In 1609, the first Dutch settlers arrived in America and established trading posts, small towns, and forts up and down what we now call the Hudson River. To this day, American children are taught the thrilling history of the transformation of this settlement, New Netherland, and…
"The late medieval English milling industry epitomizes one of the most important technical achievements of early societies : the exploitation of wind, water, and muscle power for augmenting human endeavours. Through a computerized analysis of the number and variety of mills in E…
In arguably his most important book to date, Hodgson calls into question the tendency of economic method to try and explain all economic phenomena by using the same catch-all theories and dealing in universal truths. He argues that you need different theories to analyze differen…
"Economics today has been widely criticised as being more concerned with mathematical technique than the understanding and explanation of real world phenomena. However, one hundred years ago, in Europe and America, economics was fused with the study of history and its practition…
In arguably his most important book to date, Hodgson calls into question the tendency of economic method to try and explain all economic phenomena by using the same catch-all theories and dealing in universal truths. He argues that you need different theories to analyze differen…
Hodgson studies the mid-nineteenth century school of economic theory which melded economics into historical and sociological study. He proposes that modern economic thought should once again take on social history as a meta-theory catalyst for explaining structural and instituti…
Essays on the economic policy of work in the international capitalist economy - includes theoretical approaches to the politics of production and labour exploitation; covers colonialism in India, economic development in Guatemala, black migration in South Africa R, working class…
Public health in history
by Berridge, Virginia, Mold, Alex, Gorsky, Martin
fromUnderstanding public health
"Covering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything from Ibsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-part comprehensive examination of the plays, dramatists, and movements that comprise modern world drama. Contains detailed analysis of plays and playwrights, conne…