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

いかにネスレ社が援助産業を形成したか
Wilhelm, Lola, Formulating Development: How Nestle Shaped the Aid Industry. (Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches) 288 pp. 2025:7 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <744-275>
ISBN 978-1-5261-8099-5 hard ¥25,344.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

In the 1970s, Nestle became a lightning rod for criticism against the food industry's negative impacts on humans and their environment, especially in the Global South. But what has so far eluded historical scrutiny is that the picture was more nuanced.This book tells the exclusive story of how the Swiss food giant, and more broadly corporate capitalism, have shaped the aid industry since the late nineteenth century. It follows Nestle's bid for a share of the humanitarian market brokered by the Red Cross in wartime Europe, of its clinical trials in Swiss and Senegalese maternities, and of its agricultural modernisation schemes in Mexico, India, and the Ivory Coast.Based on extensive research in the firm's own historical archives and the records of national and international aid agencies, the volume interrogates the legacies of this long history for international development today.

Zhiyong, Yang, Fiscal Policy in China (1949-2019). (China Perspectives) 262 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-282>
ISBN 978-1-032-91660-6 hard ¥40,832.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of China's fiscal policy since 1949. It provides an in-depth understanding of the contextual factors that shape its implementation and examines the transition logic between planned fiscal policy and market-oriented fiscal approaches.The author introduces fiscal policy focused on national economic recovery (1949-1952), planned fiscal policy (1953-1977), fiscal policy adapted to economic transition (1978-2011), and fiscal policy in the new era (2012-present). With "fiscal balance" as the central theme, he summarizes the fundamental principles and key dynamics underpinning China's fiscal policy and presents a clear framework for understanding the evolution and strategic rationale behind the country's approach to fiscal governance.The title will appeal to scholars of Chinese economy, comparative economics, public finance, and macroeconomics.

Battilani, Patrizia / Larrinaga, C. / Strangio, D. (eds.), Tourism and Economic Development: Southern Europe through the 20th Century. (Routledge Explorations in Economic History) 256 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <744-356>
ISBN 978-1-032-62895-0 hard ¥40,832.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

By the end of the nineteenth century, there were already some countries in southern Europe whose economies benefitted from the arrival of tourists. But it was during the twentieth century, and particularly after the Second World War, that the phenomenon of mass tourism arrived and dramatically impacted the economies of southern Europe.This edited volume analyses when, how and why tourism gained an important role in the economy and social life of Southern Europe. It contributes to a reassessment of mass tourism focusing on two main dimensions: first, the impact on the economic development of the different southern European countries; second, the building of a new sociality focusing on the rituals and values of middle and the working class. The book adopts a comparative approach which opens with a comparison of European countries in terms of international market share and tourist products. The other chapters focus on national case studies which allow the reader to better understand not only the similarities and differences between some countries and others, but also the phenomenon as a whole. Since tourism is a transnational phenomenon, this book makes an important contribution to the study of tourism development and its economic, but also social, impact in Southern Europe.The book will be of great interest to readers of economic history, business history, tourism history and European history more broadly.

Chen, Tao / Zofka, Jan (eds.), Economic Alliance, Economic Split: Technology Transfers, Trade and Models of Industrialization between China and Soviet Eastern Europe in the Early Cold War. 157 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-357>
ISBN 978-1-041-06018-5 hard ¥40,832.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book delivers crucial historical background in these times, as bloc-building returns to the global economy and China and Russia massively intensify their economic cooperation. It gathers global cutting-edge research on the economic exchanges in the early years of the Cold War between the newly formed People's Republic of China and Soviet Eastern Europe.Based on multidimensional archival sources from China, Eastern Europe, and beyond, the book departs from the traditional Cold War accounts of superpowers and geopolitics and looks into economic practices: how Chinese officials tried to access foreign markets via the Leipzig trade fair, how the Soviet-modelled car industry had to be built with US-trained Chinese engineers, or how socialist bureaucrats rationalized the giant projects of factory-building in China with developing future markets for industrial products on a global scale. Such a perspective helps to understand, how economic rationales and second-tier actors contributed to the forming of the short-lived but far-reaching alliance and how cooperation on the ground for a while was able to survive, while generally mutual disappointment about the quick exhaustion of the cooperation's benefits benefitted the swift split. These insights also provide a basis for rethinking the relationship between politics and economy in socialist regime-building during the Cold War.This book will appeal to scholars and students of Cold War history, international relations, and economic history. The chapters in this book were originally published as special issue of European Review of History: Revue europeenne d'histoire.

欧州農村部における農場の報告　1700～1914年
D'Onofrio, Federico / Joly, Nathalie (eds.), Farm Accounts in Rural Europe, c.1700-1914: "To Better Know One's Own?". (Boydell Studies in Rural History) 260 pp. 2025:6 (Boydell, UK) <744-359>
ISBN 978-1-83765-100-9 hard ¥23,936.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Analyses how book-keeping and estate accounting transformed attitudes and practices in farm management over three centuries of European history. From the eighteenth until well into the twentieth century, an ideal model developed of a farmer as accountant, who would record economic transactions meticulously; tidy book-keeping was regarded as the basis of sound management, and only those who accurately dealt with finances would survive and thrive. It is clear that this happened in both theory and practice, with growing numbers of farmers (men and women) keeping increasingly formalized records of their businesses during this period; a wide range of valuable documentation, originating from large estates, small sharecroppers, tenant and owner-farmers alike, has survived. Drawing on that rich body of sources, this book examines book-keeping and account practices in farm management across Europe, with case studies ranging from Westphalia and the Rhineland to France and Switzerland, over three centuries. It considers who kept these records and their motivations, how practices changed and developed across the period, and in what ways and to what extent accounts and accounting influenced the development of agriculture. It also examines the role of farmers' own organisations and government in encouraging higher standards of accounting. The Introduction and chapters 7 and 9 are available as Open Access under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-ND.

西部・中西部アフリカの奴隷貿易における沿岸部のブローカーとしてのヨーロッパ人　1680～1720年
Godinho Guarda, Maria Ines, Europeans as Coastal Brokers in the West and West-Central African Slave Trade (1680-1720). (European Expansion and Indigenous Response 46) 294 pp. 2025:6 (Brill, NE) <744-360>
ISBN 978-90-04-73093-9 hard ¥26,691.- (税込) EUR 115.00

The years between 1680 and 1720 saw the intensification of the regional slave trade in West Africa. Previous scholarship has focused almost exclusively on Africans and Afro-descendants as brokers in the region, placing Europeans as Atlantic intermediaries. Europeans as Coastal Brokers in the West and West-Central African Slave Trade (1680-1720) argues that not only was European mediation in Africa deeply interwoven with endogenous trade networks, but also that it was eagerly desired by the powerful potentates of the hinterland as a means of increasing their political and economic power over the region. Examining the interconnected interests of coastal authorities and Europeans, this book demonstrates that Europeans were the key brokers in the diversification of slave trade routes to the shore.

Herget, Lukas, Wettbewerb oder Industriepolitik?: Die Europaeische Fusionskontrolle als Spielball nationaler Wirtschaftspolitiken (1958-1989). (Rechtsordnung und Wirtschaftsgeschichte) 320 S. 2025:5 (Mohr, GW) <744-361>
ISBN 978-3-16-164390-3 paper ¥20,889.- (税込) EUR 90.00

Lukas Herget untersucht die Entstehung der Europaeischen Fusionskontrolle von den 1950er Jahren bis zum Erlass der Fusionskontrollverordnung 1989 und analysiert dabei die Rolle zentraler Akteure auf supranationaler, intergouvernementaler und nationaler Ebene. Im Fokus stehen zwei uebergeordnete Fragen: Wie wirkten sich Pfadabhaengigkeiten gegenueber nationalen Ordnungsvorstellungen auf die Verhandlungspositionen zur Ausgestaltung der Fusionskontrolle aus? Welche Strategien verfolgten die beteiligten Akteure, um ihre jeweiligen Interessen durchzusetzen? Der Autor stuetzt sich auf Archivmaterial aus deutschen und europaeischen Archiven und verfolgt einen akteurszentrierten Ansatz, der personelle und rechtliche Kontinuitaeten sowie Brueche offenlegt. Interdisziplinaer werden dabei rechtsgeschichtliche, wettbewerbstheoretische sowie integrations- und politikgeschichtliche Perspektiven verbunden.

Hutson, Scott R., Ancient Maya Economies. (Elements in Ancient and Pre-modern Economies) 78 pp. 2024:12 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <744-362>
ISBN 978-1-009-51726-3 hard ¥14,076.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *
ISBN 978-1-009-37415-6 paper ¥4,787.- (税込) GB￡ 17.00 *

Ancient Maya Economies synthesizes the state of the art across seven components: geographical and historical background, ritual economy, households, specialization, exchange, political economies, and future directions. Other Elements case studies use many of the same components, making it easy to compare and contrast ancient Maya economies with systems of production and consumption in other parts of the world. The time is right for this Elements case because knowledge of ancient Maya economies has undergone a revolution in the last few decades, resulting in a complex panorama of new economic information. Aerial laser scanning has revealed higher amounts of intensive agriculture and research on the ground has turned up better evidence for marketplaces. Maya economies feature specialized production, trade of both bulk goods and luxury goods, close integration with ritual and religion, and a carnival parade of political economies.

フィレンツェのフローリン金貨－中世における貨幣の政治と文化
Locatelli, Stefano, The Florentine Florin: The Politics and Culture of Money in the Middle Ages. (Artes Liberales) 272 pp. 2025:3 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <744-363>
ISBN 978-1-5261-5813-0 hard ¥23,936.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Minted in Florence around November 1252, the florin became one of the leading gold currencies of the Middle Ages. Historians agree that its success was mainly due to the need for a stable means of payment in the networks of international trade. The Florentine Florin investigates the florin as a medium with hitherto neglected political, social, and cultural dimensions. By bringing human agents and political institutions more prominently into the history of the coin, this book enhances our understanding of money and its nature from a historical perspective, and provides an original framework for the integrated study of material culture and economic practices.

国家の富、所得、経済成長史－19世紀後期から第二次世界大戦までのフィンランド
Mikkonen, Heikki, National Wealth, Income and the History of Economic Growth: Finland from the Late 19th Century until the Second World War. (Perspectives in Economic and Social History) 288 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-364>
ISBN 978-1-032-79244-6 hard ¥40,832.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Despite its current dominant status, economic growth emerged as a field of study and as a political objective only after the Second World War. This book provides an alternative perspective to the Anglo-centric historical analysis of growth by turning the focus on Finland and other Nordic countries from the late 19th Century until the Second World War. Moreover, it provides a conceptual history perspective to how economic growth can be examined before the emergence of economic growth as a concept.This book places Finland in the context of emerging nation-states of the early 20th Century Europe and constructs five competing growth conceptions: classical liberal, agrarian conservative, social liberal, social democratic, and communist. With a methodology derived from conceptual history, this book presents a framework to study economic growth in the context of nationalism. It showcases how ideas related to growth have not been synonymous with capitalism, but rather they have been connected to state-building and to comparison of economic systems. The findings of the book highlight the interwar period as a key turning point in historical analysis of growth.This book provides a fresh and a thought-provoking account that will be of interest to students and scholars of economic history, history of ideas, development studies and degrowth, and history of capitalism.

Panaite, Viorel, The Ambassador's Notebook: Western Merchants, French Diplomacy and Islamic Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean c.1600. (Ottoman Empire & its Heritage 81) 760 pp. 2025:6 (Brill, NE) <744-365>
ISBN 978-90-04-69721-8 hard ¥34,582.- (税込) EUR 149.00

Using never before studied documents from Manuscript Turc 130 (BnF, Paris), compiled in a unique structure by Ambassador Francois Savary de Breves, Viorel Panaite offers a comprehensive picture of the Ottoman Mediterranean around 1600, with the French as protagonists. He explores the foreigner's condition (muestemin) in the Abode of Islam, consular jurisdiction, the Flemish as proteges, and takes the reader on a journey to the cities of Marseille, Tunis, Alexandria, Aleppo and Istanbul. He focuses on the capitulations' provisions about merchants, navigation, trade, goods and taxes, as well as diplomatic efforts to curb the illegal actions of provincial authorities, ship captains, North African pirates and English privateers.

