Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

ローマ共和政の戦争経済　紀元前406～100年
Biglino, Fabrizio, The War Economy of the Roman Republic (406-100 BCE): The System that Built an Empire. (Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity 487) 344 pp. 2024:12 (Brill, NE) <735-268>
ISBN 978-90-04-71428-1 hard ¥31,308.- (税込) EUR 133.00

How did the Roman economy support the expansion of the Republic and play a crucial role in its success and rise from regional power in Central Italy to the dominant superpower of the Mediterranean world? To what extent did the intensification of the military efforts contribute to the growth of the Roman economy, and how did this happen? In The War Economy of the Roman Republic, Fabrizio Biglino examines the growth of the Roman army and its economic impact from the late fifth to the end of the second centuries BCE. By building an original interpretational framework, Biglino offers a new analysis of the interplay of warfare and the economy in the Republican period and, on a wider scale, the role of warfare in the development of pre-industrialised economies.

南欧における建築と経済成長　1050～1300年
Carocci, Sandro / Fiore, Alessio (eds.), Building and Economic Growth in Southern Europe (1050-1300). (The Medieval Countryside 26) 268 pp. 2024 (Brepols, BE) <735-269>
ISBN 978-2-503-60541-8 hard ¥18,832.- (税込) EUR 80.00

Mahmuzlu, Ekin, Agrarian, Commercial, and Maritime Change in the Southeastern Black Sea Region: Production, Ecology, and Institutions (1830s-1910s). (Brill's Studies in Maritime History 18) 350 pp. 2024:12 (Brill, NE) <735-270>
ISBN 978-90-04-71458-8 hard ¥30,602.- (税込) EUR 130.00

Economic historians have often examined the effects of the integration of the Ottoman Empire into the world markets with macro-level approaches. This book aims to scrutinize the effects of this transition to a capitalist economy through a micro-level approach instead, using micro-level data and microeconomics. It examines the structure of agricultural production and commerce by analyzing major crops and commercial institutions before assessing agrarian, commercial, and maritime changes at the micro-level. Utilizing recent developments in economic history, institutional economics, and ecological economics, it explores the causality behind these agrarian and commercial changes.

中東欧における統合された農民経済－比較的視点
Panjek, Aleksander (ed.), Integrated Peasant Economy in Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparative Approach. 280 pp. 2025:1 (Brepols, BE) <735-271>
ISBN 978-2-503-59004-2 paper ¥18,596.- (税込) EUR 79.00

Penati, Beatrice, Rural History of Soviet Central Asia: Land Reform and Agricultural Change in Early Soviet Uzbekistan. (Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 8: Uralic & Central Asian Studies 31) 650 pp. 2024:12 (Brill, NE) <735-272>
ISBN 978-90-04-69777-5 hard ¥39,782.- (税込) EUR 169.00

In the mid-1920s, Uzbekistan's countryside experienced a 'land reform', which aimed at solving rural poverty and satisfying radical fringes among peasants and Party, while sustaining agricultural output, especially for cotton. This book analyses the decision-making process underpinning the reform, its implementation, and economic and social effects. The reform must be understood against the background of the wreckage caused by war and revolution, and linked to subsequent policies of 'land organisation' and regime-sponsored 'class struggle'. Overall, this is the first comprehensive account of early Soviet policy in Central Asia's agricultural heartland, encompassing land rights, irrigation, credit, resettlement, and the co-operative system.

Phimister, Ian, Bulls, Bears, Boers and Brits: Finance and the Coming of War in Southern Africa, 1894-1899. (Afrika-Studiecentrum Series 44) 175 pp. 2025:2 (Brill, NE) <735-273>
ISBN 978-90-04-69078-3 paper ¥13,182.- (税込) EUR 56.00

In the 1890s financial speculation and market manipulation were prominent features of the Southern African gold mining industry. Extravagantly capitalised, starved of working capital, and poorly managed, many mines could not be made to pay. Investors suffered more at the hands of Randlords than they did than they did from those of the Boer Government in Pretoria. By failing to take any of this into serious consideration, accounts that focus on mining company complaints as the root cause of the Jameson Raid and the outbreak of war in 1899 are missing a key dimension of the past.

Poni, Carlo / Gruder, Vivian R. / Leech, P. et al. (eds.), Worlds of Work: Peasants and Artisans, Engineers and Theorists. (Library of Economic History 19) 466 pp. 2024:12 (Brill, NE) <735-274>
ISBN 978-90-04-29434-9 hard ¥37,664.- (税込) EUR 160.00

The essays in this volume take the readers into the complex world of work in early modern Europe. Carlo Poni explores this theme from multiple perspectives, examining work practices in agriculture, artisan production, and the silk industry. Extensive archival material, analyzed with theories derived from Economics, illuminates the social relations and conflicts that arose from different work practices in agriculture, artisan production and the silk industry. The author presents the ideas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century theorists: the Venetian engineer Vittorio Zonca on mechanics; the natural philosopher John Theophilus Desaguliers on bodily movements; and, with an incisive critique, Denis Diderot on workers and their practices in the Encyclopedie. Contributors are: Carlo Ginzburg, Alberto Guenzi, Steven L. Kaplan, Edmund Leites, and Roberto Scazzieri.

Richard, Jacques, Capitalism as Megamachine: A New Historical, Legal and Political Approach. (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy) 288 pp. 2025:1 (Routledge, UK) <735-275>
ISBN 978-1-03-288480-6 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

The concept of a 'megamachine' - a closed system operating to a pre-established utilitarian purpose which results in the machinization of humanity - has existed in various forms since at least the late 19th century.This book builds on previous attempts to define and analyse the machine and argues that modern industrial capitalism is at the heart of it. The first part of the book takes stock of previous attempts to explain the origin and nature of the Megamachine phenomenon, from Nietzsche to the twenty first century including Mumford, Latouche and Scheidler. The second part of the book proposes a new analysis of the nature of the Megamachine beginning with a historical, sociological and political exploration of the development of modern capitalism from the Middle Ages to the present day. It is shown that the modern world is under the yoke of accounting and corporate laws which ratify, on an international scale, the systematic protection of financial capital to the detriment of natural and human capitals: a megamachine of accountants and managers. Defeating the machine will require more than minor reforms such as carbon pricing and integrated reporting: it will be necessary to initiate a program of cooperation, education and economic policy reorientation on a global scale.This vital book on the crisis of capitalism, the concept of the megamachine and the future of global society will be of great interest to readers across the social sciences and humanities.

