Pat Hudson

Keith Tribe

This volume builds upon the renewed interest in the long-run global development of wealth and inequality stimulated by Thomas Piketty. It brings together an international team of leading economic historians and economists to provide a comprehensive overview of the theory, practice, and policy of inequality and its place in the modern world order.

The Piketty Opportunity

The Contradictions of Capital in the Twenty-first Century

A Catalogue of Business Records from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century

The West Riding Wool Textile Industry

W. Robert Lee

Women's Work and the Family Economy in Historical Perspective

This is an introduction to the Industrial Revolution which offers an integrated account of the economic and social aspects of change during the period. Recent revisionist thinking has implied that fundamental change in economic, social and political life at the time of the Industrial Revolution was minimal or non-existent. The author challenges this interpretation, arguing that the process of revision has gone too far; emphasizing continuity at the expense of change and neglecting many historically unique features of the economy and society. Elements given short shrift in many current interpretations are reassigned their central roles.

The Industrial Revolution

Professor of Economic and Social History Pat Hudson

Stolen Hearts

Christophe Duhamelle

Jürgen Schlumbohm

Die Eheschließung war in den europäischen Gesellschaften der Vergangenheit nicht nur ein wichtiger Einschnitt im individuellen Lebenslauf, sondern bedeutete auch einen Wendepunkt in der Abfolge der Generationen, der oft mit der Weitergabe von Besitz verbunden war. Heiraten begründeten zugleich Allianzen zwischen Familien, sie schufen soziale Nähe und Distanz. Die Beiträge untersuchen diese unterschiedlichen Bedeutungen der Heirat. Sie kritisieren die verbreitete Vorstellung, die Ehe sei im vorindustriellen Europa ein Privileg gewesen, das nur den Besitzern einer ererbten Stelle zugänglich war. Neben den ökonomischen und institutionellen Bedingungen werden die flexiblen Handlungsstrategien der Heiratenden und ihrer Familien deutlich. Kulturelle Kontexte langer Dauer werden ebenso analysiert wie die individuellen Spielräume. Der - dreisprachig angelegte - Band lädt ein zur vergleichenden Betrachtung verschiedener sozialer Gruppen und europäischer Länder in einer Periode des Umbruchs.

Muster und Strategien

Eheschliessungen Im Europa Des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts

Mina Ishizu

Fully updated and carefully revised, this new 2nd edition of History by Numbers still stands alone as the only textbook on quantitative methods suitable for students of history. Even the numerically challenged will find inspiration. Taking a problem-solving approach and using authentic historical data, it describes each method in turn, including its origin, purpose, usefulness and associated pitfalls. The problems are developed gradually and with narrative skill, allowing readers to experience the moment of discovery for each of the interpretative outcomes. Quantitative methods are essential for the modern historian, and this lively and accessible text will prove an invaluable guide for anyone entering the discipline.

An Introduction to Quantitative Approaches

History by Numbers

Pat Hudson

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