of Asian Studies *The volume edited by Pempel is likely to become a key reference point for future scholarship on the political economy of crisis in Asia and beyond. * International Affairs *This collection of works, edited by T.J.Pempel, comprising contributions from a host of political analysts with expertise on the region, is essential to any reader of the Asian economic crisis of the late 1990s. Moreover, following an international relations approach, this text offers a more comprehensive evaluation of the events in the region than what is provided by conventional readings of the crisis, which pertain mainly from a neoliberal viewpoint. * Review of Radical Political Economics *
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Cornell University Press The Vanishing Hectare Property and Value in
Book SynopsisIn most countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the fall of communism opened up the possibility for individuals to acquire land. Based on Katherine Verdery's extensive fieldwork between 1990 and 2001, The Vanishing Hectare explores...Trade ReviewVerdery's 30 years of fieldwork research in Romania supplied the groundwork for The Vanishing Hectare, enabling her to offer some alternative versions of the changes in rural life and reasons behind the supposedly irrational behavior of rural people.... Her account is not so much of the laws and administrative paraphernalia that established private ownership but rather of the broader social and economic conditions that make for what the author terms 'effective ownership.' -- Andrew Cartwright * Anthropological Quarterly *Verdery's conclusions are bleak. She vividly describes how the efforts of individuals she depicts as conscientious, energetic, highly intelligent, and very charming all founder in the face of widening price scissors production costs and market returns.... The Vanishing Hectare showcases the value of long-term fieldwork—anthropology's core methodology—to illuminate the real-world consequences of wishful thinking, and deserves particular attention from scholars and practitioners concerned to understand the kinds of regime change formerly known as transition. -- Keith Brown * Slavic Review *Where the poet William Blake saw a world in a grain of sand, Ms. Verdery finds global collisions of values and culture in the manner that Aurel Vlaicu, a small Transylvanian town nestled at the foot of the Western Carpathian Mountains, privatized its landholdings after Romania's 1989 revolution.... Verdery often leavens her work with entertaining anecdotes.... Her intimate knowledge of the town proved useful when she delved into local corruption and ill feeling. Her larger critique of Western misprisions never dulls her eye for local failures. -- Richard Byrne * Chronicle of Higher Education *
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Johns Hopkins University Press From the American System to Mass Production
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe history of technology at its very best. It is also a volume which has a great deal to interest the business historian... A superb study replete with new insights and eqully valuable in its parts as in their sum... This is an exciting book which deserves the highest praise. Business History David Hounshell's history of the evolution of American production methods has few rivals: in execution of the theme it has none... Both the armchair historian and the specialist in the history of technology will find this a highly readable and most informative work. ScienceTable of ContentsFigures and TablesForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The American System of Manufacures in the Antebellum PeriodChapter 2. The Sewing Machine and the American System of ManufacturesChapter 3. Mass Production in American Woodworking Industries: A Case StudyChapter 4. The McCormick Reaper Works and American Manufacturing Technology in the Nineteenth CenturyChapter 5. From the American System toward Mass Production: The Bicycle Industry in the Nineteenth CenturyChapter 6. The Ford Motor Company and the Rise of Mass Production in AmericaChapter 7. Cul-de-sac: The Limits of Fordism and the Coming of "Flexible Mass Production"Chapter 8. The Ethos of Mass Production and Its CriticsAppendix 1. The Evolution of the Expression The American System of ManufacturesAppendix 2. Singer Sewing Machine Artificial AnalysisNotesBibliographyIndex
£38.56
MY - University of Toronto Press The Workers Revolt in Canada 19171925
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University of Toronto Press The Workers Revolt in Canada 19171925
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Stanford University Press Crafting the Third World Theorizing
Book SynopsisThis innovative study compares the history of economic ideas and ideologies in Rumania and Brazil--and more broadly, those in East Central Europe and Latin America--in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
£26.99
Stanford University Press Erie Lackawanna Death of an American Railroad
Book SynopsisThis text examines the history of one of America's most famous railroads, the Erie, and its successor after 1960, the Erie Lackawanna. It covers the period between the Erie's fourth bankruptcy in the late 1930s, and its final liquidation in 1976.Trade ReviewThis important work is based on a mass of new material uncovered by the author, notably extensive oral histories. He skillfully integrates this new information into the story of the Erie Lackawanna's lingering death, filling in a good many gaps and bringing the importance of personalities in the corporate world into play. In the process, he explains the plight of all eastern railroads. Since Grant writes with clarity and flow, the book is a 'good read.'"—James A. Ward, University of Tennessee"Written in a style that pulls the reader along like a Tom Clancy novel, this book offers a management-level view of the failed struggles of two major railroads to survive. Because this was such a crucial era in American railroading, Grant's account offers a useful vantage point from which to view all North American railroads during that period. ... This is an account that pulls no punches."—Railfan and Railroad"The definitive history of the Erie Lackawanna."—Library Journal"Not merely a pleasure to read, this is an outstanding study of the railroad industry. ... Grant clearly describes the realities within which railroads operate and to which they must respond."—ChoiceTable of ContentsCONTENTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Stanford University Press One Industry Two Chinas Silk Filatures and
Book SynopsisThis book is a detailed study of the modern silk industry in a county in the Yangzi delta. It reopens and restructures the grand debate on Chinese economic development, combining quantitative analysis of both industry and agriculture with study of how local politics, class, culture, and gender also shaped the modern Chinese economy.Trade Review"Bell has taken immense pains to provide the detailed factual evidence for a chronic economic tragedy." -- Canadian Journal of History"This book should set new standards for local historical research and for studies of political/economic development in China. It is not just an important contribution to a field of study but a landmark of sorts. . . . With her careful organization and engaging style, Bell succeeds in presenting an extremely complex subject with remarkable clarity." -- Jerry Dennerline * Amherst College *"With this book Lynda Bell contributes a major piece to our understanding of China's modern economic history. The core of the book is a detailed description of the evolution of the sillk industry in central China between the late 19th century and the mid-20th century. . . . Specialists in Chinese economic and social history will want to add this book to their personal libraries. It would also serve as an excellent material for graduate or advanced undergraduate students because of its comprehensive analysis and Bell's clearly explained utilization of a wide variety of historical sources." -- The China Quarterly"Bell treats her subject with remarkable clarity, neatly steering her discussion between the optimistic and the pessimistic approaches taken by many previous commentators on economic development during the period covered by her book. . . . [This] is a work of impressive scholarship, eminently readable, and of value to anyone interested in the history of Chinese industrial development and the silk industry in particular." -- Enterprise & SocietyTable of ContentsNote on Wuxi county's administrative boundaries, commerical districts, and size Weights, measures and exchange rates 1. introduction: a tale of two Chinas 2. Markets and power in the late imperial era 3. Why Wuxi? merchant competition and the changing contours of Yangzi Delta Silk Production 4. Public sphere or private interest? Defending the Wuxi cocoon trade 5. Investors at risk in the Wuxi filature industry 6. Women in sericulture, or how gendered labor (re-)shaped peasant-family production 7. Imparting modernity: women and the politics of silk-industry reform 8. Success at last? Bourgeois practice and state intervention under the nationalists 9. Conclusion: peasants, industry, and the state Appendices Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Character list Index.
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Stanford University Press Fruitless Trees
Book SynopsisFor the most part, Brazil''s forests were not harvested, but annihilated, and relatively little was extracted for the benefit of Brazilians, a tragedy perhaps worse than deforestation alone. Fruitless Trees aims to make sense of what at first glance appears to be the senseless destruction of Brazil''s incomparable timber.The forests have always been Brazil''s most striking natural resource, and the Portuguese colonists anticipated enormous returns from its harvest, since Brazilian timber was more abundant and superior in quality to anything known in Europe, North America, or even Portugal''s East Indian possessions. This work investigates the relationship between Portugal''s colonial forest policies and the successes of the colonial venture, showing how forest law shaped the fortunes of the timber sector and promoted or obstructed colonial development. Timber was the steel, oil, coal, and plastic of the early modern period, and the effectiveness of its extraction affecTrade Review"Miller's fascinating and original comparative study of the colonial Brazilian timber industry . . . is an important contribution to the almost virgin field of Brazilian environmental history in the colonial period." -- Luso-Brazilian Review"[An] impressive collection of original documents and economic sources. . . ." -- Environmental HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The colonial landscape: timber, forests, and soils 2. Forest policy with Portuguese roots 3. Brazil's timber in the Atlantic basin 4. The tropical woodsman 5. Ax, ox, and sawmill: techniques and technology 6. Cabotage and transatlantic shipping 7. Shipbuilding and tropical timber Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index.