Sharma, Nabanita, Commerce, Political Economy and Ecology in Northeast India: Assam, c. 1826 -1905. 170 pp. 2025:1 (Routledge, UK) <735-276>
ISBN 978-1-03-244654-7 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

Historically, commerce has existed in Assam in different forms. In the late medieval and early modern times, Assam had trading connections with neighbouring areas of Bhutan, Tibet, Bengal, and Myanmar (Burma). This book studies the commercial activities in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in and around Assam. It looks at colonial Assam's economy, its traders, mercantile communities, riverine trade and transportation, bazaars, and examines the use of resources by the colonial regime. The book also studies the unique ecology of the region and the role it played in defining Assam's place in the global economy.Rich in archival resources, this book fills a major gap in the historiography of Northeast India and will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of Northeast India, colonial history, economic history, trade and commerce, cultural history, Indian history, South Asian history, and history in general.

M.カッソン他編　中世の統計－会計、記録、財務管理　1066～1525年
Casson, Mark / Lee, John S. (eds.), Medieval Statistics: Accounting, Record-Keeping and Financial Management, 1066-1525. (Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance) 523 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-368>
ISBN 978-3-031-69729-6 hard ¥47,076.- (税込) EUR 199.99

This book is the first to systematically examine the sources of medieval statistics. It will be useful as a handbook for researchers in financial and cultural history, as a history of financial record-keeping, and as a review of recent research into medieval finance and accounting based on statistical sources.Medieval statistics provide a unique window on the past. Medieval documents produced by royal governments, monastic and ecclesiastical institutions, urban boroughs and legal cases for debt recovery provide a mine of useful information on economic life and financial affairs. They show that medieval administration was far more numerate, and far more sophisticated than is usually recognized. This book provides a comprehensive review of the key sources, written by leading experts in the field. The strengths and weaknesses of each source are reviewed, using original documents for illustration, and discussing examples from the recent literature. The book is mainly concerned with English statistics, as they have survived particularly well in both state and private records, but which showcase the potential of digital technology in enabling systematic study of medieval primary sources where large databases can now be compiled from original manuscripts. This edited volume will be a valuable tool for those working in financial, cultural, and political history, as it seeks to analyse the various ways in which medieval life was documented numerically and the ways in which this information was used within existing power structures.

Costa, Matthew, Mother of Capital: How Rent Gave Birth to Modernity. 304 pp. 2025:8 (Pluto Pr., UK) <734-369>
ISBN 978-0-7453-5054-7 paper ¥7,119.- (税込) GB￡ 24.99

Rent, or unearned income, is a pervasive concept in contemporary economics. Economists of all stripes see today's global economy as riddled with harmful rents, but most deny these are intrinsic to capitalism, and insist they can be eliminated with the right policies. It begs the question, why is rent theory so critical of the present but so optimistic about the future? In Mother of Capital, Matthew Costa delves into the intellectual and social history of rent to solve this puzzle. Centring rent as the engine of capitalism's historical emergence in medieval Europe, he offers a groundbreaking, systematic history of rent and rent theory. The book also traces the history of resistance to rent from below, and unearths a neglected body of critical rent theory. Weaving complex strands of social and intellectual history into a vivid, lively, and original explanation of how the society we live in came to be, Costa makes a bold intervention into contemporary debates about the origins and future of capitalism, the nature of social change, and of history itself.

産業革命以前の信用のネットワーク
Dermineur, Elise M. / Pompermaier, Matteo (eds.), Credit Networks in The Preindustrial World: A Social Network Analysis Approach. (Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance) 494 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-370>
ISBN 978-3-031-67116-6 hard ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book examines the formation and sustainability of private credit networks in past societies, gathering a global range of case studies from Europe and the Americas. The book represents a fi rst attempt to coordinate the work of different scholars working on credit networks and aims to explore the possibilities offered by social network analysis for the study of past fi nancial markets and networks. Each contribution offers new perspectives for the comprehension of past fi nancial networks, with a broad chronological and geographical scope. The chapters are arranged thematically and study both rural and urban networks, each employing a network perspective to facilitate an increased understanding of the relational dynamics of preindustrial credit transactions. This book models the various ways that SNA can be utilized by economic and fi nancial historians, as well as discusses its limitations and ways in which it can be combined with qualitative archival research. The book is of interest to a broad audience of scholars in the fi elds of economic, fi nancial and social history.

スウェーデン経済史への新視点
Fellman, Susanna / Ottosson, Jan (eds.), New Perspectives on Swedish Economic History: Institutions, Infrastructure and Finance. 312 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-372>
ISBN 978-3-031-68041-0 hard ¥35,306.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book takes as its point of departure the strong Swedish economic-historical scholarly tradition that has combined rigorous macroeconomic analysis with a classical institutional approach when investigating Swedish economic development. One important scholar in this tradition is Professor Lena Andersson-Skog, who has in her scholarly work focused on, among other things, the role of infrastructure, regulation, entrepreneurship, and female labour. To honour Andersson-Skog's path-breaking work, this book consists of chapters written by her colleagues and former students in which they combine this tradition with new research into the themes of the role of infrastructure, institutional framework and regulation, entrepreneurship, and female labour. This is not an ordinary Festschrift, but rather a collection of essays of recent important research into Swedish economic history, with new data and insights.

インド経済史－ムガル朝から21世紀までの成長、所得、不平等
Gupta, Bishnupriya, An Economic History of India: Growth, Income and Inequalities from the Mughals to the 21st Century. (Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series) 240 pp. 2025:1 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <734-373>
ISBN 978-1-108-49162-4 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00
ISBN 978-1-108-79873-0 paper ¥7,689.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99

Hansen, Per H., There Will Be the Devil to Pay: Central Bankers, Uncertainty and Sensemaking in the European Financial Crisis of 1931. (Studies in Macroeconomic History) 500 pp. 2024:12 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <734-374>
ISBN 978-1-00-950531-4 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00

The European financial crisis of 1931 was a pivotal moment in the economic and financial history of the twentieth century. Based on extensive archival research and a cultural conceptual framework, There Will be the Devil To Pay offers a new and much needed understanding of the European financial crisis. It tells the dramatic story of the five months that led to the breakdown of the gold standard, writing the history of the crisis from the perspective of central bankers, private bankers, and government officials. It provides a new narrative of how those involved struggled to understand and respond to the crisis as it unfolded. Contributing to the emerging literature on radical uncertainty and narrative economics, this book provides a detailed analysis of how decision-makers confront uncertainty and shape narratives that create actionable knowledge and enable decision-making.

