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

近世の知識経済における天然資源
Omodeo, Pietro Daniel / Wendt, Helge (eds.), Natural Resources in Early Modern Economies of Knowledge. (Episteme in Bewegung. Beitraege zu einer transdisziplinaeren Wissensgeschichte 40) 240 S. 2025:7 (O. Harrassowitz, GW) <746-85>
ISBN 978-3-447-12369-3 paper ¥13,461.- (税込) EUR 58.00

Gaulin, Jean-Louis / Rau, Susanne (eds.), Fairs, Cities and Merchants: Spatiotemporal Analyses (14th-17th century). (SpatioTemporality / RaumZeitlichkeit 19) 420 pp. 2025:3 (de Gruyter, GW) <746-370>
ISBN 978-3-11-162083-1 hard ¥20,876.- (税込) EUR 89.95 *

Today, it has largely been forgotten that fairs played a decisive role in trade and finance in pre-modern Europe. In the Middle Ages and Early Modern period, many cities endeavoured to obtain a fair privilege and attract as many merchants as possible. Through the economic activities and infrastructures provided, a supra-regional spatial configuration gradually emerged, which was not only made up of places within a region, but across the whole of Europe and in some cases the wider world. The contributions in this volume are based on a project jointly funded by the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche and the German Research Foundation, which focussed mainly on fairs and cities in France, the Holy Roman Empire and Italy. In chronological terms, they cover the period from the end of the Champagne fairs (ca. 1320) to the success of the Besancon fairs (ca. 1580 to 1630), which epitomised a new type of fair. The geographical focus has been extended to include fairs and trade routes in Eastern Europe and China (temple fairs). This overall view makes it possible for the first time to analyse the functions of the various market forms in their regional context and in their development: from the exchange of goods to the credit market and financing government debt, but also the deep integration of the merchant culture into urban and religious culture. Based on archival studies and the integration of artefacts, new graphs and maps, this volume provides a new look at the history of annual markets and fairs. In addition to functional aspects, spatiotemporal aspects such as disputes over fair dates, visiting rhythms, the transport of goods and routes (by land and water) are dealt with. Credit activities, transport of goods, and mobility of merchants, trading families and companies point to the highly developed transnational dimension of pre-modern trade. The volume concludes with a presentation of the project database, its functionalities and opportunities to participate.

スイス国立銀行－非伝統的な歴史
Huber, Mikael, The Swiss National Bank: An Unconventional History. (Routledge Explorations in Economic History) 288 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-371>
ISBN 978-1-032-75831-2 hard ¥40,832.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Echoing new trends in central banking history, this book traces the story of the Swiss National Bank from the end of the Second World War, going beyond monetary policy and inflation to explore the full scope of the bank's activities.Drawing on extensive archival research, it examines the broader landscape in which the central bank operated, including the role of Swiss banks, government oversight via the Federal Council, the influence of the international monetary system, and the negotiation of central bank independence-particularly the use of non-legal instruments and their limitations within Switzerland's decentralised political system. Throughout, the Swiss National Bank had to reconcile three sometimes conflicting factors: corporate liberalism, which allowed major economic players a say in policy; the imperative of maintaining the stability of the Swiss franc; and the need to curb potential threats to monetary stability. In response, the SNB developed a sophisticated arsenal of non-legal and unconventional tools to regulate the financial system on a temporary basis. The history of these exceptional measures' sheds light on the unconventional evolution of the Swiss National Bank.This book will appeal to readers of economic history, financial history, central banking, and Swiss history.

