"The making of a central bank-and of America's financial contingency plans. The long-standing description of the Federal Reserve as a "lender of last resort" refers to the central bank's provision of emergency liquidity for banks and financial entities in periods of crisis. As economist Mark...

"A new history of the New Deal's economic recovery efforts-and why they failed to delivery on their promises. FDR's New Deal policies have long enjoyed a special place in the history of American policy and society-not just because many of them lastingly redefined the Federal government's...

"An essential new history of America's monetary origins. The Second Continental Congress faced multiple daunting challenges when it was convened in summer 1775. First the assembly had to create a de facto government for the loosely joined colonies that would become the United States. It then had...

Introductions. Money and its inventions: theoretical considerations ; England in the late sixteenth century ; English developments, 1584-1692 -- The Atlantic. Before 1630: harvesters of money ; The Puritan exodus, 1629-1640: general features ; Massachusetts takes the monetary lead, 1630-1640 ; A...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Land Rights: Equity versus Transferability? -- Chapter 3. Rural Credit: Overreliance on Law -- Chapter 4. Democratic Rights and the Limits of Eminent Domain -- Chapter 5. Environmental Law: Judiciary Takes Center...

"Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy trace India's economic growth since 1947 and the legal reforms that have allowed it to settle in, however unevenly and tenuously, in the shadow of the stagnating effects of colonial rule. Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy portrays a long shadow of Indian...

"In Bankrupt in America, Mary and Brad Hansen show that examination of how Americans have used bankruptcy law and the history of the law itself offers important perspective on the history of bankruptcy in America. Using new statistical and documentary evidence, they illustrate the cycles of...

"In From Old Regime to Industrial State, Richard H. Tilly and Michael Kopsidis question established thinking about Germany's industrialization. They begin their assessment earlier than previous studies have, reaching back to the 18th century to explore the circumstances that ultimately allowed...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction, with Reflections on the Role of Institutional Change -- Part I: Old Regime and Eighteenth-Century Origins of German Industrialization -- One. Population and the Economy -- Two. German Regions and the Beginnings of Early Industrialization -- Three....

The short history of humans in Hawai'i -- Voyaging and settlement -- The rise of competing Hawaiian states -- Guns, germs, and sandalwood -- Globalization and the emergence of a mature natural state -- Treaties, powerful elites, and the overthrow -- Colonial political economy: Hawai'i as a U.S....