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The economics of providence
management, finances and patrimony of religious orders and congregations in Europe, 1773-c 1930; la gestion, les finances et le patrimoine des ordres et congrégations religieuses en Europe, 1773-vers 1930
The wealth and patrimony of religious institutes. During the French Revolution almost all monasteries and abbeys were suppressed and their possessions seized. Yet after the French Revolution many religious institutes were very successful in re-establishing themselves, sometimes accumulating large patrimonies, against the background of often hostile political forces. This book deals with the question of how the religious orders and congregations rebuilt their patrimony, a necessary prerequisite for...
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Engels | Frans | 376 pagina's (PDF, 17 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Peter Van Kemseke Towards an era of development
the globalization of socialism and Christian democracy, 1945-1965
A world of difference separates global politics in 1945 from 1965. In the twenty years after the second world war, a 'Third World' was added to the Cold War concepts of the 'First' and 'Second' worlds, and post-war decolonization had ushered in an 'era of development'. For the first time ever, theories and policies to eradicate underdevelopment became prominent on the global agenda and advanced to the top priority on the United Nations' agenda. This international evolution inevitably had a dramatic...
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Engels | 324 pagina's (PDF, 3,9 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
E-book
Joel Mokyr A culture of growth
the origins of the modern economy
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Engels | 403 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Shipbuilding and ship repair workers around the world
case studies 1950-2010
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Engels | 747 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Wantje Fritschy Public finance of the Dutch Republic in comparative perspective
the viability of an early modern federal state (1570S-1795)
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Engels | 429 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Javier Arnaut Explorations in Latin American economic history
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Engels | 222 pagina's | University of Groningen, Groningen | 2017
Gedrukt boek
An agrarian history of Portugal, 1000-2000
economic development on the European Frontier
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Engels | 347 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Evrydiki Sifneos Imperial Odessa
peoples, spaces, identities
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Engels | 286 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Ali Çifçi The socio-economic organisation of the Uratian Kingdom
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Engels | 354 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Compound histories
materials, governance and production, 1760-1840
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Engels | 309 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Katerina Galani British shipping in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars
the untold story of a successful adaptation
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Engels | 278 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2017
Gedrukt boek
William N. Goetzmann Money changes everything
how finance made civilization possible
Part I. From cuneiform to classical civilization -- 1. Finance and writing -- 2. Finance and urbanism -- 3. Financial architecture -- 4. Mesopotamian twilight -- 5. Athenian finance -- 6. Monetary revolution -- 7. Roman finance -- Part II. The financial legacy of China -- 8. China's first financial world -- 9. Unity and bureaucracy -- 10. Financial divergence -- Part III. The European crucible -- 11. The Temple and finance -- 12. Venice -- 13. Fibonacci and finance -- 14. Immortal bonds -- 15. The...
Engels | 588 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Gendered food practices from seed to waste
In nearly all societies gender has been, and continues to be, central in defining roles and responsibilities related to the production, manufacturing, provisioning, eating, and disposal of food. The 2016 Yearbook of Women’s History presents a collection of articles that look into food-related practices and shifting relations of gender across food systems. Authors explore changing understandings of food-related activities at the intersection of food and gender, across time and space. Articles about...
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Engels | 208 pagina's | Verloren, publisher, Hilversum | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Global diffusion of protest
riding the protest wave in the neoliberal crisis
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Engels | 262 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Tim Harford 50 inventions that shaped the modern economy
The plow -- I: Winners and losers: The gramophone ; Barbed wire ; Seller feedback ; Google search ; Passports ; Robots ; The welfare state -- II: Reinventing how we live. Infant formula ; TV dinners ; The Pill ; Video games ; Market research ; Air-conditioning ; Department stores -- III: Inventing new systems. The dynamo ; The shipping container ; The bar code ; The cold chain ; Tradable debt and the tally stick ; The Billy bookcase ; The elevator -- IV: Ideas about ideas. Cuneiform ; Public-key...
Engels | 321 pagina's | Riverhead Books, New York | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Jacques Peretti The deals that made the world
Engels | 461 pagina's | Hodder, London | 2018
Gedrukt boek