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Stanford University Press Terms of Labor Slavery Serfdom and Free Labor
Book SynopsisThis volume deals with the general issues of the causes and consequences of the rise of so-called free labor from slavery and serfdom in Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean over the past four to five centuries, and points to the many complications and paradoxical aspects of this change.Table of ContentsIntroduction Stanley L. Engerman 1. Slavery and freedom in the early modern world David Eltis 2. Free labor vs. slave labor: the British and Caribbean cases Seymour Drescher 3. After serfdom: Russian emancipation in comparative perspective Peter Kolchin 4. From autonomy to abundance: changing beliefs about the free labour system in nineteenth-century America Leon Fink 5. Changing legal conceptions of free labor Robert J. Steinfeld 6. Race, labor and gender in the languages of antebellum social protest David Roediger 7. 'We did not separate man and wife, but all had to work': freedom and dependence in the aftermath of slave emancipation Amy Dru Stanley 8. Free labor, law and American trade unionism David Brody 9. Social mobility, free labor, and the American dream Clayne Pope Notes Index.
£63.00
Stanford University Press The Mexican Economy 18701930
Book SynopsisStudying the interaction of political and economic institutions in Mexico during the period of 1870-1930, this book shows how institutional change can foment economic growth.Trade Review"This group of essays employs innovative methods, utilizes new sources, and reaches a variety of important conclusions about the Mexican economy during the Porfirian and revolutionary eras. It is a significant addition to the growing body of scholarship on the period."—The Americas
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Stanford University Press The Mexican Economy 18701930
Book SynopsisStudying the interaction of political and economic institutions in Mexico during the period of 1870-1930, this book shows how institutional change can foment economic growth.Trade Review"This group of essays employs innovative methods, utilizes new sources, and reaches a variety of important conclusions about the Mexican economy during the Porfirian and revolutionary eras. It is a significant addition to the growing body of scholarship on the period."—The Americas
£26.99
Stanford University Press Contract and Property in Early Modern China
Book SynopsisProviding a new perspective on economic and legal institutions, particularly on contract and property, in Qing and Republican history, this volume provides case studies to explicate how these institutions worked, while situating them firmly in their broader social context.Trade Review“...the eleven papers in this volume present a fascinating range of case studies and historical details on the role of contracts and property rights in Chinese conomic transactions...”— EH.NET“This book is essential reading for scholars and graduate students interested in Chinese legal, social, and economic history.”—History: Reviews of New Books"...this volume in its detailed study of contracts in early modern China is a timely contribution for anyone interested in China's policy and economic development today."—Canadian Journal of Law and SocietyTable of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables and Figures Introduction Madeleine Zelin, Jonathan Ocko, Robert Gardella Part One: Contract and the Establishment of Property Rights Chapter 1 A Critique of Rights of Property in Pre-War China Madeleine Zelin Chapter 2 Writs of Passage in Late Imperial China: The Documentation of Practical Understandings in Minong, Taiwan Myron Cohen Chapter 3 Litigation, Legitimacy, and Lethal Violence: Why County Courts Failed to Prevent Violent Disputes over Property in Eighteenth-century China Thomas Buoye Chapter 4 Property, Taxes, and State Protection of Rights Anne Osborne Chapter 5 The Status of Contracts in Nineteenth-Century Chinese Courts Mark Allee Chapter 6 The Missing Metaphor: Applying Western Legal Scholarship the Study of Contract and Property in Early Modern China Jonathan Ocko Part Two: Contract and the Practice of Business Chapter 7 Supplemental Payment in Urban Property contracts in mid to late Qing Shanghai Feng Shaoting Chapter 8 Managing Multiple Ownership at the Zigong Saltyard Madeleine Zelin Chapter 9 Custom, The Code, and Legal Practice: The Contracts of Changlu Salt Merchants in Late Imperial China Man Bun Kwan Chapter 10 Companies in Debt Financial Arrangements in the Textile Industry in the Lower Yangzi Delta, 1895{-}1937 Tomoko Shiroyama Chapter 11 Contracting Business Partnerships in Late Qing and Republican China: Paradigms and Patterns Robert Gardella Glossary Bibliography List of Contributors Index Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Contracts China History, Right of property China History
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Stanford University Press Republic of Capital
Book SynopsisThis is a political history of economic life. Through a description of the convulsions of long-term change from colony to republic in Buenos Aires, the volume explores Atlantic world transformations in the 18th and 19th centuries.Trade Review"The impressive explanations of liberalism, commercial realism, and how a new commercial code was enacted provide new insights into Argentine economic and political history. Adelman has provided a model by which to study philosophical and material backgrounds to other such codes enacted in the nineteenth century." -- The Historian"This ambitious work considers an often overlooked issue in the historiography of Latin America: how new and unstable states undertook to create and protect property rights. . . . This is an excellent work that will be of immense value not only to scholars of Argentine history, but to anyone who is interested in the history of ideas or the impact of laws and political institutions on economic change." -- Latin American Studies"This is an excellent work that will be of immense value not only to scholars of Argentine history, but also to anyone who is interested in the history of ideas or the impact of laws and political institutions on economic change." -- Latin American Studies"This is an ambitious work that approaches from a new and original vantage point an unusually vast historical landscape. It is a first-rate contribution that brings significant enrichment to the field, and should exert an important influence on its future development." -- Tulio Halperin-Donghi, University of California * Berkeley *"Republic of Capital is an engaging, well-researched, and important contribution to our understanding of the political, intellectual, and legal changes that occurred in the Buenos Aires region from the late eighteenth century through the mid-nineteenth century, with a brief afterword on twentieth-century developments." -- Canadian Journal of History"This book by Jeremy Adelman takes us on a marvelous journey from late colonialism through decolonization." -- American Historical Review"The combination of Adelman's persuasive argumentation and analysis makes this work an exceptional contribution to our understanding of nation building." -- Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryTable of ContentsContents 1 SECTION I: 2 3 4 SECTION II: 5 6 7 SECTION III: 8 9 10 11
£26.99
Stanford University Press Spectacular Speculation
Book SynopsisA history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation between 1870 and 1930, this book looks at how speculation was represented in popular discourse and analyzes the discursive struggles turning it into a legitimate economic practice.Trade Review"The history of how society came to view, describe, and understand economic speculation remains critically relevant today, when speculation played a pivotal role in the 2008 housing market crash and the fallout that is still ongoing. Spectacular Speculation is therefore a welcome and highly recommended addition to world history and economic studies shelves."—James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review"We are still living in the shadow of the 2007-2009 financial crisis, whose origins and aftermath will doubtless continue to interest scholars and the general public for generations to come. The thorough historical analysis carried out by Professor Stäheli, a unique and vital addition to the history and sociology of finance, not only illuminates the past; it gives us a new perspective on our present and future."—Christian De Cock, University of Essex"Spectacular Speculation is a stunningly original and perhaps disturbing account of euphoria and hysteria in world financial markets. Urs Stäheli masterfully links together sociology, history and finance."—Werner DeBondt, DePaul University
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Stanford University Press Spectacular Speculation
Book SynopsisA history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation between 1870 and 1930, this book looks at how speculation was represented in popular discourse and analyzes the discursive struggles turning it into a legitimate economic practice.Trade Review"The history of how society came to view, describe, and understand economic speculation remains critically relevant today, when speculation played a pivotal role in the 2008 housing market crash and the fallout that is still ongoing. Spectacular Speculation is therefore a welcome and highly recommended addition to world history and economic studies shelves."—James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review"We are still living in the shadow of the 2007-2009 financial crisis, whose origins and aftermath will doubtless continue to interest scholars and the general public for generations to come. The thorough historical analysis carried out by Professor Stäheli, a unique and vital addition to the history and sociology of finance, not only illuminates the past; it gives us a new perspective on our present and future."—Christian De Cock, University of Essex"Spectacular Speculation is a stunningly original and perhaps disturbing account of euphoria and hysteria in world financial markets. Urs Stäheli masterfully links together sociology, history and finance."—Werner DeBondt, DePaul University
£25.19
