1 Handelsstraßen und Flüsse. Die Verkehrsverhältnisse am Niederrhein zur Hansezeit -- 1.1 Der Niederrhein als Verkehrslandschaft -- 1.2 Der Rhein als Verkehrs- und Handelsweg -- Natürliche Bedingungen -- Rheinbaumaßnahmen -- 1.3 Nebenflüsse und Kanäle als Verkehrswege -- Nebenflüsse --...

Ch 1. The way we live now - and the way we once lived -- Ch. 2. Debates and theories -- Ch. 3. Song China and the Ming restoration - a case study -- Ch. 4. The military revolution and the world it made -- Ch. 5. The European divergence -- Ch. 6. The scientific revolution and the shaping of the...

El descubrimiento del Nuevo Mundo convirtió a España en potencia mundial e inauguró un nuevo capítulo en el comercio internacional, si bien en el siglo XVII los españoles tuvieron que hacer frente a una grave crisis. Con el mercantilismo, el mercader se convirtió en la figura central de la...

Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- One Theorizing Trade and Civilization -- Introduction -- Cognitive Geographies and Trade Networks -- The Rise of Mobile Technologies and Institutions -- Traders and Their...

This paper discusses Gelderblom’s hypothesis that urban competition (including a large number of competing cities, footloose foreign traders and municipal autonomy) was central to the rise of inclusive trade institutions in Europe. The first part discusses the precise behaviour of traders,...

"The Companion to the Hanseatic League discusses the importance of the Hanseatic League for the social and economic history of pre-modern northern Europe. Established already as early as the twelfth century, the towns that formed the Hanseatic League created an important network of commerce...

The work is a quantitative analysis on the relationship between technology and economic development from data on patents from over twenty countries from the beginning of the 19th century till the end of the twentieth century. The cross section regressions between patents and per capita income...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the role of the Japanese state in the development of budgets within “special companies” in the transportation sector between 1928 and 1945. Design/methodology/approach – Using evidence contained in the archives of “closedown institutions” this...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to question the periodization of Russian political and economic development that sees a break occurring between the Yeltsin and Putin presidencies. It does this by looking at how political problems common to late developing nations influenced the...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to understand how, in tough economic times, British-owned, English language newspapers such as The Pioneer received and filtered news, especially gender-related and nationalist-related events and thinking. Design/methodology/approach – Using qualitative and...

Inhalt Einleitung Kunst und Religion (7) L Antike Athene oder Kunst als...

Today there are over 35 million Romanians and Romanian natives. We add to this number - that was contested by some without analyze - a few hundred thousand people that love the country and the people. Some of them are getting to know not only the traditions, art, culture, but the language as...

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on the deep-seated ideological, economic, and social roots of the notion and practice of profit sharing in French enterprise, from a historical perspective. Although this practice is legally mandated in France today, this paper seeks to identify the...

Purpose – Urban-rural interaction in China has evolved over time and presented features in different periods since 1949. The aim of this paper is to measure urban-rural interaction in China in a 50-year period from 1958 to 2007, and to see if it bears resemblance to the historical evolution....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the question of whether two early Australian public accounts committees were established for the purpose of legitimating governments of the time. Design/methodology/approach – The paper addressed these issues through a study of the...

Purpose – To review one of the earliest Chinese debates on socialism, highlighting the consequent changes in outlook by Sun Yat-sen and Liang Qichao; and to demonstrate the influence of Western economic writers especially Richard T. Ely, Henry George, and German Bismarckian socialists....