The Lore Of The Land

Stop off at any English village or town or wander through the countryside and you will almost certainly brush up against some deep-rooted local legend - whether it's the pub that claims to have given...

Jewish London

Jewish History in London properly begins with the arrival of a small group of Jews with William the Conqueror. Despite their expulsion in 1290, the influence of Jews on the life of the capital has gro...

Abandoned Maryland

Throughout Maryland, one finds abandoned curiosities in forests and meadows, as well as many hiding in plain sight in urban centers. This collection of Maryland abandonments includes more than a dozen...

The Power of Gold

Incorporating myth, history and contemporary investigation, Bernstein tells the story of how human beings have become intoxicated, obsessed, enriched, impoverished, humbled and proud for the sake of g...

Chicagonomics

Chicagonomics explores the history and development of classical liberalism as taught and explored at the University of Chicago. Ebenstein's tenth book in the history of economic and political thought,...

A History of Political Economy (Dodo Press)

John Kells Ingram (1823-1907) was an Irish poet, patriot and scholar, as well as an economist and historian of economic thought. In his 1888 History of Political Economy he used the term "economic man...

Politics and American Business

Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic HistorySeries Number 6-The Balkan Economies c.1800–1914

The Balkan Economies c. 1800-1914 is a strongly revisionist 1997 book which compares the economic progress of Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro and Macedonia in the century before World War I. Mich...

Gezinssolidariteit en 'rotten kids'. Schaarste, seks en het vierde gebod op het platteland in Nederland in de 20ste eeuw

Beroofd volgens de regels

Het aangrijpende verhaal van de wettelijk geregelde beroving van zeven markante joodse ondernemers in Deventer tijdens de bezetting. Hun zaken - een slagerij, textielgroothandel, dansschool, veehandel...

De revolutie die in haar eigen staart beet

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Consumerism in World History

This second edition of Consumerism in World History draws on recent research of the consumer experience in the West and Japan, while also examining societies less renowned for consumerism, such as tho...

Nooitgedagt

Het Friese stadje IJlst was wereldberoemd in heel Nederland dankzij Nooitgedagt, de fabriek in schaatsen, gereedschap en speelgoed. De opkomst, groei en ondergang van het bedrijf - gesticht en voortge...