革命の時代のトランスアトランティックな金融
Hay, Mark Edward, Transatlantic Finance in the Age of Revolutions: Hope, Baring, and the Financing of the Sale and Purchase of Louisiana. 169 pp. 2024:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-375>
ISBN 978-3-031-65231-8 hard ¥9,412.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book explains how Amsterdam financiers played a much more important role in financing the Louisiana Cession than they are credited for. Drawing on hitherto overlooked Dutch archival sources, alongside American, French and British archival sources, this book shows that in 1803 the international financial order was not yet centered on London, but that the financing of the Louisiana Cession initiated a shift of this order from Dutch to British firms, which would become more apparent after the Napoleonic Wars. This book examines the strategies and operations of the two main banking houses, Hope & Co. of Amsterdam and Francis Baring & Co. of London, involved in financing the cession of this territory from France to the United States. This book advances the scholarship not just on the Louisiana Cession, but also on international finance, the financial "sinews" of state power, Great Power diplomacy, the Atlantic Revolutions, and the Napoleonic Wars. It will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in all of these fields, at the intersection of history, politics, and economics.

Long, Denggao / Chi, Xiang, The Institutions of Land Property Rights in China: Transformation and Development, 1560 - 1950. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 335 pp. 2024:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-376>
ISBN 978-981-9751-11-2 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book provides a comprehensive study of land property rights and transaction systems in late imperial China, specifically during the period of 1560 - 1950. The book introduces the work of two key scholars working in Chinese economic history and land property history, synthesizing existing research with important new findings.The book traces the evolving nature of Chinese land property rights over time, discussing changing influences and contexts. It discusses the traditional role of small individual family farms and how these differed from the manor economy of early modern Europe, leading to a substantial middle class of peasant farmers with relative economic and social stability, as well as how this has uniquely shaped Chinese economic development in the long run. Chapters explore the different ways that private, corporate and state/publicly owned land co-existed in China during this period, with an in-depth examination of the impact of dian (conditional sale)and huomai (revocable sale) customs on the protection of smallholders in the face of advancing agricultural, technological and political reforms. The book also discusses the diversity of types of land transactions including sales, rent deposits, tenancies, and mortgages and how these changed in different dynasties, as well as the economic and political implications of the globalizing 20th-century and growth of the free market for Chinese property. Combining a long run perspective with highly detailed analysis of Chinese property customs, this book will be a valuable resource for economic historians, researchers of agricultural history, and those interested in the history of China.

中村尚文著　1869～1914年のグローバル経済と日本の鉄道の発展
Nakamura, Naofumi, Trading Locomotives: The Global Economy and the Development of Japan's Railroads, 1869-1914. 2025:5 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <734-377>
ISBN 978-0-231-21845-0 hard ¥34,496.- (税込) US$ 160.00
ISBN 978-0-231-21846-7 paper ¥8,624.- (税込) US$ 40.00

Olsson, Ola, Paleoeconomics: Climate Change and Economic Development in Prehistory. 348 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-378>
ISBN 978-3-031-52783-8 paper ¥9,412.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This accessible and insightful textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the economics of prehistory. By presenting a chronological account of the beginnings of economics and human society, it charts the key developments in early human history, from the evolution of social norms and colonizing of unknown continents, to the development of early technology and the transition to agricultural food production. Particular attention is given to how human capital, the natural environment, social capital, and the spread of knowledge and technical skills propelled economic development during prehistory. The origin of modern concerns, including wealth inequality, stratified societies, and environmental change, are thoughtfully presented through the examining of the birth of the first states and human civilization. This book provides a thrilling account of human evolution and economic development from its African origins and hunter-gather days, through to the invention of agriculture and the rise of early states. Bringing together ideas from across economic history, the political economy, anthropology, and evolutionary biology, it will be relevant to students and general readers interested in these topics.

インドの経済開発の政治経済　紀元前5000～紀元後2024年　第2巻
Ramesh, Sangaralingam, The Political Economy of India's Economic Development. 5000BC to 2024AD. Volume II: The Gupta Empire to an Independent India and Beyond. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 345 pp. 2024:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-379>
ISBN 978-3-031-67003-9 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book, the second of two volumes, explores India's economic development from the Gupta Empire (400AD) through to modern day India. The specific characteristics of economic development in India are examined to help determine development paths India can pursue to create sustainable development in the 21st century. The transition from the primary section to the secondary sector, through the process of industrialisation and in turn the move towards the services sector, is discussed in relation to climate change, technological innovation, and the pressure on resources posed by population growth. This book aims to contextualise India's economic development within the political economy of trade, with a particular focus on institutions such as the IMF and the British East India Company. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in economic history, development economics, and the political economy.

イタリア経済史の再構成　1861～2021年－創造的破壊とイタリア社会
Rossi, Nicola, Reframing Italian Economic History, 1861-2021: Creative Destruction and the Italian Society. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 311 pp. 2024:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-380>
ISBN 978-3-031-67270-5 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book surveys the development of the Italian economy over the 150 years since unification, integrating economic analysis with an economic and social history of Italian society. The book challenges several key assumptions about the growth of the Italian economy, including the notion that Italy has 'caught up' with its main Western partners and arguing that in long-run perspective the Italian economy has performed disappointingly. In particular, the book highlights how the role of cultural values, beliefs and preferences are just as important as institutions and institutional change in explaining the trajectory of the economy, arguing that a widespread 'growth-averse' culture exists in Italian society that diverges from the dominant market paradigms of the Western world. Rather than treating the twenty years after WWII - the period of rapid growth known as Italy's 'economic miracle' years - as an indicator of Italy's success, the author analyses these years as an anomaly where capitalist processes like creative destruction and innovism were briefly permitted to flourish. The book draws out key questions, for example exploring why institutional reforms have not led to sustained rates of growth, and why other markers of quality of life have improved in Italy while economic performance has remained slow. This book will be a fascinating read for scholars of economics and economic history, as well as non-specialist readers looking for a comprehensive understanding of Italian socio-economic conditions since the country's unification.

