Chapter 1. Introduction: ‘Millions of People Every Day’ – Cinema as part of the quotidian of life (John Sedgwick) -- Chapter 2. Managing Risk - Key Concepts and Methods (John Sedgwick) -- Chapter 3. How did the Department of Justice Get it so Wrong? Philadelphia 1935-36: the Stanley Warner...

Part I: Methodology for the Economic History and the History of Economic Thought of Antiquity -- Part II: Development Models -- Part III: Trade, Specialisation and Growth -- Part IV: Debts, Slaves and Finance.

Chapter 1 - An Introduction to the Critique of Archaeological Economy (Reinhard Jung, Stefanos Gimatzidis) -- Chapter 2 - Writing the Deep History of Human Economy (Randall McGuire) -- Chapter 3 - Wealth, Women's Labor, and Forms of Value: Thinking From the Study of Ancestral Central America...

This book studies past economics from anthropological, archaeological, historical and sociological perspectives. By analyzing archeological and other evidence, it examines economic behavior and institutions in ancient societies. Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, it critically discusses...

Introduction - The Main Features of the International Money's Evolution -- Money and the International Monetary System: Origins and Evolution -- The Classic Gold Standard -- The Gold-Exchange Standard, its Collapse, and the Interwar Lack of an International Money -- The Bretton Woods System --...

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 sciences. First, what factors explain the divergence in living standards across countries under the capitalist economic...

Capitalism and Elite Feud: A Short Introduction -- PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- A Unified Theory of Rent, Elite Feuds and Imperial Expansion -- PART II: RENT, ELITE FEUDS AND IMPERIAL EXPANSION IN EARLY MODERN AND MODERN EUROPE -- Atlanticism, the Slave Trade and Westward Expansion of...

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 that mainly focused on its political history, this book adopts an interdisciplinary approach, analysing aspects of...

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 that mainly focused on its political history, this book adopts an interdisciplinary approach, analysing aspects of...