Stanford University Press Law and LongTerm Economic Change
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Stanford University Press Invention and Reinvention
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Invention & Reinvention: The Evolution of San Diego's Innovation Economy is a fascinating story of regeneration. Using a social history perspective over different periods, it offers a wonderful case study of urban reinvention and hence is a must-read for any economic geographer who studies regions, technology development, innovation, entrepreneurship, and evolutionary geography."—Shiri M. Breznitz, Economic Geography"Throughout my career in public office, I was conscious of the need for a good history about the dynamic south west corner of our state. Mary Walshok and Abe Shragge have captured a century and a half of San Diego history in a book that will ring true for anyone who has been engaged in its political and economic evolution over the last fifty years."—Pete Wilson, Former California State Assemblyman, Mayor of San Diego, U.S. Senator, and Governor of California"Sociologist Mary Walshok and historian Abraham Shragge show their readers that San Diego truly is a city of invention and innovation . . . It is a very worthwhile read for an economic historian, for it provides a thorough introduction to the city's economic history . . . [Invention and Reinvention] forces the reader to think about why San Diego's experience has been so different from U.S. cities that have not done well over the past half century."—Fred Smith, EH.Net: The Economic History Network"This is an important, pioneering book that contributes to our unique understanding of how one place, San Diego, has achieved what most places want: the capacity to evolve and meet the challenges of a constantly changing global economic environment. Walshok and Shragge help us understand why some places thrive while others wither."—David B. Audretsch, Indiana University and Author of The Entrepreneurial Society"The San Diego region has long deserved a really comprehensive history of how its economy emerged from a primarily military and defense contracting town into one of the leading innovation regions in America. This book describes that journey and contains a number of insights that will be extremely useful to other regions that are trying to reinvent themselves."—Richard Florida, Author of The Rise of the Creative Class, Director, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto and the Creative Class Group"San Diego has a unique history in terms of its long relationship with the federal government, and especially the military, which this book captures superbly. Especially relevant is the discussion of the role that the research institutions on the Torrey Pines Mesa played in the transformation of the region's economy. A wonderfully engaging book for anyone interested in trying to realize the social and economic benefits of basic research."—Richard C. Atkinson, President Emeritus, University of California and Director, National Science Foundation 1977–1980"Having been an early faculty member at the UCSD School of Medicine, a founder of Hybritech, and an investor in many of San Diego's biotech companies, I am impressed with how well this book captures the dynamics shaping San Diego's emergence as a world class science hub."—Ivor Royston, Founding Managing Partner, Forward Ventures and Founder, Hybritech"As a third generation Californian, with deep roots in the San Diego region, I am delighted to see a book that focuses on the distinctive character of the San Diego economy and its evolution. Walshok and Shragge have made a significant contribution to San Diego and California history."—Malin Burnham, Vice Chairman, Cushman & Wakefield, Board Member, Sanford/Burnham Medical Research Institute, and Co-Chair, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine"In this economic history, Walshok and Shragge give this a different spin by emphasizing San Diego's civic culture, its spirit of collaboration, and civic values. Focusing on civic leaders, scientists, and business entrepreneurs, they tell a story of almost unimpeded achievement . . . Recommended."—R. A. Beauregard, CHOICE
£91.80
Stanford University Press Invention and Reinvention
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Invention & Reinvention: The Evolution of San Diego's Innovation Economy is a fascinating story of regeneration. Using a social history perspective over different periods, it offers a wonderful case study of urban reinvention and hence is a must-read for any economic geographer who studies regions, technology development, innovation, entrepreneurship, and evolutionary geography."—Shiri M. Breznitz, Economic Geography"Throughout my career in public office, I was conscious of the need for a good history about the dynamic south west corner of our state. Mary Walshok and Abe Shragge have captured a century and a half of San Diego history in a book that will ring true for anyone who has been engaged in its political and economic evolution over the last fifty years."—Pete Wilson, Former California State Assemblyman, Mayor of San Diego, U.S. Senator, and Governor of California"Sociologist Mary Walshok and historian Abraham Shragge show their readers that San Diego truly is a city of invention and innovation . . . It is a very worthwhile read for an economic historian, for it provides a thorough introduction to the city's economic history . . . [Invention and Reinvention] forces the reader to think about why San Diego's experience has been so different from U.S. cities that have not done well over the past half century."—Fred Smith, EH.Net: The Economic History Network"This is an important, pioneering book that contributes to our unique understanding of how one place, San Diego, has achieved what most places want: the capacity to evolve and meet the challenges of a constantly changing global economic environment. Walshok and Shragge help us understand why some places thrive while others wither."—David B. Audretsch, Indiana University and Author of The Entrepreneurial Society"The San Diego region has long deserved a really comprehensive history of how its economy emerged from a primarily military and defense contracting town into one of the leading innovation regions in America. This book describes that journey and contains a number of insights that will be extremely useful to other regions that are trying to reinvent themselves."—Richard Florida, Author of The Rise of the Creative Class, Director, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto and the Creative Class Group"San Diego has a unique history in terms of its long relationship with the federal government, and especially the military, which this book captures superbly. Especially relevant is the discussion of the role that the research institutions on the Torrey Pines Mesa played in the transformation of the region's economy. A wonderfully engaging book for anyone interested in trying to realize the social and economic benefits of basic research."—Richard C. Atkinson, President Emeritus, University of California and Director, National Science Foundation 1977–1980"Having been an early faculty member at the UCSD School of Medicine, a founder of Hybritech, and an investor in many of San Diego's biotech companies, I am impressed with how well this book captures the dynamics shaping San Diego's emergence as a world class science hub."—Ivor Royston, Founding Managing Partner, Forward Ventures and Founder, Hybritech"As a third generation Californian, with deep roots in the San Diego region, I am delighted to see a book that focuses on the distinctive character of the San Diego economy and its evolution. Walshok and Shragge have made a significant contribution to San Diego and California history."—Malin Burnham, Vice Chairman, Cushman & Wakefield, Board Member, Sanford/Burnham Medical Research Institute, and Co-Chair, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine"In this economic history, Walshok and Shragge give this a different spin by emphasizing San Diego's civic culture, its spirit of collaboration, and civic values. Focusing on civic leaders, scientists, and business entrepreneurs, they tell a story of almost unimpeded achievement . . . Recommended."—R. A. Beauregard, CHOICE
£22.49
Stanford University Press Markets in the Name of Socialism
Book SynopsisChallenging conventional accounts, Markets in the Name of Socialism chronicles a transnational dialogue among economists on both sides of the Iron Curtain about democracy, socialism, and markets. These exchanges led to the transformations of 1989 and, unintentionally, the rise of neoliberalism.Trade Review"This is a daring and well-researched book of breathtaking scope. The author has delved into no less than 100 years of transnational economic discussions that span several continents and politico-economic systems in at least 4-5 languages, drawing on published sources, primary archival materials, and on numerous interviews conducted over a 14 year period. The book presents a bold, counter-intuitive, and original thesis that is destined to attract a lot of attention. Neo-liberalism, it argues, is not simply the enemy, inverse, and grave-digger of socialism; in fact, it is a parasite that originated in the debate with, about, and within socialism." -- Gil Eyal * Columbia University, and author of The Origins of Post-Communist Elites: From the Prague Spring to the Breakup of Czechoslovakia *"In this tour de force, Johanna Bockman studies the history of economics to extricate neoclassical theory and market institutions from their identification with capitalism, and in so doing opens up the future to the possibility of all sorts of market socialisms. A must-read." -- Michael Burawoy, University of California * Berkeley *"Johanna Bockman's book, Markets in the Name of Socialism: The Left-Wing Origins of Neoliberalism, describes the origins of neoliberalism from a unique perspective that has hardly been explored so far, namely, the contribution of Eastern European economists to the articulation and implementation of neoclassical economic theories . . . The book provides an important sociological perspective on the intellectual developments in Eastern Europe during the Communist era . . . [T]he book is a major