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

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

インフォーマル部門、移民、構造的変容の始まり－近年のインド経済史からの実証
Bhattacharya, Prabir, Informal Sector, Migration, and the Beginnings of Structural Transformation: Evidence from India's Recent Economic History. 100 pp. 2024:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <732-187>
ISBN 978-3-031-61084-4 hard ¥9,412.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book explores the role of the informal sector at the beginning of the structural transformation of the Indian economy. It highlights the dynamic nature of the informal sector and the crucial role that it played in that transformation. The growth of the informal sector is analysed alongside the decline in agriculture and the growth of industry. Issues such as unemployment, wages, rural-to-rural migration, in addition to rural-to-urban migration, are discussed. The book also considers the role of social factors, including those relating to caste and tribe, in migration decisions. It also highlights the links between migration, the informal sector, and economic growth that are also relevant to other developing countries. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in development economics, development studies, and economic history.