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

Rayner, Samantha J., Women Booksellers in the Twentieth Century: Hidden Behind the Bookshelves. (Elements in Publishing and Book Culture) 75 pp. 2025:2 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <736-8>
ISBN 978-1-108-44538-2 paper ¥3,571.- (税込) GB￡ 12.49

The British women booksellers who built and ran successful businesses before, during, and after the Second World War have largely been forgotten. This Element seeks to reclaim some of these histories from where they lie hidden or obscured in archives, accounts of the book trade of the time, and other sources. Though they were often called 'formidable', this research reveals astonishing impact at local, national, and international levels. Divided into four main sections, the Element first gives a literature review of materials about booksellers, before giving a short context to bookselling, the book trade, and book buyers and readers of the early twentieth century. A third section examines the position of women in society at that time, including how they were viewed as part of the book trade; the final section provides histories of nine women booksellers. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

世界最小経済における長期的経済成長－歴史的・政治的・経済的側面
Teperek, Aneta A., Long-Term Economic Growth in the World's Smallest Economies: Historical, Political, and Economical Aspects. 263 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-291>
ISBN 978-3-031-74211-8 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book investigates the historical, political, and economic circumstances of the world's smallest economies as key determinants influencing their economic growth and development. A historical survey of the global economy provides an introduction to the history of the world's smallest economies, which are examined based on their shared historical characteristics (colonialism, socialism and independence). In addition to historical factors, the reasons are sought in the political systems, especially the political regimes of the countries under study, as well as in the intensity of their integration with the global economy through membership in international organisations. The majority of the book is dedicated to economic aspects, which have been studied for nearly fifty years. This includes an investigation into the factors influencing GDP and GDP per capita fluctuations across all countries. To assess levels of socio-economic development and quality of life, the Human Development Index was employed as a means of assessment. This book is addressed to students and scholars engaged in research or with an interest in economic history, political systems, international relations, and the growth and economic development of the world's 93 smallest economies, generating 1% of global GDP.

Lan, Rixu, The Financial Development of China. (Understanding China) 368 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <736-320>
ISBN 978-981-9782-72-7 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

The book builds an overview of Chinese financial development in the past 70 years since the founding of the PRC. China's finance has experienced a complex evolution process, which could be roughly divided into two major stages. In the 30 years before the reform and opening-up, China built a new financial system through integrating finance in the old and new liberated areas, based on the development of the financial industry during the revolutionary war, and then quickly established a financial system with the simple purpose of "managing funds" to meet the needs of the centralized socialist economic system. In more than 40 years after the reform and opening up, the role of China's financial system has gradually shifted from "managing funds" to "guiding the market". A multi-level financial system was formed and centered on the People's Bank of China, with complete functions, diverse forms, collaborative division, and mutual complement. The transformation of China's finance functions has greatly promoted the rapid growth of China's economy for 35 years. In the current economic restructuring, the "Internet +" model, led by Internet finance, has undoubtedly triggered the "squid effect" on China's economic development and financial sector innovation. Many areas, such as third-party payment and online lending, have begun to lead globally. Furthermore, the establishment of an inclusive financial system has brought financial functions closer to their essential role of serving the real economy.

東欧のグローバル化－18～21世紀の政治、文化、経済
Ben-Nun, Gilad / Castryck-Naumann, Katja et al. (eds.), Globalizing Eastern Europe: Politics, Culture and Economics from the 18th to the 21st Century. 320 pp. 2025:7 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-400>
ISBN 978-1-350-26431-1 hard ¥18,590.- (税込) GB￡ 65.00
ISBN 978-1-350-26532-5 paper ¥6,288.- (税込) GB￡ 21.99

For far too long, views of Eastern Europe as an entrenched, deprived and peripheral region have shaped common perceptions of this area of the world. Presenting important contemporary research, Eastern Europe: A Global Area offers a series of refreshing arguments to counter such misconceptions. From grain production, which rose to challenge the American Midwest, to the making of modern international law, and from emancipatory educational concepts that countered Victorian doctrines to the de-nationalisation of classical music, this volume recasts Eastern Europe as a globally active region. With a contemporary focus, its contributions also provide a fresh look at current Chinese infrastructure investments in the region, at Russia's pivotal role in climate change, and at debates regarding the uneven urban developments between core and periphery. With a view to tracking historical trajectories, and an emphasis upon agency as a driving motor in global entanglements, Eastern Europe emerges as a globally engaged region. In doing so, this volume further enriches the perennial debates regarding the region's spatial and cultural boundaries.

キューバの人民の歴史－1492年から現在まで
Herrera, Remy, A People's History of Cuba, 1492-Present: Social, Economic and Political Perspectives. (Global University for Sustainability Book Series) 424 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <736-401>
ISBN 978-3-031-75043-4 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book presents a comprehensive history of the political economy of Cuba from 1492 to the present day. It chronologically analyses the major economic, social and political transformations that have occurred in Cuba and explores the impact on the country's development over the long run. The first section analyses the period from 1492 to 1898, from colonial conquest to the war of independence. The next two sections cover the history of Cuba's economy and society up to the end of the twentieth century, examining in detail US imperialist domination, guerrilla warfare (1956-1958) and the Cuban Revolution from 1959 to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990-1991. The final part analyses Cuba's economy and society in transition up to the present day. Written in a comprehensive academic style while maintaining a focus on the perspectives and experience of ordinary citizens throughout, the book will be of interest to a wide readership including scholars of economic history, political and social history, development economics and political economy.