contribution to our understanding of the translation of neoclassical economics both to socialism and to neoliberalism, and as such is a particularly important addition to the field." -- Nitsan Chorev * Contemporary Sociology *"[H]er research offers an important historical complement to recent attempt to revisit the conventional wisdom about neoclassical methodology, socialist politics, and market economics." -- Tim Barker * Dissent *"Johanna Bockman's book, Markets in the Name of Socialism, seeks to chip away at [the] conventional wisdoms [about neoliberalism, the postsocialist transitions, and the economics profession, which calcified after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989]. To do so, she takes her readers on a historically and geographically ambitious worldwide tour of the history of economic thought . . . This elegantly written book reveals a compelling vision in which markets are not, as in the orthodox Marxist view, a Trojan horse for the social hierarchies of capitalism, but a variety of human interaction compatible with many different social systems." -- Sarah Babb * American Journal of Sociology *"This book makes a brilliant argument that is of great interest to anybody who wonders about the political impact of economic theory—in the nature of different forms of socialism, in the interpretation of the East European transformation since 1989, and in the future fundamentals of policy." -- Dietrich Rueschemeyer * Brown University and author of Usable Theory: Analytic Tools for Social and Political Research *"Sociologist Johanna Bockman's much-awaited book is undoubtedly an instant classic. Her argument about the left-wing origins of neoliberalism goes against the grain of most theories about neoliberal globalization and postsocialist transformations in Europe. As such, it is a must-read for scholars studying these processes in whatever region of the world. . . With its clear prose, this is relational and transnational history at its best, and this work will undoubtedly shape scholarship for decades to come." -- Zsuzsa Gille * Slavic Review *"Johanna Bockman's Markets in the Name of Socialism offers a refreshing take on a fairly well-trodden question: the relationship between economics and neoliberalism in the late twentieth century . . . One of its central strengths is its historically and internationally grounded delineation of the boundary between neoclassicism and neoliberalism . . . Bockman offers a useful corrective to unipolar notions of economic knowledge as developing mainly in the West while Eastern European and Soviet economics, subordinated to Marxist ideology, stagnated . . . Bockman's work is an important step toward thinking outside of neoliberalism's self-presentation by undermining the problematic dichotomies upon which its has ben built—socialism versus capitalism, states versus markets . . . Markets in the Name of Socialism remains an important work that is necessary reading for anyone interested in neoliberalism, economics and the intersection between the two." -- Stephanie Lee Mudge * Social Forces *"Markets in the Name of Socialism shows that there are important lacunae in the study of neoliberalism as a world-scale ideology. . . A richly detailed and well-argued book that should interest PEWS scholars as it opens up new areas of research in neoliberalism as a 'structure of knowledge' within the world-system. In all, Bockman's book offers both an important insight into the history and workings of neoliberalism and a spur to further research." -- Robert MacPherson * Political Economy of the World-System (PEWS) News *
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Stanford University Press Bubbles and Crashes
Book SynopsisFinancial market bubbles are recurring, often painful, reminders of the costs and benefits of capitalism. While many books have studied financial manias and crises, most fail to compare times of turmoil with times of stability. In Bubbles and Crashes, Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch give us new insights into the causes of speculative booms and busts. They identify a class of assetsmajor technological innovationsthat can, but does not necessarily, produce bubbles. This methodological twist is essential: Only by comparing similar events that sometimes lead to booms and busts can we ascertain the root causes of bubbles. Using a sample of eighty-eight technologies spanning 150 years, Goldfarb and Kirsch find that four factors play a key role in these episodes: the degree of uncertainty surrounding a particular innovation, the attentive presence of novice investors, the opportunity to directly invest in companies that specialize in the technology, and whether or not a technology is a gooTrade Review"Goldfarb and Kirsch possess a keen understanding of the history of technological innovation and the evolution and implementation of new technologies and their respective impact on society. Their work sheds light on causal factors that were not previously well understood with respect to technological innovation and the underlying dynamics which lead innovation to spawn speculative bubbles. Bubbles and Crashes provides important insights for both investors and policy makers to recognize bubbles and implement policies to minimize their impact."—Jonathan Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Alphabet"A fascinating account of how and when new technologies lead to exuberant asset prices. Anyone who thinks about innovation and financial markets will enjoy this book."—Jonathan Levin, Stanford Graduate School of Business"Strongly grounding their work in historical evidence, Goldfarb and Kirsch advance our understanding of how technological innovations sometimes do, and sometimes don't, lead to financial bubbles. They move the discussion of bubbles and crashes away from journalism and toward science. Investors and finance professionals along with financial regulators and policy makers need to absorb the lessons of this provocative analysis."—Richard Sylla, New York University"What an engaging book! Why do booms and busts happen during the deployment of some technologies and not others? The work looks deeply at many memorable episodes of new technologies – electric lighting, vulcanized rubber, insulin, telephony, radio and television, electronic commerce, and much more. The authors bring accessible and penetrating insight to the economics, and illustrate with rich examples. It is a joy to read the stories and analysis. Highly recommended!"—Shane Greenstein, Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School"When is a technology boom actually a bubble? In Bubbles and Crashes authors Goldfarb and Kirsch deliver a nuanced guide to answering this question. Based on the careful examination of 88 important innovations—ranging from the electric light to the World Wide Web—they demonstrate the importance of pure-play investment opportunities, naive investors, and powerful narratives in allowing runaway speculation that overwhelms the moderating forces of imitation, entry, and competition. This is must reading for anyone interested in how new technologies develop, how they are perceived when they first occur, and how some generate clear bubbles."—Richard Rumelt, Professor Emeritus, UCLA Anderson"Goldfarb and Kirsch provide an interesting take on some factors that facilitate the development and bursting of bubbles in technology industries...Readers may particularly appreciate the discussion on competition and policy...Practitioners, graduate students, and researchers may benefit by reading this book. Highly recommended."––S. R. Sisodiya, CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Bubbles and Non-Bubbles Across Time 2. Uncertainty and Narratives 3. Novices, Naïfs, and Biases 4. When Are There Not Bubbles? 5. Recent and Future Bubbles 6. Policy Implications
£31.50
John Wiley & Sons When Cimarron Meant Wild
Book SynopsisJust how wild was the Cimarron country in the late 1800s? And what were the consequences for the region and for those caught up in the conflict? The answers, pursued through this remarkable work, enhance our understanding of cultural and economic struggle in the American West.Trade Review“All the elements of the settlement of the American West are here in David Caffey’s carefully researched story of the Maxwell Land Grant and the various groups and people who sought to make all, or even a small piece, of it their own at the end of the nineteenth century: cattlemen, miners, Mexican settlers who came earlier, American settlers who came later, the Jicarilla Apache and Southern Ute people who had called the region home for hundreds of years, corrupt politicians, the Santa Fe Ring, hired gunmen, and absentee corporate landlords. All of them created a volatile mix that erupted over the largest private landholding in the United States. Caffey elucidates on how the ingenious use of American land laws and policies coalesced with the American dream of land ownership to provide the rationale for settling and “civilizing” the wild territory of Cimarron."—Veronica E. Velarde Tiller, author of The Jicarilla Apache Tribe: A History, 1846–1970"An engaging and readable retelling of the Colfax County War and the troubles over the settling of the Maxwell Land Grant in northeastern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Through the lens of extrajudicial violence, David Caffey explores how local ranchers, farmers, and miners took the law into their own hands in order to seek justice and settle old scores."—MarÍa E. Montoya, author of Translating Property: The Maxwell Land Grant and the Problem of Land in the American West
£27.50
Louisiana State University Press Confederate Political Economy
Book SynopsisArgues that the Confederate nation was an expedient corporatist state - a society that required all sectors of the economy to work for the national interest, as defined by a partnership of industrial leaders and a dominant government.
£36.86
Louisiana State University Press Industrial Development and Manufacturing in the
Book SynopsisEngages a wide variety of sources - including United States census data, which many historians have underutilized when gauging economic growth in the prewar South - to show how industrial development in the region has been systematically minimized by scholars.
