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Business History of Hospitals in the 20th Century
This book offers a business history of modern hospitals in the 20th century. Presenting case studies from around the world, it examines the long-term institutional and historical …
Ancient Economies in Comparative Perspective
This book investigates the economic organization of ancient societies from a comparative perspective. By pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, including contributions by …
A History of Global Capitalism
The book sets out to explore the economic motivations of imperial expansion under capitalism. This undoubtedly is related to two fundamental research questions in economic …
Building Trust in the International Monetary System
This book presents the evolution of the international monetary system from the gold standard to the monetary system in force today. It adopts a political economy approach, …
Towards a Comparative Economic History of Cinema, 1930–1970
This book examines the economic circumstances in which films were produced, distributed, exhibited, and consumed during the spoken era of film production until 1970. The …
The Critique of Archaeological Economy
This book studies past economics from anthropological, archaeological, historical and sociological perspectives. By analyzing archeological and other evidence, it examines economic …
The Achaean Federation in Ancient Greece
This book analyses ancient Greek federalism by focusing on one of the most organised and advanced Greek federal states, the Achaean Federation Sympoliteia. Unlike earlier studies …
The Gas Sector in Latin Europe’s Industrial History
This volume sheds light on the technical and institutional handicaps that the gas industry had to face since the early 19th century to consolidate its position in the energy …
A Millennial View of Spain’s Development
This open access book presents the evolution of the Spanish economy over the past seven centuries since the end of the Reconquest and examines how much economic progress has Spain …
Switzerland and its Banks
This book provides a history of Swiss banking not confined to stereotypical opinions about secret numbered accounts. Instead, the presented history covers other intriguing events …
Human Capital and Regional Development in Europe
Human capital is of utmost importance for the future of our knowledge economies and societies. However, it is unequally distributed in Europe, contributing to marked spatial …
Accelerating Economic Growth
What made it possible for the human species to conquer the world, build a global digital economy, and still want more? What drives technological progress and economic growth in the …