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  • Marine Insurance

    Origins and Institutions, 1300-1850

    Edición de Adrian Leonard ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Since its invention in Italy in the fourteenth century, marine insurance has provided merchants with capital protection in times of crisis, thus oiling the gears of trade and commerce. With a focus on customs, laws, and organisational structures, this book reveals the Italian origins of marine insurance, and tracks the spread of underwriting practices and institutions in Europe and America through ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • Questioning Credible Commitment

    Perspectives on the Rise of Financial Capitalism

    Edición de D'Maris Coffman, Adrian Leonard, Larry Neal ...
    Series series Macroeconomic Policy Making
    Financial capitalism emerged in a recognisably modern form in late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Great Britain. Following the seminal work of Douglass C. North and Barry R. Weingast (1989), many scholars have concluded that the 'credible commitment' that was provided by parliamentary backing of government as a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 provided the key institutional ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Caribbean and the Atlantic World Economy

    Circuits of trade, money and knowledge, 1650-1914

    Edición de Adrian Leonard, D. Pretel ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This collection of essays explores the inter-imperial connections between British, Spanish, Dutch, and French Caribbean colonies, and the 'Old World' countries which founded them. Grounded in primary archival research, the thirteen contributors focus on the ways that participants in the Atlantic World economy transcended imperial boundaries. ... Leer más

    $116.99 USD

  • The Atlantic World

    Edición de D'Maris Coffman, Adrian Leonard, William O'Reilly ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    As the meeting point between Europe, colonial America, and Africa, the history of the Atlantic world is a constantly shifting arena, but one which has been a focus of huge and vibrant debate for many years. In over thirty chapters, all written by experts in the field, The Atlantic World takes up these debates and gathers together key, original scholarship to provide an authoritative survey of this ... Leer más

    $72.99 USD

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  • The Ascent of Money

    A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition

    de Niall Ferguson ...
    **The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency"[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis." —The Washington Post"Fascinating." —Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek**In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that followed ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Born in Blackness

    Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

    de Howard W. French ...
    Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world history.Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and the maritime connection it established between West and East; others the ... Leer más

    $15.09 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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  • The Great Degeneration

    How Institutions Decay and Economies Die

    de Niall Ferguson ...
    From 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 ... Leer más

    Antes $13.99 USD Ahora $7.99 USD

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  • Global Economic History

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Robert C. Allen ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Why are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, the income differences were small, but they have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. Since then, the interplay between geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. The industrial revolution was Britain's path breaking response to the challenge of ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Empire's Crossroads

    A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day

    de Carrie Gibson ...
    A "wide-ranging, vivid" narrative history of one of the most coveted and complex regions of the world: the Caribbean ( The Observer).Ever since Christopher Columbus stepped off the Santa Maria and announced that he had arrived in the Orient, the Caribbean has been a stage for projected fantasies and competition between world powers. In Empire's Crossroads, British American historian Carrie Gibson ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Concise History of the Caribbean

    de B. W. Higman ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • The World of Sugar

    How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years

    de Ulbe Bosma ...
    “An extraordinary achievement.” —David Edgerton, Literary Review“A remarkably researched, comprehensive, and indispensable book for everyone who wishes to understand how sugar and the sugar industry have shaped the world in which we live.” —Gary Taubes, author of The Case Against SugarFor most of history, humans did without refined sugar. Then, suddenly, it was everywhere. How did sugar find its ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

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  • Capitalism

    Money, Morals and Markets

    de John Plender ...
    Capitalism has lifted millions out of poverty. Under its guiding hand, living standards throughout the Western world have been transformed. Further afield, the trail blazed by Japan is being followed by other emerging market countries across the globe, creating prosperity on a breathtaking scale. And yet, capitalism is unloved. From its discontents to its outright enemies, voices compete to point ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus