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

Magnusson, Danielle / Cleaver, Laura, The Trade in Rare Books and Manuscripts between Britain and America c. 1890-1929. (Elements in Publishing and Book Culture) 75 pp. 2022:9 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <686-7>
ISBN 978-1-00-906905-2 paper ¥3,599.- (税込) GB￡ 12.49 *

This Element examines the trade in rare books and manuscripts between Britain and America during a period known as the 'Golden Age' of collecting. Through analysis of contemporary press reports, personal correspondence, trade publications and sales records, this study contrasts American and British perspectives as rare books passed through the commercial market. The aim is to compare the rhetoric and reality of the book trade in order to assess its impact on emerging cultural institutions, contemporary scholarship and shifting notions of national identity. By analysing how markets emerged, dealers functioned and buyers navigated the market, this Element interrogates accepted narratives about the ways in which major rare book and manuscript collections were formed and how they were valued by contemporaries.

Slok-Madsen, Stefan Kirkegaard, Danish Capitalism in the 20th Century: A Business History of an Innovistic Mixed Economy. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 186 pp. 2022:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <686-417>
ISBN 978-3-031-04266-9 hard ¥26,737.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book outlines the origins of Danish Capitalism and prosperity, from a poor and devastated minor state in the 19th century to a consolidated universal mixed economy welfare state at the end of the 20th century. The book argues that firm-based innovation drove Danish prosperity and redistributive capacity. It is a comprehensive but manageable examination of the institutions and choices that shaped a highly innovative and wealthy nation. The book relies on history and economic theory, presents commonly accepted narratives and theories, and contributes new explanations. Therefore, the book also traces both antecedents and the current state of 20th-century capitalism in Denmark and particular outcomes and critical institutions such as firm age, the labor market, and pension schemes. The book will be of interest to academics in business history and economic policy, as well as policymakers and all those interested in mixed economy studies.

Cachero, Montserrat / Maillard-Alvarez, Natalia (eds.), Book Markets in Mediterranean Europe and Latin America: Institutions and Strategies (15th-19th Centuries). (New Directions in Book History) 296 pp. 2022:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <686-5>
ISBN 978-3-031-13267-4 hard ¥36,461.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book depicts the Early Modern book markets in Europe and colonial Latin America. The nature of book production and distribution in this period resulted in the development of a truly international market. The integration of the book market was facilitated by networks of printers and booksellers, who were responsible for the connection of distant places, as well as local producers and merchants. At the same time, due to the particular nature of books, political and religious institutions intervened in book markets. Printers and booksellers lived in a politically fragmented world where religious boundaries often shifted. This book explores both the development of commercial networks as well as how the changing institutional settings shaped relationships in the book market.

Masini, Fabio, European Economic Governance: Theories, Historical Evolution, and Reform Proposals. 162 pp. 2022:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <686-326>
ISBN 978-3-031-13093-9 hard ¥10,936.- (税込) EUR 44.99

This book examines the economic theories and policies that underline the governance of the European Union. Through exploring the history of European economic governance and how this framework has evolved over time, it contextualises theoretical influences, policy debates surrounding the European Union and its instruments of governance, including the European Semester, Six Pack, Two Pack, and Fiscal Compact. Forthcoming reforms to fiscal rules and the economic policy architecture of the European Union are also discussed, with a particular focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This book aims to give readers a broad understanding of the framework and dynamics that define European economic governance. It will be relevant to researchers and policymakers interested in the European political economy.

Skambraks, Tanja, Karitativer Kredit: Die Monti di Pieta, franziskanische Wirtschaftsethik und staedtische Sozialpolitik in Italien (15. und 16. Jahrhundert). (Vierteljahrschrift fuer Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Beihefte 259) 368 S. 2023:1 (F. Steiner, GW) <686-370>
ISBN 978-3-515-13375-3 hard ¥17,017.- (税込) EUR 70.00

Acikgoez, Bernur (ed.), Black Swan: Economic Crises. Volume I. (Accounting, Finance, Sustainability, Governance & Fraud: Theory and Application) 96 pp. 2022:10 (Springer, GW) <686-407>
ISBN 978-981-19-5251-7 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book presents to the reader the 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 since the 1600s in chronological order. 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.The first part of the book discusses the crisis models in order to allow the reader to better understand the financial, fiscal and economic crises that are detailed in the following chapters. Each chapter starts with an overview of the crisis in question followed by an analysis of the impact on the affected countries. They go on to highlight the causes of the crisis in question, the fiscal and financial measures employed to recover from it and ends on a description of the post-crisis period.Given the profusion of black swan events that the 21st century has already witnessed, this book would be a valuable read for academics and students of economics as well as practitioners and policy makers.

Bensimon, Fabrice, Artisans Abroad: British Migrant Workers in Industrialising Europe, 1815-1870. 288 pp. 2023:2 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <686-408>
ISBN 978-0-19-883584-4 hard ¥23,920.- (税込) GB￡ 83.00 *

Between 1815 and 1870, when European industrialisation was in its infancy and Britain enjoyed a technological lead, thousands of British workers emigrated to the continent. They played a key role in several sectors, like textiles, iron, mechanics, and the railways. These men and women thereby contributed significantly to the industrial take-off in continental Europe. Artisans Abroad examines the lives and trajectories of these workers who emigrated from manufacturing centres in Britain to France, Belgium, Germany, and other countries, considering their mobilities, their culture, their politics, and their relations with the local populations. Fabrice Bensimon reminds us that the British economy was not just oriented towards the Empire and the USA, but also towards the continent, long before the European Union and Brexit, and shows the critical role played by migrant workers in the Industrial Revolution. Artisans Abroad is the first social and cultural history of this forgotten migration.