£35.06
LSU Press Grand Emporium Mercantile Monster
Book SynopsisFocusing on the crucial period of 1820 to 1860, this volume examines the strong economic bonds between the antebellum plantation South and the burgeoning city of New York that resulted from the highly lucrative trade in cotton.
£35.06
University of Pennsylvania Press A New Nation of Goods
Book SynopsisIn the middle of the nineteenth century, middle-class Americans embraced a new culture of domestic consumption, one that centered on chairs and clocks as well as family portraits and books. How did that new world of goods, represented by Victorian parlors filled with overstuffed furniture and daguerreotype portraits, come into being? A New Nation of Goods highlights the significant role of provincial artisans in four crafts in the northeastern United States—chairmaking, clockmaking, portrait painting, and book publishing—to explain the shift from preindustrial society to an entirely new configuration of work, commodities, and culture. As a whole, the book proposes an innovative analysis of early nineteenth-century industrialization and the development of a middle-class consumer culture. It relies on many of the objects beloved by decorative arts scholars and collectors to evoke the vitality of village craft production and culture in the decades after the War of InTrade Review"A magnificent effort. A New Nation of Goods effectively merges commerce and culture as twinned engines that promoted the democratization of knowledge and the commercialization of the countryside. The range of material things covered in this book is impressive, from paintings to prints, from clocks to chairs, from sideboards to daguerreotypes, to mention but a few." * Robert Blair St. George, University of Pennsylvania *"A New Nation of Goods has much to recommend it. Interdisciplinary, the work leverages a wealth of sources, from probate inventories and census records to patent applications and auction catalogs. It . . . asks us to reconsider many of our long-standing assumptions about the diffusion of culture in rural communities and the relative pace and influence of market activity." * Journal of the Early Republic *
£27.90
University of Pennsylvania Press The Long Gilded Age
Book SynopsisFrom the end of the nineteenth century through the first decades of the twentieth, the United States experienced unprecedented structural change. Advances in communication and manufacturing technology brought about a revolution for major industries such as railroads, coal, and steel. The still-growing nation established economic, political, and cultural entanglements with forces overseas. Local strikes in manufacturing, urban transit, and construction placed labor issues front and center in political campaigns, legislative corridors, church pulpits, and newspapers of the era.The Long Gilded Age considers the interlocking roles of politics, labor, and internationalism in the ideologies and institutions that emerged at the turn of the twentieth century. Presenting a new twist on central themes of American labor and working-class history, Leon Fink examines how the American conceptualization of free labor played out in iconic industrial strikes, and how freedom in the workTrade Review"[The Long Gilded Age] reflects the author's long consideration and detailed knowledge of foundational developments in United States capitalism and culture during the final decades of the nineteenth century." * Enterprise & Society *"Leon Fink shakes up understandings of U.S. history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries-his Long Gilded Age-with unique attention to and global perspective on the contradictions of free labor ideology, the resolution of labor disputes in an age of epic strikes, and the youth culture of American socialism. The Long Gilded Age is ready-made for pitched discussion, as it speaks trenchantly to our own times." * Walter Licht, University of Pennsylvania *"A splendid historical analysis of how, in light of what we know about the world in the early twenty-first century, we might reconsider the history of that forty-year era of industrial conflict and tepid reform that the author labels the Long Gilded Age." * Nelson Lichtenstein, University of California, Santa Barbara *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The American Ideology Chapter 2. Great Strikes Revisited Chapter 3. The University and Industrial Reform Chapter 4. Labor's Search for Legitimacy Chapter 5. Coming of Age in Internationalist Times Epilogue Notes Index Acknowledgments
£21.59
MT - University of Pennsylvania Press Destructive Creation
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Destructive Creation should be mandatory reading for historians of World War II, and for military historians in general. . . . Its compelling, well-substantiated arguments about the origins (and chronology) of American conservatism will be of interest to political historians. Scholars of business and/or technology, meanwhile, will have much to learn from Wilson's nuanced analysis of the unexpectedly fraught relationship between the public agencies and private firms that produced America's 'arsenal of democracy.' This is also a timely book, relevant to current debates about the privatization of military operations, security, and policing." * American Historical Review *"A masterful history of the World War II mobilization effort. Deeply researched, this book synthesizes, military, business, and political history in a well-written account of a war that is often oversimplified. Wilson's account should inform future histories of World War II-and perhaps reignite debates over the relative merits of public versus private enterprise." * Journal of Military History *"It is an extraordinarily valuable and careful monograph that explains what works, and why we believe untrue stories about effective mobilization for war, and other crises." * Business History Review *"Mark R. Wilson has made an outstanding contribution to the historical debate about U.S. industrial mobilization in World War II. Destructive Creation focuses on the substantial but largely ignored public sector contribution to the industrial war effort and argues that overemphasizing the role of the private sector and the relative neglect of the public sector in the historical literature has distorted our understanding of that wartime production miracle." * Journal of American History *"Destructive Creation is essential reading for economic historians interested in WWII and for learning the lessons of history most relevant to ongoing debates over the military-industrial complex of the twenty-first century." * Journal of Economic History *"Wilson's book is hard hitting, but balanced, detailed without being pedantic, and eminently stimulating." * Defense Acquisition Research Journal *"Destructive Creation is a probing account of the World War II mobilization effort that sheds new light on the sources of big business hostility to government regulation. As Mark Wilson demonstrates in absorbing detail, it was the very success of the wartime state that generated such a furious business backlash. This is revisionist history in the most provocative and illuminating sense." * Nelson Lichtenstein, University of California, Santa Barbara *"An outstanding reinterpretation of the role of business in the war effort, this volume is a must read for anyone who wants to understand World War II and the world of private contractors that has come to define our modern military." * Meg Jacobs, author of Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America *"Destructive Creation is a truly important, impressive, and extraordinary history of the mobilization of the United States' economy during the Second World War, with a number of fascinating implications for our understanding of the interactions between business, politics, and American society. Mark R. Wilson makes a compelling case for placing the relationship between the military and business at the center of how we think about modern American history." * Jason Scott Smith, University of New Mexico *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Shadows of the Great War Chapter 2. Building the Arsenal Chapter 3. War Stories Chapter 4. One Tough Customer Chapter 5. Of Strikes and Seizures Chapter 6. Reconversions Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Index Acknowledgments
£25.19
University of Pennsylvania Press From Main Street to Mall The Rise and Fall of the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Howard's book is essential reading. . . . From Main Street to Mall makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of retailing and of business more broadly in the U.S." * American Historical Review *"From Main Street to Mall is an important, insightful, and informative work that succeeds in charting and analysing the rise and fall of the department store and how this process was mediated by interactions between the department store industry, other business interests, local and national politics, and wider long-term changes in American society. This [could] serve as the standard U.S. reference work on this sector for many years." * Economic History Review *"Howard's book is a highly valuable complement to the current body of literature on department stores . . . Rather than acquiescing to the commonly accepted inevitability of market forces leading to the decline of department stores, Howard traces the various private and public actors and political processes that have consciously contributed to their decline." * Journal of Urban Affairs *"From Main Street to Mall is a welcome and excellent addition to the literature on mass retailing in the United States." * Business History Review *"From Main Street to Mall succeeds admirably in providing a rich history of the US department store, synthesising various perspectives-social, economic and political-to produce a highly readable account of its development and decline." * Consumption Markets & Culture *"From Main Street to Mall offers sharp analysis of American retailing from a new vantage point, advancing our understanding of the department store beyond Macy's and Marshall Field's. Historians of consumer culture have always known of smaller stores in smaller cities, but nobody paid attention to them until Vicki Howard. A significant contribution." * Susan Strasser, author of Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Making of the American Mass Market *"Combining deep historical research and vivid description, Vicki Howard lucidly explains how, when, and why the department store came to dominate American commercial culture and how the democratization of consumption, changing public policy, and the forces of globalization contributed to its transformation and demise. A must-read for researchers of American consumer culture and for anyone who loves to shop." * Regina Lee Blaszczyk, author of The Color Revolution *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The Palace of Consumption Chapter 2. Creating an Industry Chapter 3. Modernizing Main Street Chapter 4. A New Deal for Department Stores Chapter 5. An Essential Industry in Wartime Chapter 6. The Race for the Suburbs Chapter 7. The Postwar Discount Revolution Chapter 8. The Death of the Department Store Epilogue. Remembering Downtown Department Stores Notes Index Acknowledgments
£25.19
University of Pennsylvania Press Sick Economies
Book SynopsisSick Economies: Drama, Mercantilism, and Disease in Shakespeare's England teases out the double helix of the pathological and the economic in two seemingly disparate spheres of early modern textual production: drama and mercantilist writing.Trade Review"In this important book Harris explores the early modern discourse of mercantilism, tracing its merger with the discourse of bodily illness." * Choice *"Harris has successfully argued a decidedly unique angle of interpretation. What may have initially struck the reader as an impossibly broad scope of inquiry is revealed, through rigorous textual analysis, as an intriguing interdisciplinary perspective that will certainly impact subsequent scholarship." * Comitatus *"This book offers great insight into the Renaissance discourses of the body, the emergence of mercantile theory, and early modern drama." * Seventeenth-Century News *Table of Contents1. The Asian Flu; Or, The Pathological Drama of National Economy 2. Syphilis and Trade: Thomas Starkey, Thomas Smith, The Comedy of Errors 3. Taint and Usury: Gerard Malynes, The Dutch Church Libel, The Merchant of Venice 4. Canker/Serpego and Value: Gerard Malynes, Troilus and Cressida 5. Plague and Transmigration: Timothy Bright, Thomas Milles, Volpone 6. Hepatitis/Castration and Treasure: Edward Misselden, Gerard Malynes, The Fair Maid of the West, The Renegado 7. Consumption and Consumption: Thomas Mun, The Roaring Girl 8. Afterword: Anthrax, Cyberworms, and the New Ethereal Economy Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£56.10
University of Pennsylvania Press Capitalism by Gaslight
Book SynopsisA compelling history of nineteenth-century economic, social, and cultural life, Capitalism by Gaslight explores the blurred boundary between legitimate and illegitimate economic activity, describing the dealings of prostitutes, dealers in dirty books and used goods, mock auctioneers, illegal slavers, and other entrepreneurs.Trade Review"A valuable addition to the rapidly growing literature on the history of capitalism in the United States." * Gary Kornblith, Oberlin College *"This engagingly presented volume is a truly important contribution to the economic and cultural history of the nineteenth century and to the history of capitalism." * Rosanne Currarino, Queens University *Table of ContentsIntroduction—Brian P. Luskey and Wendy A. Woloson Chapter 1. The Loomis Gang's Market Revolution—Will B. Mackintosh Chapter 2. The Promiscuous Economy: Cultural and Commercial Geographies of Secondhand in the Antebellum City—Robert J. Gamble Chapter 3. The Era of Shinplasters: Making Sense of Unregulated Paper Money—Joshua R. Greenberg Chapter 4. The Rag Race: Jewish Secondhand Clothing Dealers in England and America—Adam Mendelsohn Chapter 5. Lickspittles and Land Sharks: The Immigrant Exploitation Business in Antebellum New York—Brendan P. O'Malley Chapter 6. "The World Is But One Vast Mock Auction": Fraud and Capitalism in Nineteenth-Century America—Corey Goettsch Chapter 7. Underground on the High Seas: Commerce, Character, and Complicity in the Illegal Slave Trade—Craig B. Hollander Chapter 8. "Some Rascally Business": Thieving Slaves, Unscrupulous Whites, and Charleston's Illicit Waterfront Trade—Michael D. Thompson Chapter 9. Selling Sex and Intimacy in the City: The Changing Business of Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Baltimore—Katie M. Hemphill Chapter 10. Economies of Print in the Nineteenth-Century City—Paul Erickson Chapter 11. Back Number Budd: An African American Pioneer in the Old Newspaper and Information Management Business—Ellen Gruber Garvey Conclusion—Brian P. Luskey and Wendy A. Woloson Notes Index List of Contributors Acknowledgments
£48.60
University of Pennsylvania Press Building the Empire State
Book SynopsisFocusing on the state of New York, home to the first American banks, utilities, canals, and transportation infrastructure projects, Building the Empire State examines the origins of American capitalism by tracing how and why business corporations were first introduced into the economy of the early republic.Trade Review"In Building the Empire State, Brian Murphy deftly revisits the founding of New York State, in the process revising our understanding of how the political economy of the early republic operated in practice. Rather than a strict separation between the public obligations of the state and the private interests of for-profit corporations, Murphy finds a much more integrated, reciprocal relationship that organically emerged from the experiences of the late colonial and Revolutionary periods. His fresh approach and sophisticated argument make a significant contribution to several fields, including political history, business history, and the history of capitalism more broadly." * Sharon Murphy, Providence College *Table of ContentsNote on Banking Terms Introduction. Strength in Structure Chapter 1. "The Most Dangerous and Effectual Engine of Power" Chapter 2. "An Enlarged American Scale" Chapter 3. "A Very Convenient Instrument" Chapter 4. "To Occupy All Points" Chapter 5. "If We Must Have War or a Canal, I Am in Favor of the Canal" Conclusion. Corporate Political Economy Notes Index Acknowledgments
£48.60
University of Pennsylvania Press From Main Street to Mall
Book SynopsisRichly illustrated with archival photos, this comprehensive study of the American department store industry traces the changing economic and political contexts that brought about the decline of downtown shopping districts and the rise of big-box stores and suburban malls.Trade Review"Howard's book is essential reading. . . . From Main Street to Mall makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of retailing and of business more broadly in the U.S." * American Historical Review *"From Main Street to Mall is an important, insightful, and informative work that succeeds in charting and analysing the rise and fall of the department store and how this process was mediated by interactions between the department store industry, other business interests, local and national politics, and wider long-term changes in American society. This [could] serve as the standard U.S. reference work on this sector for many years." * Economic History Review *"Howard's book is a highly valuable complement to the current body of literature on department stores . . . Rather than acquiescing to the commonly accepted inevitability of market forces leading to the decline of department stores, Howard traces the various private and public actors and political processes that have consciously contributed to their decline." * Journal of Urban Affairs *"From Main Street to Mall is a welcome and excellent addition to the literature on mass retailing in the United States." * Business History Review *"From Main Street to Mall succeeds admirably in providing a rich history of the US department store, synthesising various perspectives-social, economic and political-to produce a highly readable account of its development and decline." * Consumption Markets & Culture *"From Main Street to Mall offers sharp analysis of American retailing from a new vantage point, advancing our understanding of the department store beyond Macy's and Marshall Field's. Historians of consumer culture have always known of smaller stores in smaller cities, but nobody paid attention to them until Vicki Howard. A significant contribution." * Susan Strasser, author of Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Making of the American Mass Market *"Combining deep historical research and vivid description, Vicki Howard lucidly explains how, when, and why the department store came to dominate American commercial culture and how the democratization of consumption, changing public policy, and the forces of globalization contributed to its transformation and demise. A must-read for researchers of American consumer culture and for anyone who loves to shop." * Regina Lee Blaszczyk, author of The Color Revolution *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The Palace of Consumption Chapter 2. Creating an Industry Chapter 3. Modernizing Main Street Chapter 4. A New Deal for Department Stores Chapter 5. An Essential Industry in Wartime Chapter 6. The Race for the Suburbs Chapter 7. The Postwar Discount Revolution Chapter 8. The Death of the Department Store Epilogue. Remembering Downtown Department Stores Notes Index Acknowledgments
