The Handbook of Historical Economics guides students and researchers through a quantitative economic history that uses fully up-to-date econometric methods. The

A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field What cause

Roger E. Backhouse and Keith Tribe present a broad introduction to the history of economic thought based upon courses they have taught for many years. Its main

An investigation of the thought, activity and influence of the economist and social reformer Schmoller in the era of Bismarck.

Paul Bairoch deflates twenty commonly held myths about economic history. Among these myths are that free trade and population growth have historically led to pe