家族経営の農場、土地改革、政治活動－もう一つの大戦間期ヨーロッパ経済史
Simpson, James, Family Farmers, Land Reforms and Political Action: An Alternative Economic History of Interwar Europe. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 269 pp. 2024:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-381>
ISBN 978-3-031-67280-4 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book examines how European farmers responded to the economic and political challenges created by the First World War and the Great Depression. The difficulties of interwar Europe have been frequently explored, but rarely from the perspective of the agricultural sector, where two-fifths of the population earned their livelihood, mostly as small, family farmers. The traditional literature argues that the landed elites conspired to undermine many of Europe's young democracies after the Great War. This book shows instead that by the early 1920s most had either sold their land or seen it confiscated following the widespread land reforms of Eastern Europe, leaving the family farm as the dominant unit of production. The book advances several theories that place the family farmer at the heart of change and explores why some proved to be enthusiastic supporters of liberal democracy, while others preferred political ideologies as diverse as social democracy in Scandinavia or fascism in Germany and Italy. It explores the nuanced and evolving links between family farms and government interests, showing how this relationship varied in different countries and contexts across Western and Central Europe. The book discusses the impact of family farms on agricultural market trends, the influence of collective action on government policies, and the increasing politicization of farmers and rural populations more broadly. The book also sheds light on how agrarian problems and their solutions differed in industrial, agrarian, and transforming societies in interwar Europe. This book will be an illuminating read for scholars of economic history, comparative history and European history interested in agriculture and rural communities.

田中光著　現代日本におけるマイクロクレジット－持続可能な開発のための代替的金融制度
Tanaka, Hikaru, Micro-Credit in Modern Japan: An Alternative Financial System for Sustainable Development. (Studies in Economic History) 346 pp. 2024:11 (Springer, GW) <734-195>
ISBN 978-981-9769-39-1 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99 *

Japanese society believes they enjoy socio-economic equality. While industrialization tends to make gap between rich and poor, most of Japanese are proud of themselves as being middle class in the first Asian industrialized country. In fact, post WW2 Japanese economic miracle made Japan rich and equalized. High personal saving ratio supported the economic development in those days as if it's a proof of Rostow's take-off model. Japanese saving rate had jumped high level around the beginning of 20th century, which was the time of their industrialization taking place. This book shows the savings was not only rich's accumulation of wealth but ordinary citizen's daily spares. The spare money helped whole nation's economic development, especially supported relatively small farmers and self-employed workers. The personal small savings became huge funds for the basis of modern Japanese micro-credit and emergency bailout loan. Postal Savings Bank and nationwide cooperatives played the role in managing. This financial network was independent from ordinary financial system composed of private banks and securities market, and complement its function. The personal small savings funds in Japanese economy saved its society from various type of calamity and supported economic equalization as alternative financial system which acted as Not-for-Profit enterprises.

国境を超える労働者の移動性－歴史的・現代的視点　第2版
Dowlah, Caf, Cross-Border Labor Mobility: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. 2nd ed. 116 pp. 2024:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-315>
ISBN 978-3-031-64256-2 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This revised and updated book provides unique insight into cross-border labor mobility, from the ancient forms of slavery to the present day. With a focus on the economic factors that underpin human mobility across the world, it charts the different forms of migration from African and Amerindian slaveries, to modern global migration and human trafficking. By highlighting the economic and political conditions that drive human mobility and anti-immigrant sentiments, a nuanced and detailed understanding of the drivers of forced and voluntary cross-border mobility are presented. This book presents a multidisciplinary understanding of the patterns and processes that define human mobility. It will be of interest to students, researchers, and policymakers working within labour economics and migration studies.

Acikgoez, Bernur (ed.), Black Swan: Economic Crises. Volume III. (Accounting, Finance, Sustainability, Governance & Fraud: Theory and Application) 216 pp. 2024:11 (Springer, GW) <734-182>
ISBN 978-981-9758-85-2 hard ¥40,014.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This book continues the discussion from Volume I and Volume II on economic, fiscal and financial crises in world history that have had a great impact on the entire world and the fiscal measures taken by governments to combat each crisis. Such events are often described as Black Swans, a concept introduced by economist and risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb in the book Fooled By Randomness in 2001, in reference to events that were thought to be impossible but had a huge impact when they did happen. Since the Great Depression of 1929, the greatest crisis of the 20th century, there has been a second crisis in the 21st century with similar profound effects. Liberalization of international capital movements and trade, the existence of multinational companies, the integration of international markets and financial movements and the country's economies are closely linked. In the 21st century we are living in, with the effect of globalization, we can see that the markets have gradually become a "Global Village"; therefore, an event that occurs in any continent is now affecting all countries, including Turkey, in a very short time. In this third volume, besides the important 21st century crises such as the "Global Financial Crisis" and the "European Debt Crisis" that caused the world economy to buckle under its pressures, the causes and results of the recent economic crises breaking out in Argentina, Turkey and Venezuela, where financial fragility is high and severe financial problems exist, are examined in detail.

Campopiano, Michele / Schenk, Gerrit Jasper (eds.), Conflicts over Water Management and Water Rights from the End of Antiquity to Industrialisation. (Vierteljahrschrift fuer Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Beihefte) 276 S. 2024:8 (F. Steiner, GW) <733-399>
ISBN 978-3-515-13724-9 hard ¥14,124.- (税込) EUR 60.00

Few natural resources can be more important than water. And this is precisely why few resources can be the subject of greater conflict than water itself. This volume, edited by two internationally renowned specialists on the topic of water management research, brings together eleven experts from all over the world to propose as many innovative studies as possible that fully understand the scope of this issue for historical research but also for environmental science. The contributors break with a tradition of Eurocentric research on these times by bringing together research that covers not only Western, Central and Southern Europe but also India, China and Sri Lanka. The thematic coherence together with the geographical but also chronological range (5th?18th centuries) make it an essential starting point for all future studies on the subject.