£70.55
University of Pennsylvania Press Purchasing Power
Book SynopsisHow has the ability of Jews to amass and wield power, within both Jewish and non-Jewish society, influenced and been influenced by their economic activity? Purchasing Power answers this question by examining the nexus between money and power in modern Jewish history. It does so, in its first section, by presenting a series of case studies of the ways in which the economic choices made by Jewish businessmen could bring them wealth and influence. The second section focuses on transnational Jewish philanthropic and economic networks. The discussions there reveal how the wielding of power by Jewish organizations on the world stage could shape not only Jewish society but also the international arena.In this way, the contributors to this volume reposition economics as central to our understanding of the Jewish experience from early modern Rome to contemporary America. Its importance for the creation of the State of Israel is also examined. As the editors write: The study of cTrade Review"A rich collection of essays, Purchasing Power offers a wide range of innovative methodological and historiographical perspectives on Jewish economic life from the early to late modern period. The audacity of the collection is apparent in the time span it covers-from early modern Rome to the Soviet Jewry movement in 1960s-1980s America-alongside its engagement with crucial questions that 're-position economics in our understanding of the modern Jewish experience.'" * Studies in Contemporary Jewry *"Long neglected or politicized, the study of Jewish economic life at the onset of modernity has now emerged as a growing field of interest. This rich collection of essays offers a valuable addition to the existing literature and will stimulate further debates." * Francesca Trivellato, Yale University *"This is a volume that historians of early modern and late modern Jewry, as well as those with an interest in the history of commerce and of transnational political and philanthropic networks, will want to consult." * Jerry Z. Muller, The Catholic University of America *
£62.90
University of Pennsylvania Press Market Rules
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Rose utilizes a sure grasp of regulatory issues, a command of interdisciplinary literature, the fruits of deep archival research, and the ability to craft political narratives and biographical sketches. Market Rules is, without doubt, the best book we have on the history of the regulation of commercial banking from the 1960s to 1999." * The Journal of American History *"Mark Rose has written a lively and lucid account of banking and financial history over the past half century, laying out the grand ambitions and rivalries of leading bankers and policymakers like Walter Wriston, Donald T. Regan, and Sandy Weill-and the changing strategies for delivering economic growth led by presidents Kennedy, Reagan, and Obama. Market Rules relates the history of today's massive multipurpose banks, the 2008 crisis, and its aftermath to broader trends in American society and life from the 1960s to the present. It is a great achievement." * Walter Friedman, Harvard Business School *"Compared to half a century ago, America has many fewer and much larger banks. Mark Rose's engaging study shows that this was far from a market outcome. It was a product of bank politics: entrepreneurial bankers persuaded U.S. presidents and regulators that ever-larger, less regulated 'supermarket' banks were more efficient, more stable, and thus more growth-promoting. The actual outcome-financial crisis, the Great Recession, and slower growth-lead Rose to suggest that, in banking, political clout trumped economic efficiency." * Richard Sylla, New York University *"Mark Rose's engaging study follows a group of men, who, over successive presidential administrations, helped transform the landscape of American banking in the late twentieth century. Rose makes a compelling argument that the history of American banking is a fundamentally political one. In its focus on politics and people at the center of banking, Market Rules offers a unique voice." * Susie Pak, St. John's University *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction. Politics and the Markets They Made PART I. LAWMAKERS AND REGULATORS Chapter 1. Deregulation Before Deregulation: John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and James Saxon Chapter 2. Supermarket Banks: Richard Nixon and Donald Regan PART II. BANKERS IN POLITICS Chapter 3. Rescuing Banks Through Growth: Walter Wriston and Citicorp Chapter 4. A Marine in Banker's Clothing: Hugh McColl and North Carolina National Bank PART III. NEW REGIMES FOR BANKERS Chapter 5. Full-Service Banks: Bill Clinton and Sandy Weill Chapter 6. God's Work in Finance: Ken Lewis, Charles Prince, Richard Fuld, and Henry Paulson Chapter 7. Reregulating the Regulators: Barack Obama and Timothy Geithner Epilogue. Another Round of Bank Politics Notes Index Acknowledgments
£31.50
University of Pennsylvania Press Colonial Ecology Atlantic Economy Transforming
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Colonial Ecology, Atlantic Economy is an insightful, topical, and nuanced work that proves successful in its project. Roberts makes a strong case for cis-Atlantic frameworks, showing how the choices and actions of individuals on a local level can influence larger regional and global processes. It is a welcome contribution to the fields of environmental history, economic history, Native American history, and the history of the Atlantic World." * American Indian Quarterly *"A fine contribution to the resurgent field of early American environmental history. Strother E. Roberts deftly integrates Atlantic and continental approaches, and his materialist emphasis nicely complements recent works on early New England's environmental history that focus on cultural representations." * James Rice, Tufts University *Table of ContentsIntroduction. Conflicts, Choices, and Change Chapter 1. Hunting Beaver: The Postdiluvian World of Fur Trade Chapter 2. Raising Crops: Feeding the Market Chapter 3. Gathering Firewood: Scarcity Amid Abundance Chapter 4. Felling Timber: Profits and Politics Chapter 5. Keeping Livestock: A Commerce in Beasts Domestic and Wild Epilogue. A New Era in the Life of the River Notes Index Acknowledgments
£35.10
University Press of Florida The Emergence of Capitalism in Early America
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive history of the US’s economic thought from 1790 to 1860, tracing the development of a uniquely American understanding of capitalism. The book shows how American economists challenged, adjusted, and adopted the ideas of European thinkers such as Adam Smith and Thomas Malthus to suit their interests.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Capitalism and Antebellum Thought Laissez-Faire in the American Tradition Progress and Poverty: Malthus and Ricardo in America The Crisis of Free Society: The Southernand Northern Reactionaries An American Political Economy Henry Carey, Nature, and the Destiny of Man Liberalism, Republicanism, and Finance Conclusion: The Old and the New in American Economics Index
£56.25
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Replanting a Slave Society The Sugar and Cotton
Book SynopsisBringing the lower Mississippi valley to the foreground of the history of the early republic, Replanting a Slave Society is the first major study to analyse in tandem the sugar and cotton revolutions that took place in the region in the years before and after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
£36.51
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Danger Sound Klaxon The Horn That Changed
Book SynopsisReveals the untold story of the Klaxon automobile horn. By charting the meteoric rise and eventual fall of the Klaxon, Matthew Jordan highlights how perceptions of sound-producing technologies are guided by, manipulated, and transformed through advertising strategies, public debate, consumer reactions, and governmental regulations.
£67.15
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Danger Sound Klaxon The Horn That Changed
Book SynopsisReveals the untold story of the Klaxon automobile horn. By charting the meteoric rise and eventual fall of the Klaxon, Matthew Jordan highlights how perceptions of sound-producing technologies are guided by, manipulated, and transformed through advertising strategies, public debate, consumer reactions, and governmental regulations.