Iberg, Ludovic, Le grand patronat suisse et l'Europe (1957-1984): le role de Vorort face aux organisations patronales europeennes. (Histoire) 729 p. 2025:2 (Alphil, SZ) <746-372>
ISBN 978-2-88930-673-2 hard ¥8,123.- (税込) EUR 35.00

Jou-Badal, Xavier, The Recipe to Sweet Success: Competitive Advandates for a Chocolatier Family Dynasty, 1797 - 1936. (Frontiers of Familiy Economics) 224 pp. 2025:6 (Emerald, UK) <746-373>
ISBN 978-1-83662-231-4 hard ¥22,522.- (税込) US$ 105.00

多国籍企業－現代の世界史
Petitjean, Olivier / du Roy, Ivan, Multinationales: une histoire du monde contemporain. (Cahiers libres) 857 p. 2025:2 (La Decouverte, FR) <746-375>
ISBN 978-2-348-07707-4 paper ¥6,498.- (税込) EUR 28.00

羊毛と戦争の歴史を解明する
Shaw, Madelyn / FitzSimons, Trish, Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War. 224 pp. 2025:4 (Rowman & Littlefield, US) <746-376>
ISBN 979-88-8180-380-3 hard ¥7,293.- (税込) US$ 34.00

Chazee, Laurent, Retour sur 40 ans de developpement international, 1984-2024: entre Trente Glorieuses et globalisation. (Economie plurielle) 149 p. 2025:1 (L'Harmattan, FR) <745-163>
ISBN 978-2-336-48355-9 paper ¥3,945.- (税込) EUR 17.00

泥炭とロシアの化石経済の忘れれられた余白
Bruisch, Katja, Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy. (Studies in Environment and History) 300 pp. 2025:9 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <745-201>
ISBN 978-1-009-60308-9 hard ¥26,752.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00

This groundbreaking environmental history recounts the story of Russia's fossil economy from its margins. Unpacking the forgotten history of how peat fuelled manufacturing industries and power plants in late Imperial and Soviet Russia, Katja Bruisch provides a corrective to more familiar historical narratives dominated by coal, oil, and gas. Attentive to the intertwined histories of matter and labor during a century of industrial peat extraction, she offers a fresh perspective on the modern Russian economy that moves beyond the socialism/capitalism binary. By identifying peat extraction in modern Russia as a crucial chapter in the degradation of the world's peatlands, Bruisch makes a compelling case for paying attention to seemingly marginal places, people, and resources as we tell the histories of the planetary emergency.

Husz, Orsi, Bankminded: Banks as Intimate Agents of Everyday Life in Welfare State Sweden. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 303 pp. 2025:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <745-226>
ISBN 978-3-031-77652-6 hard ¥11,601.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book explores the history of how banks and banking services have become part of everyday life. Taking welfare state Sweden as its setting, the book identifies key cultural challenges and shows how banks and finance companies made inroads into the workplace, the family, spaces of consumption and the world of social movements while also taking on tasks typically associated with state authorities. Focusing on this 'bankification of everyday life' reveals the historical links between the post-war welfare state and the financialised everyday culture of the late twentieth century. This book will be of interest to scholars of economic and cultural history and sociology, as well as those interested in the history of welfare states and the development of commercial surveillance.

Felber-Seligman, Yaari, Fashioning Inland Communities: Trade and Popular Culture in Central East Africa. (Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture) 344 pp. 2025:6 (U. Wisconsin Pr., US) <745-261>
ISBN 978-0-299-35040-6 hard ¥19,294.- (税込) US$ 89.95

When viewed from the economic centers of the Indian or Atlantic Oceans, the Ruvuma region of East Africa, crossing what is now Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique, would look like a periphery. But the same factors that marginalize the region historically brought distinct opportunities. In Fashioning Inland Communities, Yaari Felber-Seligman traces the long history-from the first millennium CE into the twentieth century-of Ruvuma trade practices within a changing world. Felber-Seligman argues that Ruvuma trade should be understood fundamentally as a set of voluntary choices undertaken and revised to further communities' aspirations. Ruvuma used fashion to build varied communities, from local to pan-regional, reflecting the dynamic relationships among inland groups. Examples of Ruvuma popular fashions reveal processes of meaning-making and community building that call for us to expand our attention to the ways in which East African peoples interacted alongside, as well as beyond, trade networks that sourced prestige and commercial goods. Popular culture here emerges as a heterarchical force that shaped lasting multidirectional connections across and between Ruvuma and their neighbors. As both a subject and a strategy for analysis, the history of popular fashion shifts how we view histories of small, decentralized societies as they encounter larger economies. Felber-Seligman demonstrates that this has implications for our understanding not only of trade but of material culture, community, gender, and family.

P.フランクス著　日本における家事、消費、女性の労働　1600～1940年－生活水準の決定における無償労働の役割を理解する－
Francks, Penelope, Housework, Consumption and Female Labour in Japan, 1600-1940: Understanding the Role of Unpaid Work in Determining Living Standards. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 77 pp. 2025:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <745-262>
ISBN 978-3-031-83692-3 hard ¥9,280.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book illuminates the largely neglected contribution of unpaid, primarily female household labour to economic production and living standards in Japan from the early modern period to the eve of World War Two. The difficulties involved in measuring time devoted to housework and other forms of household labour in the past have meant that most attempts to assess the process of industrialisation have failed to recognise the ways in which such labour is essential to the sustainability and welfare of the population. In this context, Japan presents a significant example of a historical case of industrialisation occurring within an economy that continued to be dominated by the institution of the household. This short study argues that this must have led to a particularly significant underestimation of Japanese living standards in the past, with implications for comparative and global analysis, and to neglect of the key role of women in the historical economy. Providing a nuanced yet concise analysis, this book will be valuable reading for scholars of economic history and feminist economics, as well as introducing important comparative angles for researchers in Japanese studies and gender studies more widely.

アイルランドの国家建設－政府、企業、権力　1922～58年
Oliver, Emmet, Irish Nation Building: Government, Business and Power, 1922-1958. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 234 pp. 2025:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <745-264>
ISBN 978-3-031-84930-5 hard ¥30,169.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book examines the early decades of economic nation building in Ireland. It draws on a large amount of previously unstudied archival material to construct a novel contribution to Irish business and economic history that focuses on government relations, business power and wider dynamics of power in a decolonising context. The book adopts a different approach to the early decades of Irish independence, decentering the typical focus on party political developments, Church-state relations and Anglo-Irish relations. Instead, the book explores the role of Irish businesses and services and their engagement with the governing elites of the time. More than just offering a general survey of Irish businesses in the early years of independence, the chapters of this book illuminate and analyse the 'commanding heights' of the economy, the Marxist term for the core distribution channels of capital and labour. In particular, the book focuses on four key strategic sectors - banking, insurance, shipping and rail - to analyse the tensions between the new Irish nationalist political elite and embedded business interests from the pre-independence era, how these led to the transformation of the Irish economic model by the late 1950s, and its gradual integration into a newly globalising world economy. This book will be essential reading for students and researchers of economic and business history, and Irish history and independence broadly.

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.

Benkler, Yochai, The Global Origins of Capitalism: Power, Productivity, and the Evolution of Modern Market Societies. 448 pp. 2026:2 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <743-331>
ISBN 978-0-19-768818-2 hard ¥7,505.- (税込) US$ 34.99

ローマ帝国の経済実績
Brun, Jean-Pierre / Chatzivasiliou, Despina et al. (dir.), Performances economiques de l'Empire romain: une nouvelle archeologie du commerce et des techniques. (Conferences) 252 p. 2024:12 (College de France, FR) <743-332>
ISBN 978-2-7226-0769-9 paper ¥8,123.- (税込) EUR 35.00

O'Connell, Mark Joseph, Canadian Fashion Economies: A Select History of Fashion Culture, Commerce, and Colonization. 256 pp. 2025:10 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <743-336>
ISBN 978-1-350-35736-5 hard ¥23,936.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

A vital re-examination of Canadian cultural and commercial history told through key fashion objects from First Nations, colonial settlers, and contemporary Canadian culture.Traditional narratives of fashion tend to ignore sophisticated pre-colonial networks, First Nation innovations and techniques, and their contributions to colonial dress. From exquisite Chilkat weavings to the iconic Hudson's Bay Company blanket coat, by way of ribbon skirts, quilts, and a beaver-fur top hat, this rich study uses Canadian fashion objects as a research tool to illuminate neglected areas in North American fashion history.Using vivid object-based research, O'Connell maps out pre-colonial economic networks spanning the entire continent, global colonial textile and fur trades, and the material culture of French and English migrant populations in the 'New World', and equips readers with a framework for more nuanced and inclusive histories of Canadian culture and commerce.Unexpected, overlooked stories emerge as central to Canada's fashion history, from hybrid fashion cultures to re-used textiles in settler communities, and O'Connell highlights contemporary Canadian artists and designers who point to new possibilities to reclaim and preserve this cultural heritage.

欧州経済史－先史から今日までの知識、制度、福祉　第3版
Persson, Karl Gunnar / Sharp, Paul / Lampe, Markus, An Economic History of Europe: Knowledge, Institutions and Welfare, Prehistory to the Present. 3rd ed. (New Approaches to Economic and Social History) 334 pp. 2025:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <743-337>
ISBN 978-1-009-61398-9 hard ¥29,568.- (税込) GB￡ 105.00
ISBN 978-1-009-61400-9 paper ¥9,852.- (税込) GB￡ 34.99

In this revised and updated edition, An Economic History of Europe re-establishes itself as the leading textbook on European economic history. With an expanded scope, from prehistory to the present, it will be invaluable source for students, educators and researchers seeking to better understand Europe's long-run economic development. The authors cover key themes including the rise of institutions, technological advancements, globalization, and the Industrial Revolution, with a fresh emphasis on the wider impact of economic policies on welfare reflecting a broader understanding of societal well-being. The chronological structure, clear explanations, case studies, and minimal use of complex mathematics make this an accessible approach that allows students to apply economic theories in historical practice. The new edition also connects historical development to urgent contemporary issues such as modern-day sustainability goals. This comprehensive guide provides students with both a historical narrative of Europe's economic transformation, and the essential tools for analysing it.

信用市場と仲介のグローバルヒストリー
van Bochove, Christiaan / Levy, Juliette (eds.), Beyond Banks: A Global History of Credit Markets and Intermediation. (Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance) 311 pp. 2025:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <743-338>
ISBN 978-3-031-75818-8 hard ¥46,416.- (税込) EUR 199.99

Scholars of credit markets have long focused on banks, but pre-modern as well as modern economies often relied on non-bank credit. This edited volume brings together international examples from across history that highlight how guilds, innkeepers, moneylenders, notaries, networks of family members and friends, and religious institutions - among others - mobilized credit before and even along banks. The volume operationalizes a common terminology and set of questions to allow for comparisons between the wide range of bank and non-bank credit arrangements across the globe and across time.? It will be of interest to financial and economic historians, economists, and many other scholars in the humanities and social sciences.

イランにおける労働史と経済
Yoshinari, Mary / Afacan, S. (eds.), Labour History and the Economy in Iran: Workers, Entrepreneurs and the State. 296 pp. 2025:2 (I. B. Tauris, UK) <743-339>
ISBN 978-0-7556-5259-4 hard ¥23,936.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

Iran underwent major economic changes in the twentieth century, but these have to date largely been studied in the context of oil, centralization and revolutions. This book examines Iran's economic development and the people who made it possible, from the late Qajar period to the Revolution of 1979. Containing a wide spectrum of historical viewpoints and methodologies, the book uses previously understudied Iranian archives to examine the economic and labour history of Iran together. By doing so, the chapters in the book show that Iranian workers had distinct experiences, depending on the sector and decade of their employment. Other topics covered include the private sector, the emergence of social security, the effects of economic development on 'traditional' workers and the role of other local economic actors particular to Iran in development, family businesses, international trade relations, worker histories and events in the provinces. It will be of appeal to scholars and students of the history, economics, labour, sociology and politics of Iran and the Middle East.

恒久的な問題－大量な物質の豊富さから人々の繁栄への不確実な移行
Lindsey, Brink, The Permanent Problem: The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing. 304 pp. 2025:12 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <743-187>
ISBN 978-0-19-780396-7 hard ¥6,432.- (税込) US$ 29.99

Nkama, Ntang, Politiques des filieres cacao et cafe au Cameroun de 1884 a 2015: analyses politiques, socio-historiques, juridiques et economiques. 372 p. 2024:12 (L'Harmattan, FR) <743-248>
ISBN 978-2-336-49090-8 paper ¥8,819.- (税込) EUR 38.00

米ドル市場におけるドイツ銀行業史－ドイツ銀行とコメルツ銀行に焦点を当てて
Beck, Mareike, Extroverted Financialization: Banking on US Dollar Debt. (Studies in Macroeconomic History) 2025:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <743-255>
ISBN 978-1-009-41181-3 hard ¥28,160.- (税込) GB￡ 100.00

Herment, Laurent, Le cultivateur et l'engrais: une histoire de la chimisation de l'agriculture. (Perspectives historiques. Entreprises) 267 p. 2024:12 (Pr. U. Francois-Rabelais, FR) <743-287>
ISBN 978-2-86906-952-7 paper ¥6,034.- (税込) EUR 26.00

欧米における感情と経済
Arndt, Agnes / Pahl, Kerstin Maria (eds.), Capitalist Cold: Emotions and the Economy in Europe and the United States. (Routledge Approaches to History) 238 pp. 2025:1 (Routledge, UK) <742-192>
ISBN 978-1-032-39912-6 hard ¥40,832.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

The capitalist system has often been described by its critics as a heartless economic structure corroding social bonds and symbolic values. Its defenders and analysts likewise use narratives that position emotions as central to the economy. This book enquires into the history of these framings.To explore the role of emotions in economic practices and imaginaries, the volume presents case studies including original rereadings of well-known texts such as Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer's Dialectic of Enlightenment, as well as forays into little-known histories such as representations of capitalists in post-war Turkey, and how art dealers strategically used emotions for navigating the market in interwar Germany. Rather than simply reproducing the image of "cold capitalism", however, it offers nuanced investigations into the ambivalent images evoked by living and working within economic structures. In late-socialist Poland, capitalism felt "warm" and "fuzzy", while pop culture of the seventies found it not destructive but cool, hip, and edgy.This book is aimed at students and scholars of social, economic, and cultural history.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylor francis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution- Non- Commercial- No Derivatives(CC- BY- NC- ND) 4.0 license.

ヨーロッパの歴史と記憶における飢饉の政治
de Zwarte, Ingrid / del Arco Blanco, Miguel Angel (eds.), The Politics of Famine in European History and Memory. (Routledge Studies in Modern European History) 294 pp. 2025:5 (Routledge, UK) <742-193>
ISBN 978-1-032-73757-7 hard ¥40,832.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This is the first book to bring together groundbreaking scholarship focusing on the various ways in which famines result from political decision-making, and how the threat, occurrence, relief, or memory of famine are instrumentalized as a political and military tool.Contributions to this volume show the complexities, variations, and motivations in which famines have been instrumentalized by political actors and regimes, and how the politics of perpetrating hunger and the politics of relieving it have often been entwined. They also address how famine legacies have been subsequently politicized in public debates, educational practices, and popular media; and how these socially and politically constructed memories and myths, in turn, informed broader narratives about hunger and humanitarianism both in history and today.The Politics of Famine in European History and Memory provides a crucial resource for scholars and students from all disciplines interested in the study of famines, as well as those interested in the history of war and troubled pasts more generally.

ポルトガルの都市の市場空間－アーバニズムと商業施設　15～17世紀
Nunes Pereira, Daniela, The Market Space of Portuguese Cities: Urbanism and Commercial Architecture, 15th-17th Centuries. (Routledge Research in Early Modern History) 390 pp. 2025:5 (Routledge, UK) <742-194>
ISBN 978-1-032-58417-1 hard ¥40,832.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book explores the transformation of market spaces in Portuguese cities during the intensification of trade driven by increasing profits from overseas exchanges, and how architectural structures and urban planning were directly impacted by these changes to accommodate the new economic dynamics.The terminology and architectural elements of commercial spaces are analyzed to understand the organization of markets. By examining terms such as porches, arcades, arches, balconies, stalls, shops, and pharmacies, the book not only maps the physical locations of these markets but also offers an interpretation of these spaces as instruments of economic control and power organization, reflecting the tensions between market efficiency and the dominance of urban elites. Based on historical documents including contracts, municipal records, and urban regulations, the book offers fresh perspectives on market spaces in Portuguese cities, highlighting the crucial role of commerce in urban transformation and in the adaptation to the increasing economic demands of this period.This volume is intended for historians, architects, urban planners, and scholars interested in urban history, economic history, and the intersection of architecture and commerce. Its interdisciplinary approach makes it relevant for any reader seeking to understand how trade shaped cities in the early modern period.

前近代世界におけるグローバルな交易－航路、領域、ネットワークへのテーマ的視点
Smith, Richard L. / Smith, Edmond, Global Trade in the Premodern World: Thematic Perspectives on Routes, Realms and Networks. 220 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <742-195>
ISBN 978-0-367-51224-8 hard ¥38,016.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00
ISBN 978-0-367-51223-1 paper ¥10,134.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

Global Trade in the Premodern World offers an authoritative and expansive history of exchange and interaction across Eurasia from the prehistoric origins of trade to the integration of large parts of this world-system by the fifteenth century CE.The book tackles questions that are critical to our understanding of premodern globalization. How did global trade in the premodern world take shape? Who did the trading and what motivated them? Which commodities were traded and how did different goods influence how trading networks functioned? How did geography change how and where people carried goods? How did states and communities seek to control the practice of commerce? And finally, what was the impact of trade on political structures and in the relationship between different states, empires, and communities?Drawing on the fruits of research in history, anthropology, and archaeology, as well as primary sources produced by authors from Africa, Asia and Europe, Global Trade in the Premodern World is a book of remarkable scope written engagingly and accessibly with scholars, students, and non-specialists in mind.

秋田茂著　アジアの視点から見たイギリス帝国史
Akita, Shigeru, History of the British Empire from Asian Perspectives. (Studies in Economic History) 136 pp. 2025:3 (Springer, GW) <741-379>
ISBN 978-981-9610-03-7 hard ¥30,169.- (税込) EUR 129.99 *

This book presents the history of the British Empire as the "Bridge" for creating a Global History, especially emphasizing its connections with Asian regions. The United Kingdom ruled most of the world in the nineteenth century. Its influence spread around the globe in various forms - in the white settlements such as those in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand (Dominions), in Asian and African regions represented by present-day India, in colonies acquired by military force (Dependencies), and in other regions under its economic influence through trade and investment (the informal empire). Thus, the British Empire played a key role in nineteenth-century globalization. There are many books on the British Empire in English. However, no books from Asian perspectives have interpreted it as "the means used by Asian countries for their own economic development" (and as providers of "international public goods"). Along with the East Asian economic resurgence, the weight of the global system and the world economy has now largely shifted from the Atlantic world to the Asia-Pacific region, encompassing India, as well as the Pacific coast of the United States. The global depression in 2008 accelerated this trend. We now face the task of building a new interpretation of world history with a clearer understanding of this upheaval. Redrawing world history is not an easy task but a good starting point would be to analyze the mutual relationship between the British Empire and the Asian regions, and this can be done by interpreting the historical significance of the British Empire.