植民地主義のコスト－イギリスの支配下でのインドの経済的衰退
Patil, Samir, The Cost of Colonialism: India's Economic Decline Under British Rule. 256 pp. 2026:1 (Hurst, UK) <744-366>
ISBN 978-1-80526-417-0 hard ¥7,040.- (税込) GB￡ 25.00

A shrewd, unsentimental inspection of the archives, laying bare the charge-sheet against the British and their economic policy in India: the numbers don't lie. With colonialism debates raging worldwide, when it comes to India, a whole spectrum of Empire-defenders-apologists, cheerleaders and full-blown racial supremacists-face off against outlandish claims of trillions owed and obsessions with stolen precious artefacts. Yet where is the complete and rigorous economic case against Britain? This book offers a comprehensive account detailing the real cost of British rule on the subcontinent: the catastrophic, centuries-long stagnation of Indian living standards. In 1947, at independence, about 400 million people in undivided India lived on less than $1,000 per year-a third of the global average income, and just an eleventh of the UK average. To reach British income levels, India would have needed to add an economy equivalent in size to half the world. The Cost of Colonialism combines historical narratives and characters with hard data from the archives, explaining how and why India fell so staggeringly far behind during the British era, and why the British failed so spectacularly in growing the economy, when a more prosperous India would have been in their interests. Assessing what life had been like previously, under the Mughals, and how living standards improved after independence, Samir Patil delivers a damning indictment of the Empire.

Schorkopf, Frank / Raphael, Lutz (Hrsg.), Globalisierung gestalten: Recht, Wirtschaft und Demokratie in der Europaeischen Union (1973-2000). Eine Veroeffentlichung aus dem Arbeitskreis fuer Rechtswissenschaft und Zeitgeschichte an der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur - Mainz. 180 S. 2025:5 (Mohr, GW) <744-367>
ISBN 978-3-16-164479-5 hard ¥5,802.- (税込) EUR 25.00

Spaetestens seit 1970 steht die Europaeische Union vor der Herausforderung, die wachsende weltweite Verflechtung ihres Wirtschaftsraums zu gestalten. Im vorliegenden Band diskutieren Zeithistoriker und Juristen drei uebergreifende Leitfragen: Waren und sind die Akteure in den Mitgliedstaaten und in der Europaeischen Union sich ihrer gestalterischen Rolle in der Globalisierung bewusst oder folgen sie der Logik des Sachzwangs? Wird die Einbindung in ueberstaatliche Zusammenhaenge als positive Bestaetigung oder als negative Begrenzung der Demokratie in Europa gesehen? Welche Bedeutung wurde und wird Recht im Globalisierungsdiskurs und Handeln im Kontext der Globalisierung seit den 1970er Jahren zugeschrieben? Die in diesem Band versammelten geschichts- und rechtswissenschaftlichen Referate legen ein besonderes Augenmerk auf Multinationale Unternehmen, den europaeischen Warenhandel im Rahmen des GATT und die Demokratisierung und geben Antworten.

近世の出版社－書籍取引におけるアイデンティティと戦略
Cullen, Barnaby / Maclean, Ian / Weduwen, Arthur (eds.), Early Modern Publishers: Identities and Strategies in the Book Trade. (Library of the Written Word 138 / The Handpress World) 628 pp. 2025:7 (Brill, NE) <744-4>
ISBN 978-90-04-72715-1 hard ¥42,474.- (税込) EUR 183.00

Publishers play an indisputably important part in book history, but cover such wide areas of activity that they are rarely given a formal definition. This volume seeks to place the publisher at the heart of the early modern book trade. It examines their identities and careers, the business strategies they adopted for survival, their involvement in the professional, religious, political, and economic conditions in which they found themselves, and the constraints under which they had to operate. By presenting more than twenty case studies on individual and groups of publishers active in Sweden, Prussia, Switzerland, France, Italy, England, Ireland, Germany and the Low Countries, this volume makes a major contribution to the study of an elusive but essential figure in the history of the early modern book.