Chatziioannou, Maria Christina / Laiou, Sophia (eds.), Wealth Accumulation and Entrepreneurship in the Ottoman Empire, 18th to 20th Centuries. (Routledge Studies in Modern History) 286 pp. 2024:12 (Routledge, UK) <733-400>
ISBN 978-1-03-280664-8 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

This book provides a significant contribution to our understanding of the Ottoman Empire's economic history, particularly through its exploration of local entrepreneurship, which brings new perspectives to the economic dynamics of the region.This focus adds a valuable dimension to the broader narrative of Mediterranean social and economic developments from the 18th to the 20th century. By emphasizing the role of both Muslim and non-Muslim agents, the work challenges more Eurocentric narratives that have often influenced the historiography of economic activities in this region. The inclusion of Ottoman, Turkish, and Greek sources underlines the importance of accessing voices and records that have been underutilized in previous studies. The fact that this project is a result of Greek-Turkish academic cooperation is particularly noteworthy, as it promotes a more nuanced and comprehensive view toward shared histories in order to shed light on complex historical phenomena.This work will be of interest to scholars of Ottoman and Mediterranean History seeking to explore the nuances of economic and social change from within the Ottoman Empire. It will also appeal to a wider audience interested in the history of early entrepreneurial activities, and the complex interplay between cultural and economic dynamics in historical contexts.

Clay, Catherine B., A History of Beekeeping and the Honeybee in Contested Eastern European Landscapes: Empires of the Bee. 380 pp. 2024:11 (Lexington Books, US) <733-401>
ISBN 978-1-66693-062-7 hard ¥28,028.- (税込) US$ 130.00

A History of Beekeeping and the Honeybee in Contested Eastern European Landscapes: Empires of the Bee traces the material-cultural dynamics of the honeybee and beekeeping from prehistory to the present, through Kievan Rus, the Novgorod Republic, Muscovy, Imperial Russia the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. Interweaving environmental, social, economic, and cultural history, this book explores the meaning and experience of beekeeping in the longue duree, to its public history in Russian museums today. Although eclipsed by momentous events and developments in Russia's history, the humble honeybee is fundamental to the history and culture of this region.

Henderson, Julian / Morgan, Stephen L. / Salonia, M. (eds.), Reimagining the Silk Roads: Interactions and Perceptions Across Eurasia. 432 pp. 2024:12 (Routledge, UK) <733-402>
ISBN 978-1-03-239131-1 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

This book brings together scholars from many disciplines to shed light on the long history of the silk roads, to redefine it, and to demonstrate its vitality and importance.Reimagining the Silk Roads illuminates economic, spiritual, and political networks, bridging different chronologies and geographies. Richly illustrated, it explores fascinating topics, including archaeological discoveries, oceanic explorations, the movement, and impact of ideas, and the ways in which the silk roads, broadly defined, contributed to processes of globalization. Reconciling the study of land and sea routes, and paying attention to themes such as material culture, environment, trade, and the role of religious faiths, the authors offer complex yet accessible studies of the history of interactions and perceptions across Eurasia over the last 3,000 years. The editors critically respond to the recent politicisation of the silk roads and reflect on their polycentric character.The book challenges and revives silk roads studies, and it will be relevant not only to researchers in archaeology, history, heritage and related fields, but also to the general reader.

資本主義－歴史
Ingram, Robert G. / Vaughn, James M. (eds.), Capitalism: Histories. (People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History) 320 pp. 2025:1 (Boydell, UK) <733-403>
ISBN 978-1-83765-198-6 paper ¥7,689.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99

Charts the emergence and development of capitalism across the world from a variety of perspectives, providing a deep understanding of how capitalism came to be the dominant economic force. This book re-examines the historical emergence and evolution of capitalism. Why did a radically new way of organizing economic life emerge in regions of the early modern world? Why did it eventually encompass the globe, tying the peoples of the world together in a common economic fate? These questions have been at the heart of historical and social-scientific inquiry since the nineteenth century. They are explored and answered anew by the scholars gathered together in this geographically and theoretically capacious volume. The chapters explore the emergence and development of capitalism in Africa, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, South Asia, East Asia, North America, and the Atlantic world, and they engage with many of the major intellectual approaches for understanding capitalism, from the New Institutional Economics to world-systems theory. The authors share a common commitment, but not a common approach, to understanding the historical development of capitalism. They believe that the emergence and evolution of capitalism must be understood by examining the concrete conditions of socioeconomic life in a particular country, empire, or region, and that such empirically and archivally driven historical analysis must be combined with theoretical discussion of the concepts and categories used to make sense of capitalism and its dynamics. This work offers different accounts of capitalist development across and within major regions of the world. It is a histories of, rather than a history of, capitalism. As such, it introduces readers to new historical research on capitalist development in different regional and national contexts and to several significant intellectual approaches for understanding what Max Weber called "the most fateful force of our modern life." ROBERT G. INGRAM is Professor of Humanities at the University of Florida. JAMES M. VAUGHN is Assistant Instructional Professor in the Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago. Contributors: Gareth Austin, Ralph Austen, Peter Coclanis, Tracy Dennison, C. Alexander Evans, Emma Griffin, Robert G. Ingram, Anirban Karak, John Majewski, Mark Metzler, Kenneth Pomeranz, J. Mark Ramseyer, Tirthankar Roy and Horus T'an

Martinez, Julia T. / Lowrie, Claire / Benton, Gregor et al., Chinese Colonial Entanglements: Commodities and Traders in the Southern Asia Pacific, 1880-1950. (Asia Pacific Flows) 277 pp. 2024:7 (U. Hawai'i Pr., US) <733-404>
ISBN 978-0-8248-9760-4 hard ¥14,660.- (税込) US$ 68.00

Chinese Colonial Entanglements takes a new geographical approach to understanding the Chinese diaspora, shining a light on Chinese engagement in labor, trade, and industry in the British colonies of the southern Asia Pacific. Starting from the 1880s, a decade when British colonization was rapidly expanding and establishing new industries and townships, this volume covers the period up to 1950, including the 1930s when economic competition saw new racialized immigration restrictions, and the 1940s when Chinese traders found new opportunities. The editors, Julia T. Martinez, Claire Lowrie, and Gregor Benton, bring together nine historians of Chinese diaspora in an effort to break down the boundaries of traditional area studies. Collectively, the chapters offer fresh comparative and transnational perspectives on economic entanglements across a region bounded by the Malay archipelago, Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of the western Pacific. Histories of white settler colonies such as Australia have tended to view Chinese diasporic experiences through the lens of exclusionary politics and closed borders. This book challenges such interpretations, bringing to the fore Chinese economic endeavors that connected Australia with Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The volume begins with an introduction that makes the case for a regional approach to Chinese diaspora history. This is followed by chapters on colonial commodity production where Chinese traders and workers were central to the development of colonial banana, phosphate, and furniture industries. These industries reflect the diversity of Chinese roles, from small business owners to indentured workers for British colonial enterprise. The book then explores the economic activities of Chinese business elite from revenue farming to intercolonial trading and rural retail. It points to colonial restrictions on business development and explains how Chinese enterprises sought to overcome restrictions through relationships with colonial leaders and by mobilizing Chinese family and transnational business networks in case studies from British North Borneo, Australia, and Samoa. Relying on diverse sources, including archival correspondence, Chinese-language newspapers, personal letters and oral histories, the authors reveal the importance of social, familial, and political connections in shaping the relationships between the colonial authorities and Chinese workers and traders.