£20.66
John Wiley & Sons Making Big Money in 1600
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£15.26
University of Minnesota Press Virtue Fortune and Faith A Genealogy of Finance
Book SynopsisA revealing examination of the often misunderstood history of contemporary financial markets.Table of ContentsContents PrefaceIntroduction: Money and Representation1. A Genealogy of Finance2. Mastering Lady Credit3. Finance, Gambling, and Speculation4. The Dow Jones Average and the Birth of the Financial Market5. Regulation and Risk in Contemporary Markets6. Repoliticizing Financial PracticesConclusion: Objectivity, Truth, and Irony in the Dot-com BubbleNotesBibliographyIndex
£20.89
The University of Alabama Press Southern Wealth And Northern Profits
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£23.36
The University of Alabama Press Panic in Paradise Floridas Banking Crash of 1926
Trade ReviewThis book is a story of mismanagement, fraud, government corruption, and cover-up in the banks of Florida and Georgia from 1926 to 1929. Vickers tells a classic tale of evil bankers deliberately channeling depositors' funds into their own development projects while bribing government officials to help hide their crimes. One of the most interesting aspects of the book is the author's own role in 'putting the criminal away.' An attorney, economic historian, and past assistant comptroller of the state of Florida, Vickers had to use all of his skills.... In addition to the usual problems,... the author faced the state controller's opinion that the release of the records 'was a crime.' Vickers' legal efforts and skillful use of publicity caused the reversal of that decision. - American Historical Review ""This dramatic and pioneering book... makes important contributions to Florida and American history [and] it is a well-written, compelling account that is given added veracity [because] Vickers forced reinterpretation of Florida's bank secrecy law. His book should find a place on the shelves of all Floridians interested in the colorful history of their state."" - Tallahassee Democrat ""Excellent and detailed.... Reads almost like a fiction thriller."" - Tampa Tribune
£26.96
Ohio University Press Culture and Money in the Nineteenth Century
Book SynopsisSince the 1980s, scholars have made the case for examining nineteenth-century cultureparticularly literary outputthrough the lens of economics. In Culture and Money in the Nineteenth Century: Abstracting Economics, two luminaries in the field of Victorian studies, Daniel Bivona and Marlene Tromp, have collected contributions from leading thinkers that push New Economic Criticism in new and exciting directions.Spanning the Americas, India, England, and Scotland, this volume adopts an inclusive, global view of the cultural effects of economics and exchange. Contributors use the concept of abstraction to show how economic thought and concerns around money permeated all aspects of nineteenth-century culture, from the language of wills to arguments around the social purpose of art.The characteristics of investment and speculation; the fraught symbolic and practical meanings of paper money to the Victorians; the shifting value of goods, services, and ideas; the evolving legal Trade Review“Highlighting the centrality of economic thought to nineteenth-century culture, this intriguing volume expands our sense of what constituted the ‘economic.’ Its global reach and smart, wide-ranging essays make Culture and Money valuable reading.”“Through original treatment of a wide range of topics, from art galleries to wills and from the textile industry to the representation of beggars, Culture and Money in the Nineteenth Century showcases the impressive breadth and scope of economic thinking in the period.”“These essays give some intriguing insights into … a fruitful, revealing and ever relevant field of interdisciplinary study.” * The Times Literary Supplement *“This is an enormously useful book.…[It] offers us a valuable framework for thinking about the process of abstraction by which money and the economy became naturalized and universalized in the nineteenth century. And if its nature as an edited collection sometimes gives it a centrifugal feel, the historically-situated case studies that are the subject of the individual essays give us a sense of the nuances within which that process occurred. This is a book, in short, which poses more questions than it offers answers to, but that, I suspect, is very much what the editors wanted to achieve.” * Australasian Review of Victorian Studies *Table of Contents* Acknowledgments * Introduction Abstracting Economics Daniel Bivona and Marlene Tromp * Part ONE: Broad Abstractions Character, Professional Expertise, and Nature * Chapter One: Born to the Business Heredity, Ability, and Commercial Character in Late Victorian Britain Aeron Hunt * Chapter Two: Shifting the Ground of Monetary Politics The Case of the 1870s Roy Kreitner * Chapter Three: The Comparative Advantages of Survival Darwin's Origin, Competition, and the Economy of Nature Daniel Bivona * Part TWO: Particular Abstractions Economics and Culture * Chapter Four: Art Unions and the Changing Face of Victorian Gambling Cordelia Smith * Chapter Five: El Metalico Lord Money and Mythmaking in Thomas Cochrane's 1859 Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil from Spanish and Portuguese Domination Jennifer Hayward * Chapter Six: From Cooperation to Concentration Socialism, Salvationism, and the "Indian Beggar" Suzanne Daly * Chapter Seven: Walter Scott's Two Nations and the State of the Textile Industry in Britain Kathryn Pratt Russell * Chapter Eight: Antidomestic The Afterlife of Wills and the Politics of Foreign Investment, 1850-85 Marlene Tromp * Contributors * Index
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Ohio University Press Culture and Money in the Nineteenth Century
Book SynopsisSince the 1980s, scholars have made the case for examining nineteenth-century cultureparticularly literary outputthrough the lens of economics. In Culture and Money in the Nineteenth Century: Abstracting Economics, two luminaries in the field of Victorian studies, Daniel Bivona and Marlene Tromp, have collected contributions from leading thinkers that push New Economic Criticism in new and exciting directions.Spanning the Americas, India, England, and Scotland, this volume adopts an inclusive, global view of the cultural effects of economics and exchange. Contributors use the concept of abstraction to show how economic thought and concerns around money permeated all aspects of nineteenth-century culture, from the language of wills to arguments around the social purpose of art.The characteristics of investment and speculation; the fraught symbolic and practical meanings of paper money to the Victorians; the shifting value of goods, services, and ideas; the evolving legal Trade Review“Highlighting the centrality of economic thought to nineteenth-century culture, this intriguing volume expands our sense of what constituted the ‘economic.’ Its global reach and smart, wide-ranging essays make Culture and Money valuable reading.”“Through original treatment of a wide range of topics, from art galleries to wills and from the textile industry to the representation of beggars, Culture and Money in the Nineteenth Century showcases the impressive breadth and scope of economic thinking in the period.”“These essays give some intriguing insights into … a fruitful, revealing and ever relevant field of interdisciplinary study.” * The Times Literary Supplement *“This is an enormously useful book.…[It] offers us a valuable framework for thinking about the process of abstraction by which money and the economy became naturalized and universalized in the nineteenth century. And if its nature as an edited collection sometimes gives it a centrifugal feel, the historically-situated case studies that are the subject of the individual essays give us a sense of the nuances within which that process occurred. This is a book, in short, which poses more questions than it offers answers to, but that, I suspect, is very much what the editors wanted to achieve.” * Australasian Review of Victorian Studies *
£23.39
Duke University Press The Memory of Trade
Book SynopsisPresents an ethnographic study of the people of Aru, an archipelago in eastern Indonesia. This title examines the dynamics of contact with the Dutch and Europeans, Suharto's postcolonial regime, and with the competing religions of Islam, Protestantism, and Catholicism in the context of the conversion of pagan Aruese.Trade Review“The Memory of Trade is one of the most compelling works—ethnographic or otherwise—that I have read in Indonesian studies.”—John Pemberton, author ofOn the Subject of “Java”“With profound insight, empathy, and theoretical sophistication, Patricia Spyer traces out the complex intertwinings among identity, global commerce, local ritual, and national politics. This book is a masterful demonstration of how much of modernity's paradoxes, romance, and uncanny displacements best come into sight when viewed from the perspective of the supposed margins.”—Webb Keane, author of Signs of Recognition: Powers and Hazards of Representation in an Indonesian SocietyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Preface ix A Note on Language, Translation and Orthography xxiii 1 Introduction: Runaway Topographies 1 2 The Legless Paradise 41 3 The Great Ship 66 4 Mothers of Pearl 107 5 Prow and Stern 161 6 The Cassowary's Play 198 7 The Women's Share 254 8 Epilogue: Sweet Memories from Aru 288 Notes 293 Works Cited 329
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Duke University Press The Effortless Economy of Science
Book SynopsisA compilation of essays by the author that reveals the value for science studies of examples arising within the history of economicsTrade Review“The Effortless Economy of Science is an outstanding contribution to the philosophy of science, history of economics, and science studies. Philip Mirowski shows why work in each of these fields can be better understood by looking through the lens of other fields.”—Bradley W. Bateman, Gertrude B. Austin Professor of Economics, Grinnell CollegeTable of ContentsPart One From Economics to Science Studies 1 Introduction: Cracks, Hidden Passageways, and False Bottoms: The Economics of Science and Social Studies Economics 3 1. Confessions of an Aging Enfant Terrible 37 Part Two Science as an Economic Phenomenon 51 2. On Playing the Economics Card in the Philosophy of Science: Why It Didn’t Work for Michael Polanyi 53 3. Economics, Science, and Knowledge: Polanyi versus Hayek 72 4. What’s Kuhn Got to Do with It? 85 5. The Economic Consequences of Philip Kitcher 97 6. Re-engineering Scientific Credit in the Era of Globalized Information Economy 116 Part Three Rigorous Quantitative Measurement as a Social Phenomenon 145 7. Looking for Those Natural Numbers: Dimensionless Constants and the Idea of Natural Measurement 147 8. A Visible Hand in the Marketplace of Ideas: Precision Measurement as Arbitrage 169 Part Four Is Econometrics an Empirical Endeavor? 193 9. Brewing, Betting, and Rationality in London, 1822-1844: What Econometrics Can and Cannot Tell Us about Historical Actors 195 10. Why Econometricians Don’t Replicate (Although They Do Reproduce) 213 11. From Mandlebrot to Chaos in Economic Theory 229 12. Mandelbrot’s Economics after a Quarter-Century 251 13. The Collected Economic Works of William Thomas Thornton: An Introduction and Justification 273 14. Smooth Operator: How Marshall’s Demand and Supply-Curves Made Neoclassicism Safe for Public Consumption but Unfit for Science 335 15. Problems in the Paternity of Econometrics: Harry Ludwell Moore 357 16. Refusing the Gift 376 Notes 401 References 427 Index 459
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