Bock, Nils, Geld und Herrschaft um 1300: Finanzielle Verflechtungen zwischen Frankreich, der Kurie und Florenz. (Vierteljahrschrift fuer Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Beihefte 257) 400 S. 2022:11 (F. Steiner, GW) <686-409>
ISBN 978-3-515-13372-2 hard ¥17,989.- (税込) EUR 74.00 *

Das Thema Geld draengt sich angesichts wiederkehrender Finanzkrisen und der Verschuldungsfrage beharrlich in den Vordergrund. Die Studie folgt den vielfaeltigen und nicht erkennbaren Wegen des Geldes, deckt die Verbindungen zwischen Paris, Rom und Florenz um 1300 auf und untersucht deren Krisenanfaelligkeit. Aus drei verschiedenen Perspektiven ? Koenigshof, Kurie, Florentiner Bankiers ? wird gezeigt, wie die drei Gruppen miteinander interagierten und das Geld konstruierten, das sie nutzten. Die Bankiers profitierten von den Geldgeschaeften zwischen den Hoefen und konnten eine vermeintlich dominante Position aufbauen, doch konnten Fehlinvestitionen, Konkurrenz, hoefische Parteiungen und Kriege ein derartiges Kreditunternehmen ruinieren. Schon 30 Jahre spaeter war das aufgebaute Finanzsystem fuer die Beteiligten nicht mehr ertragreich und musste reformiert werden. Die kurze Zeitspanne dieses Prozesses wirft Licht auf die scheinbare Schnelllebigkeit von Finanzsystemen und ihre anhaltende Gueltigkeit.

欧州のコンテクストにおけるポルトガル－中世後期・近世西洋における課税と財政政策　1100～1700年－
da Costa Dominguez, Rodrigo / Aguiar Andrade, Amelia (eds.), Portugal in a European Context: Essays on Taxation and Fiscal Policies in Late Medieval and Early Modern Western Europe, 1100-1700. (Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance) 269 pp. 2022:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <686-411>
ISBN 978-3-031-06226-1 hard ¥41,323.- (税込) EUR 169.99 *

Although Portugal was one of the first European states with stable borders, the process of the making of a Portuguese fiscal state still remains to be studied in detail. This volume brings together studies on the development of the Portuguese fiscal state within a comparative perspective in relation to other kingdoms across Europe, such as Castile and Aragon, England, Tuscany, the Papal States, Holland and France, in order to bring Portugal into the broader and comparative international debate about the development of the fiscal state.As a very distinctive case, Portugal remains understudied and underrepresented in the broader literature on the development of fiscal states. There are relatively few studies on the building of a fiscal state in Portugal that are accessible to an international audience. This book will make a fundamental contribution to this field, which is still full of untapped potential. It will combine the latest theory and comparative context with a detailed reconstruction of Portuguese state finance, taking a longer chronological frame that follows its development from the medieval through to the early modern period. It will also make the latest research from Portuguese scholars available to a wider, international audience, and will be of particular interest to researchers and students of financial and economic history. ?

欧州統合とグローバルな金融危機－マーストリヒト条約の時代を回顧する　1980～90年代
Di Donato, Michele / Pons, Silvio (eds.), European Integration and the Global Financial Crisis: Looking Back on the Maastricht Years, 1980s-1990s. (Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World) 273 pp. 2022:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <686-412>
ISBN 978-3-031-06796-9 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99 *

Offering a fresh take on a crucial phase of European history, this book explores the years between the 1980s and 1990s when the European Union took shape. Whilst contributing to existing literature on the Maastricht Treaty and European integration at the end of the twentieth century, the book also brings those debates into the twenty-first century and makes connections with longer-term issues. The transformation of the European political climate in the wake of the global financial crisis in 2008, and the watershed Brexit vote in 2016, has made it all the more urgent to reconsider the way scholars and opinion-makers have looked at European integration in the past. Drawing from recently released archival documents, the authors analyse European cooperation as part of the broader international history in which it unfolded, taking into account the changes in the Cold War order and the advance of a new phase of globalisation. Comparing and contrasting the debates, objectives and achievementsof the 1980s and 1990s with the current political landscape of the European Union, this book proposes a novel interpretation of the choices that were made during the Maastricht years, and of their longer-term consequences.

Duminy, James, Food and Famine in Colonial Kenya. (African Histories and Modernities) 240 pp. 2022:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <686-413>
ISBN 978-3-031-10963-8 hard ¥24,306.- (税込) EUR 99.99 *

This book offers a genealogical critique of how food scarcity was governed in colonial Kenya. With an approach informed by the 'analysis of government', the study accounts for the emergence and persistence of dominant approaches to promoting food security in Kenya and elsewhere in Africa - policies and practices that prioritize increased agricultural production as the principal means of achieving food security. Drawing on a range of archival sources, the book investigates how those tasked with governing colonial Kenya confronted food as a particular kind of problem. It emphasizes the ways in which that problem shifted in conjunction with the emergence and consolidation of the colonial state and economic relations in the territory. The book applies a novel conceptual approach to the historical study of African food systems and famine, and provides the first longitudinal and in-depth analysis of the dynamics of food scarcity and its government in Kenya.