古代ギリシアにおける戦争の経済学
Konijnendijk, Roel / Borgo, Manu Dal (eds.), The Economics of War in Ancient Greece. 280 pp. 2024:12 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <736-402>
ISBN 978-1-350-47178-8 hard ¥25,740.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00 *

In recent decades the study of the ancient economy and ancient warfare have both been transformed by ground-breaking new studies and methodological approaches. Offering a selection of cutting-edge research on the interlocked themes of economics and war, this edited volume explores how armed conflict affected markets and economic opportunities in ancient Greece. From the destruction of cities to the emergence of new fiscal institutions, war prompted massive changes to economic conditions throughout the ancient Mediterranean and beyond - some with lasting consequences for the organisation of states and armies. The contributors look beyond the old paradigms of finance and logistics, and broaden the discussion to address themes such as gender, literary culture and the Persian Empire. More specifically, they analyse how ancient rulers and states struggled to mobilise resources and what they did to tackle fiscal challenges to wage war more efficiently, thereby demonstrating how matters of war can be an invaluable source of information on the way ancient economies worked and developed. As a result, this book shows how the study of economic factors - too often neglected in works on ancient warfare - allows a deeper understanding of military cultures and events in ancient Greece.

Murphy, Elizabeth A., The Pottery Industries of the Roman East: Craft Communities and Working Practices, Late 1st Century BCE to 650 CE. 2025:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <736-404>
ISBN 978-1-009-51460-6 hard ¥25,740.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

ヴェネツィア、オスマン、海　1381～1517年
Stantchev, Stefan K., Venice, the Ottomans, and the Sea (1381-1517). (Oxford Studies in Medieval European History) 288 pp. 2025:3 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <736-407>
ISBN 978-0-19-288425-1 hard ¥28,314.- (税込) GB￡ 99.00

The later Middle Ages and the early modern period were important and overlapping historical moments for both Venice and the Ottoman Empire, yet the two--both the periods themselves and the Republic and Empire more generally--have often been considered in isolation. Seeking to understand better this interrelated transition, Venice, the Ottomans, and the Sea offers for the first time an integrated view of trade and sea power that transcends the overworn paradigms of trade--the Ottoman territories as a land of opportunity--and crusade--the Ottomans as a military threat--to uncover the complex interplay between economic structures and political decision making that shaped the period between the end of Venice's most devastating war with Genoa in 1381 and the Ottoman conquest of Mamluk Egypt in 1517. Drawing on the full range of available Venetian sources, as well as Ottoman, Genoese, Florentine, and papal materials, the book clarifies the trajectory of Venice's trade with the Ottomans, the evolution of Venetian defensive measures in the Balkans and of Venetian naval warfare, Venice's attempt to aid the Byzantine Empire in 1453, the dynamics of the Venetian-Ottoman war of 1463-79, and the interconnections between Venice's social and political structures and its Italian and Ottoman politics. In so doing, it offers a comprehensive analysis of Venetian-Ottoman relations, ranging from macro to micro scales, and across matters of economic, political, and military history. From a broader Mediterranean perspective, this highlights the intersections of political, social, economic, and technological factors behind accelerated historical change in the late medieval and early modern periods and offers a case study in the ways in which a Mediterranean elite maintained its privileged position over time.

マニラの資本市場と太平洋貿易　1668～1838年
Rivas Moreno, Juan Jose, The Capital Market of Manila and the Pacific Trade, 1668-1838: Institutions and Trade during the First Globalization. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 296 pp. 2024:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <251-53706>
ISBN 978-3-031-71809-0 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

Economic history has always emphasized the importance of long-distance trade in the emergence of modern financial markets, yet almost nothing is known about the Manila trade. This book offers the first reconstruction of the capital market of Manila using new archival sources that have never been used in the economic history of Pacific trade. The book explains how trade between Asia and Spanish America across the Pacific, which lasted for 250 years (1571 - 1815) was financed from the city of Manila.The book analyses the political economy and institutional structures of the Manila capital market in the context of the global silver trade, as well as addressing key similarities and differences with European trade routes and differing approaches to colonialism and commerce in Asian waters. It traces how the Manila capital market emerged in a bottom-up process with a redistributive aspect that tied the interests of citizens with the fortunes of trade, using institutions familiar to the public like legacy funds, brotherhoods and lay religious orders to pool liquidity, originate working capital, and internalise the risk of loss at sea. It challenges the notion that there is a normative model for the development of capital markets and introduces an industrial organisation analysis to the broader structure of Early Modern trade in the Spanish Empire. Sitting at the intersection of economic and financial history, global history, imperial history and political economy, this book will be a cutting-edge and valuable resource for a broad range of scholars.