1. The origins of peasant-friendly research in Germany -- 2. The movement for peasant-friendly plant-breeding, 1880-1905 -- 3. Research, development and extension at the South German stations -- 4. Success breeds trouble: the controversy over public-sector breeding, 1902-1933 -- 5. The fate of...

Introduction -- The stock market in early modern England -- Politics, warfare and finance -- Financial innovation and trade -- The bubble and the crash -- Reasons to invest in the South Sea Company -- Criticism and financial complexity -- The social history of the crash -- The real effects of...

During the period from 1945 to 2005, Britain underwent two deep-seated institutional transformations when political elites successfully challenged the prevailing wisdom on how to govern the economy. Attlee and Thatcher were able to effectively implement most of their political platforms. During...

pt. 1. German immigration to America, 1709-1835 -- pt. 2. German immigrant servitude in America, 1745-1835 -- pt. 3. Epilogue : German immigration to the U.S., 1820-1920 : from founding migration to mass migration.