Saerkkae, Timo, Mining and Financial Imperialism: The Central African Copper Bonanza, c. 1890-1970. (Routledge Explorations in Economic History) 288 pp. 2025:1 (Routledge, UK) <733-406>
ISBN 978-1-03-216176-1 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

Mining finance houses were substantial public corporations with access to money markets in the City of London, the world's leading capital market for mining. These institutions became dominant at the inception of colonial rule and, in varying forms, remained so throughout the twentieth century.Drawing on a rich corpus of primary sources, this book analyses the Western colonial origins of the mining industry and its post-colonial legacies in the Central African Copperbelt. It provides insights into the operations of the global business of mining: in particular, how these processes took place, why they were considered desirable by various interest groups, and the impact that these processes continue to have on physical and human environments in parts of the world where they took place. It also turns its gaze to the City of London looking at who the financiers were and the nature of the power which they wielded. A long-term perspective on mining finance reveals that thus far the colonial governments have been the main focus in the history of imperialism in Central Africa, with little focus in many instances on the mining finance houses which have outlived them.The book is a significant contribution to the economic, financial and business history of mining and extractive industries, Central Africa, the City of London and early forms of financial capitalism.

Schmelzer, Matthias, Freedom for Capital, Not People: The Mont Pelerin Society and the Origins of the Neoliberal Monetary Order. Tr. by J. Rahtz. 240 pp. 2025:6 (Verso, UK) <733-407>
ISBN 978-1-80429-374-4 paper ¥5,694.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99

Both a rigorous intellectual history of neoliberalism and an innovative account of the economic transformations that shook the post-war period, Freedom for Capital Not People charts the theoretical developments responsible for reshaping today's world economy, unleashing capital against democracy. Based on new archival sources, it shows a neoliberal camp marked by ideological divisions as well as consensus, as the Mont Pelerin Society charted its course from fervent support for the gold standard to an embrace of free-floating exchange rates. The resulting debates were not merely of academic interest. By the turn of the 1970s, this controversy found expression at the highest levels of international monetary policy, with world-historical consequences. This is the definitive account of the interests, priorities, and political imperatives driving the intellectual figures whose influence has dominated the past half-century of global capitalism. The excavation of their recent past illuminates and politicizes contemporary debates on currency.

英国大西洋世界における知識、情報、経営教育　1620～1760年
Talbott, Siobhan, Knowledge, Information, and Business Education in the British Atlantic World, 1620-1760. 304 pp. 2025:5 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <733-409>
ISBN 978-0-19-892679-5 hard ¥28,205.- (税込) GB￡ 99.00

Accurate information is essential to successful business activity. The early modern period saw an increase in printed commercial information, including newspapers, printed exchange rates, and educational texts--part of the 'print revolution' that permeated all aspects of the early modern world. Rather than relying on externally-produced printed works, commercial agents retained agency in creating and sharing their own business and educational information, which was shared in other forms and prioritised and valued over printed material. This book explores the ways that merchants and other commercial agents learned about business in the early modern British Atlantic World. It considers how they acquired, dispersed, stored, and used information, as well as considering their contribution to creating and shaping that information. Prioritising a wide range of manuscript material held in disparate collections, including merchants' correspondence, letter-books, notebooks, family papers, exercise books, and ships' logs, Talbott explores the ways that knowledge, information, and business education was created, circulated, and used in the early modern British Atlantic World. It offers a new perspective on the exchange of business information in a period dominated by discussions of print, prioritising manuscript and oral forms of exchange. In doing so, it presents a more holistic account of the ways that networks of knowledge operated in early modern business, centralising the creation, circulation, and use of business information specifically by those individuals most involved in--and most affected by--its production.

Oezyasar, Yonca Koeksal / Nacar, Can, Anatolian Livestock Trade in the Late Ottoman Empire. (LUP Middle East Environmental Histories) 220 pp 2024:9 (Leiden U. Pr., NE) <733-411>
ISBN 978-90-8728-435-0 hard ¥27,350.- (税込) GB￡ 96.00 *

Busygina, Irina, How Geography and Institutions Shaped the Development of Nations: Across Countries and Continents. (Routledge Studies in Human Geography) 272 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <733-249>
ISBN 978-1-03-280408-8 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

This book provides a concise and informative introduction to how geography and institutions shaped the development of nations, showing that while the role of institutions for the development of nations is indisputable, the role of geographic factors remains underexplored and underestimated.Drawing on rich empirical material from the history and modernity of different continents and nations, How Geography and Institutions Shaped the Development of Nations: Across Countries and Continents seeks to show not only the importance of geographical explanations of development, but also their extraordinary diversity. This book is divided into two parts: the first examines the main contributions to the understanding of development under the influence of geographic and institutional factors, as well as state's geographic attributes and borders as geographic institutions. The second part immerses the reader in empirical material, presenting various cases on different continents in different historical periods.An essential read for researchers in a broad range of areas including international organizations and practitioners involved accelerating national development. This book will also be of interest to scholars and students in development studies, and more broadly to geography, comparative politics, and regional studies.

農業とILO　1920～50年代
Ribi Forclaz, Amalia, Cultivating Fields of Progress: Agriculture and the International Labour Organization, 1920s-1950s. 224 pp. 2025:3 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <733-321>
ISBN 978-0-19-284989-2 hard ¥23,931.- (税込) GB￡ 84.00

After the First World War, the improvement of working and living conditions in agriculture became an international issue for the first time. Led by the International Labour Organization and related organizations, as well as overlapping expert networks, agrarian interest groups, trade unionists, and farmer representatives, the immediate interwar and post-war years were a fertile time for international debates, knowledge production, and policy-making. Cultivating Fields of Progress traces the thematic, temporal, and geographical scope of these debates for the first time, from the plight of landless farmworkers in Europe in the early 1920s to the conditions of plantation workers in the 1950s. By using the archives of international organizations, the book considers how and to what ends questions of rural poverty and problematic labour conditions both in Europe and overseas made their way to the world stage, against a backdrop of broader discourses on social progress, decolonizaton, and economic development. Bringing the tools of social history to the study of economic and political history allows for a better understanding of the international development and circulation of ideas and theories of agriculture, as well as broader insights into the nature of power, policy, and knowledge production across a period of global change.

