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

Garcia-Ruiz, Jose L. / Vasta, Michelangelo (eds.), Bank-Industry versus Stock Market-Industry Relationships. 130 pp. 2023:3 (Routledge, UK) <689-106>
ISBN 978-1-03-243742-2 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

This book focuses on a variety of themes concerning the relationship between financial systems in a broader sense and firms' growth in historical perspective in some European countries. Financial systems are nowadays largely acknowledged to be a crucial element in determining economic growth. In modern economies, they play a key role by mobilizing savings, pricing risks and allocating capital to firms. Following a consolidated taxonomy focusing on the historical perspective, countries have been conventionally divided into bank-oriented (Continental Europe countries and Japan) and market-oriented systems (Anglo-Saxon countries).The chapters in this book present case studies on Belgium, Great Britain, France and Italy and show that financial systems do not trigger growth processes and industrialization, but they are essential to sustain them over time. Each society has the financial system that fits with its historical trajectory, without any being better or worse than others. The important thing is to have a financial system that is sophisticated and stable, and that evolves according to the demand forces of the moment. History matters.Bank-Industry versus Stock Market-Industry Relationships will be a beneficial read for students interested in economics and business history. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Business History.

東アジアにおけるビール－政治経済
Chambers, Paul / Nuangjamnong, Nithi (eds.), Beer in East Asia: A Political Economy. (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia 179) 264 pp. 2023 (Routledge, UK) <689-135>
ISBN 978-1-03-225327-5 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

Chambers, Nuangjamnong, and their contributors look at how the development of the beer industry in East Asia presents a unique opportunity for understanding the region's political economy.Asia is both the world's largest beer-consuming and beer-producing region, and the fastest growing beer market. Per-capita consumption is lower than Europe, but catching up fast. Beer consumption is also widely understood to correlate closely with economic growth and urbanization, much more so than other alcoholic beverages like spirits. With ten country case studies from both Northeast and Southeast Asia, the contributors to this volume look at the history of beer production and consumption across East Asia through a lens of historical institutionalism and political economy. In doing so they not only examine the development of the beer industry in the region but also what it tells us about the countries themselves. They ask questions such as: To what extent have state versus societal actors influenced the path of beer production? How has beer production changed? Was there a critical juncture at which beer production abruptly changed course?A valuable resource for students and scholars of modern East Asian History, and particularly those with a focus on colonial history, industrial history, and state-society relations.

ナショナル・ブランドとグローバルな市場－歴史的視点
Glover, Nikolas / Higgins, David M. (eds.), National Brands and Global Markets: An Historical Perspective. (Perspectives in Economic and Social History) 344 pp. 2023:3 (Routledge, UK) <689-137>
ISBN 978-0-367-75497-6 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

Between Brexit, efforts to 'Make America great again', and ongoing appeals for patriotic consumption to boost economies, the intersection between national identity, marketing campaigns, and consumer choices has been brought to the fore. This book maps out this terrain and provides a framework for how research on 'Made in' campaigns and programmes in individual countries can be placed into a broader historical context. The book argues that the history of 'Made in' can be used to shed light on society at large: the actors that have promoted it, the institutions that have regulated it, and the cultural environments that have attributed it meaning. At times 'Made in' has been a basic, descriptive trade mark, while, in other periods, it has been a key component of carefully developed commercial brands, and in yet other instances it has been used in attempts to forge and redefine national identities. The book opens with an introduction to the three key factors which have featured prominently in 'Made in' campaigns - commercial logic, national economic policy, and its use as an instrument in political discourse, and it provides an overview of the evolution of 'Made in' from a marketing perspective. This is followed by country-specific discussions of 'Made in' with case studies including countries in Western Europe, the US, Japan, and the antipodes.This book will be of significant interest to students and scholars of economic history, business history, and marketing.Chapter 7 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.