Yenilmez, Meltem Ince / Oezdemir, Caglar (eds.), Labor Market Dynamics in Turkey during the Last 100 Years. 304 pp. 2024:11 (Lexington Books, US) <733-336>
ISBN 978-1-66695-617-7 hard ¥25,872.- (税込) US$ 120.00

Labor Market Dynamics in Turkey during the Last 100 Years provides a thorough examination of the complex interactions that exist between social changes, economic policies, and the changing labor market environment in Turkey. This book draws on a wealth of historical and modern data to explore important topics including youth employment, unionization, migration, gender inequality, and the effects of economic crises. It also examines government interventions, employment package efficacy, and the complex ramifications of labor market changes, with an emphasis on the post-2008 period.

L.R.Sullivan他著　中国における金融制度歴史事典
Sullivan, Lawrence R. / Liu-Sullivan, Nancy Y., Historical Dictionary of the Financial System in China. (Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East) 432 pp. 2024:11 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <733-13>
ISBN 979-88-8180-180-9 hard ¥43,120.- (税込) US$ 200.00 *

Lanfranchi, Anna, Translations and Copyright in the Italian Book Trade: Publishers, Agents, and the State (1900-1947). (New Directions in Book History) 279 pp. 2024:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-5>
ISBN 978-3-031-64911-0 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

The 19th-century copyright revolution gave authors and translators powerful tools over the use of their works. It encouraged publishers to form networks that connected them to writers, translators, authors' societies, and literary agents worldwide. This book argues that the development of international frameworks for the protection of literary property represented a watershed in the transnational circulation of texts in translation. Through the lens of the post-Unification Italian translation market of British and US authors (1900-1947), it combines a copyright historical approach to book history with a systematic survey of British and Italian archives. It positions the Italian publishing industry within the broader European and transatlantic copyright market to explore the cultural, social, and political value of translation rights, offering a new interpretative key to the transnational nature of the modern book trade.

大戦間期欧州における社会的に周辺化された人々のケア　1919～39年
Mioni, Michele / Petrungaro, Stefano (eds.), Caring for the Socially Marginalised in Interwar Europe, 1919-1939: The Mixed Economy of Welfare. (New Directions in Welfare History) 288 pp. 2024:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-239>
ISBN 978-3-031-53344-0 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book investigates the mixed economy of welfare that assisted socially marginalised people in interwar Europe, namely the state, local authorities, and a combination of voluntary and informal actors. While literature has traditionally emphasised the key role of the state, the cooperation between public authorities and private actors has always been a staple of social policy in Europe throughout history. The interwar years prominently featured these entanglements between the increased public sphere of action and the voluntary sector. Focusing on three thematic areas: warfare and its effects; boundaries of aid and institutional segregation; and gender and religion, the authors present case studies from various European countries between 1919 and 1939. All contributions explore the variegated world that composed the so-called mixed economy of welfare. By shifting the emphasis to the collaborations and frictions between social marginals, non-state actors, and public authorities on a local, national, and transnational level, the book challenges too simplistic distinctions between public and private initiatives and reveals the cultural, political, and practical common traits that featured in European care for marginals across a variety of geographical variations and socio-political contexts.

冷戦期欧州における経済的ナショナリズムの多様性－経済変動への小国の反応　1960～80年代
Brisku, Adrian / Stoecker, L. F. / Gumiela, M. (eds.), Varieties of Economic Nationalism in Cold War Europe: Small State Responses to Economic Changes, 1960s-1980s. 280 pp. 2024:11 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <732-259>
ISBN 978-1-350-42864-5 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Investigating the trajectories of economic nationalisms in Cold War Europe, this open access book explores the scope and limits of small (nation-)state actors pursuing and defending national economic interests in a globalizing world. In so doing, it contributes a new perspective in the economic history, political economy and nationalism literatures on post-war Europe. With this remit underscoring the inherent vulnerabilities of smaller national economies and their strategies of economic survival beyond the constraints of Cold War alignments, Varieties of Economic Nationalism in Cold War Europe reconstructs national economic discourses and policy objectives of smaller states and sub-states on both sides of the Iron Curtain from the mid-1960s through the late 1980s. Examining the impact of economic turning points such as the simultaneous crises of Western Keynesianism and Eastern Marxism-Leninism, the oil and financial shocks of the mid-1970s or the interplay of economic liberalization and decolonization on small state economic policy-making and diplomacy, eight empirical case studies are here brought together to illustrate the variety of Cold War-era economic nationalisms and their oscillation between protectionism and free market approaches. Far from being powerless and subjected to the geo-economic binaries of the early Cold War, small states in East and West were, as the contributions demonstrate, very capable of turning smallness into a strategic asset and expanding their room for manoeuvre in a quickly shifting global economy. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Austrian Science Fund.

Collantes, Fernando, Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change: The Political Economy of Dairy Consumption since 1950. (Food in Modern History: Traditions and Innovations) 256 pp. 2024:12 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <732-260>
ISBN 978-1-350-40154-9 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

In barely three generations the Spanish diet has changed beyond recognition. The traditional concerns around nutritional health and scarcity have been mostly left behind, but they have given way to new problems linked to excess. In this book Fernando Collantes shows how the dairy industry has been central to this societal shift. From widespread calcium deficiency in the 1950s to the more recent, and controversial, turn to highly processed foods, it provides a recent history of diet change in Spain. Probing the reasons behind why this shift has occurred, and how, it shows that when it comes to food society, politics, economics and the law are intrinsically linked. Taking the reader beyond the world of food, Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change combines qualitative and quantitative methods to position diet change within the broader debate on consumer society and 'the good life'. Contrasting two models of food consumption, it shows that unless public policy takes the challenge of affluence seriously, the food system can become an obstacle to a better society.

Morales, Daniel, Between Here and There: Creating the Political Economy of Mexican Migration, 1900-1942. 368 pp. 2024:10 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <732-263>
ISBN 978-0-19-761259-0 hard ¥21,344.- (税込) US$ 99.00
ISBN 978-0-19-761260-6 paper ¥6,468.- (税込) US$ 30.00

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro, A Millennial View of Spain's Development: Essays in Economic History. (Frontiers in Economic History) 375 pp. 2024:8 (Springer, GW) <732-265>
ISBN 978-3-031-60791-2 hard ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book presents the evolution of the Spanish economy over the past seven centuries since the end of the Reconquest and examines how much economic progress has Spain achieved, as well as its impact on living standards and income distribution over the very long run. It shows that preindustrial Spain was far from stagnant, although levels of output per head in the early nineteenth century were not much different from those on the eve of the Black Death (1348). It further discusses how phases of simultaneous per capita output and population expansion and shrinkage alternated, lending support to the recurring growth and frontier economy hypotheses. While a collapse in the 1570s gave way to sluggish growth and higher inequality after a long phase of sustained growth and lower inequality, the book shows how real per capita income has improved substantially over the last two centuries, driven by increased labor productivity, and derived from more intense andefficient use of physical and human capital per worker. Presenting exposure to international competition as a stimulus for this development, the book sheds light on the underperformance of Spain up to 1950 in a European comparison and describes the catch-up of Spain's economy with more advanced countries until 2007. Finally, the book explains how modern economic growth is associated with an increase in the material well-being of its inhabitants, as the most dynamic economic phases of the last century have been associated with an improvement in income distribution, although the relationship between growth and inequality has not been linear. This book is a must-read for students, researchers, and scholars of economics and economic history interested in a better understanding of cliometrics, long-run analyses, economic development, economic growth, as well as the Spanish economy.

グローバル経済史　第2版
Roy, Tirthankar / Riello, Giorgio (eds.), Global Economic History. 2nd ed. 504 pp. 2024:10 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <732-267>
ISBN 978-1-350-29007-5 hard ¥22,792.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *
ISBN 978-1-350-29008-2 paper ¥7,689.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99 *

Guiding the reader through the many guises of global economic history, this book uncovers its key issues, debates and subjects. With contributions from leading scholars around the world, it delves into the economic histories of Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas from the 16th to the 20th centuries. From the environment to The Great Divergence, finance, consumption, trade, industrialisation, commodities and labour regimes, it demonstrates the global nature of economic history, and highlights how indispensable it is and has been. Updated throughout, this new edition boasts an expanded introduction and four new chapters on capitalism and political economy, European empires and colonialism, North Africa and the Middle East, and the North American Economy. A comprehensive introduction to global economic history, this textbook provides students with a confident grasp of the field, its key debates and essential issues.

グローバルな視点におけるタバコ　1780～1960年
van Wickeren, Alexander / Stubbs, Jean et al. (eds.), Tobacco in Global Perspective, 1780-1960: Trade, Knowledge, and Labour. (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies) 391 pp. 2024:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-268>
ISBN 978-3-031-64410-8 hard ¥32,952.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This edited collection provides an in-depth analysis of the imperial, colonial, and postcolonial history of tobacco from 1780 to 1960, which was one of the major periods of change in the global tobacco economy. It brings together case-studies from known and lesser-known tobacco regions of the world to interrogate tobacco's 'second globalisation', a concept little employed by historians thus far, but one which encapsulates tobacco's central role in Europe's imperial expansion beyond the Atlantic and the social, political, and cultural transformations of global capitalism taking place during the period. The collection fills a gap in the study of commodities of empire, which has examined tobacco primarily for the early modern Atlantic world, or for single empires during the later period. It invites comparison across borders, encompassing political, economic, and sociocultural history, and, with a particular emphasis on trade, knowledge, and labour, juxtaposes micro-histories with a macro-historical perspective. Together, the studies in the volume testify to the importance of tobacco in new places and among new players, challenging the confines of national and imperial historiographical frameworks. They demonstrate the rising dominance of new powerful forces, including transnational corporations, but also a wide range of actors in conflict and negotiation within territorial and imperial confines. By systematically taking into account the agency in Europe's apparent peripheries and the Global South, they critique a simple assumption of the dominance of the West.

イタリアの職場における女性　1750～1950年－その経済思想・活動
Mosca, Manuela (ed.), Women at Work in Italy (1750-1950): Their Economic Thought and Actions. (Springer Studies in the History of Economic Thought) 309 pp. 2024:10 (Springer, GW) <732-147>
ISBN 978-3-031-64280-7 hard ¥40,014.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This book reconstructs the economic thought of Italian women who produced written sources, and of those whose "only" legacy was their actions. The conceptual tools of economic history and the history of economic thought alike are used to reveal the economic ideas of women overlooked by historiography in four fields, namely as entrepreneurs, workers, educators, and politicians. As for the entrepreneurs, the book examines the businesswoman Isabella De Mari Doria (eighteenth century) and other figures active in both the industrialized and the informal sectors in the nineteenth century. The important issues of female employment and wage discrimination based on gender are analyzed, taking into account the debates of the period. In turn, the role of women in economic education in the first half of the twentieth century is reconstructed through the figure of Aurelia Josz, an educational entrepreneur who trained female agricultural entrepreneurs, managers, and teachers, and by exploring the presence of women at universities, both as students of economics and as educators and researchers. Lastly, the book takes a closer look at women involved in politics who dealt with economic issues: the socialist Anna Kuliscioff, the fascist Margherita Grassini Sarfatti, and the 21 women who took part in the Italian Constituent Assembly in June 1946. Given its scope, the book appeals to scholars and students of the history of economic thought, economic history, and women's studies.

欧州のモデリング－欧州委員会での多国家モデルの歴史　1970～2005年
Rancan, Antonella / Sergi, Francesco, Modelling Europe: A History of Multi-Country Models at the European Commission (1970-2005). 147 pp. 2024:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-149>
ISBN 978-3-031-63090-3 hard ¥9,412.- (税込) EUR 39.99

What was the role of economists and economics in the making of the European Union? This book sheds light on the activities of a particular type of economic experts: the macroeconomic modellers of the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG II), who built multi-country macroeconomic models of the European Economic Community. These models aim at studying the macroeconomic interactions between national economies and at providing insights about the effects of coordinating (or not) national economic policies. The book documents the origins, challenges, and progress made by DG II's experts through building these models. This book provides insight into the influence of multi-country models on modern economics. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought and the development of macroeconomic policy.

Berry, Albert, The Great Curse: Land Concentration in History and in Development. 480 pp. 2024:12 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <732-171>
ISBN 978-0-19-778267-5 hard ¥28,459.- (税込) US$ 132.00