Chiarelli, Jan, Le franc suisse: une naissance dans la douleur (1815-1865). 874 pp. 2024:12 (P. Lang, SZ) <741-380>
ISBN 978-3-0343-4951-2 hard ¥42,299.- (税込) SFR 174.00

Pourquoi la monnaie suisse est-elle le franc, unite monetaire bien connue de la France jusqu’en 2002 ? La reponse a cette question est plus complexe qu’il n’y parait. Et pour cause : au milieu du 19e siecle, plus de 700 monnaies differentes circulent sur le territoire helvetique, representant des milliers de varietes de pieces. Reussir a en choisir une seule qui satisfasse les interets de tout le monde est pour le moins delicat. En parcourant les nombreux debats monetaires qui ont lieu en Suisse entre 1815 et 1865, cet ouvrage analyse le long processus de centralisation et d’unification des monnaies. Il montre que le chemin pour y parvenir est seme d’embuches et que le franc Suisse nait en 1850 dans la douleur. Ses premieres annees d’existence sont elles aussi tumultueuses. S’interesser aujourd’hui aux origines du franc suisse offre l’occasion de constater qu’il n’a pas toujours eu la force et la stabilite qui font sa reputation actuelle, loin de la. Open Access Annexes available at: https://supplementaryresources.blob.core.windows.net/4335438-chiarelli/Annexes.pdf

帝政期ローマにおける貨幣
Haklai, Merav, Money in Imperial Rome: Legal Diversity and Systemic Complexity. (Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy) 416 pp. 2025:6 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <741-383>
ISBN 978-0-19-891200-2 hard ¥33,510.- (税込) GB￡ 119.00

Money in Imperial Rome offers an in-depth examination of the institutional framework within which money operated as an economic agent in the Roman empire, emphasising its systemic complexity. Analyses focus on classical Roman law as reflected in the writings of Roman jurists from the second and early-third centuries AD. The legal sources are augmented with documentary materials, which give independent evidence of actual practice, and with Jewish legal sources, which give evidence of a separate contemporary legal tradition. The work promotes Keynesian claims for the endogenous nature of money and adopts approaches advanced by new institutional economics (NIE), while its innovative contribution is in suggesting a complexity-oriented approach to understanding the conceptual framework that dictated the use of money in private transactions. Money is a complex phenomenon in the sense that it allows for new patterns of activity to be created by individuals, who adjust their use of it to the continuously evolving system in which they operate. The book is divided into four parts. The first part is introductory. The second part traces a line of thought consistent in legal developments that regulated exchange, which perceived money as a unique phenomenon, different from all other items; therefore, specific rules were applied to money and a special role was allocated to it in defining the status of the parties. This is detectable for price (pretium) in the Roman contract for sale (emptio venditio), remuneration (merces) in the Roman contract for lease and hire (locatio conductio), and Jewish legal rules regarding sales conducted via a mode of acquisition known as 'acquisition by drawing' (qinyan meshikha). The third part examines money as a financial tool. It observes the various, innovative ways Romans used the instrument of interest. Then follows a discussion of regulations regarding interest-bearing deposits, its flexible application by individuals, and the interconnected dynamics within and between three legal traditions operating under Roman regime: Roman, Jewish, and Egyptian-Hellenistic laws. Investigation then moves to credit money in the Roman world and its capacity to increase the money supply. The fourth part offers a summary of the work and some conclusions.

Lohrmann, Klaus, Babenberger und Traungauer: Landesherrschaft und Oekonomie (1150-1250). 352 S. 2025:5 (Boehlau, AU) <741-384>
ISBN 978-3-205-22158-6 hard ¥13,926.- (税込) EUR 60.00

Als im 12. Jahrhundert der Fernhandel zwischen den westlichen Produktionsstaetten im Westen und den rohstoffreichen Waeldern des Ostens expandierte, entfaltete sich davon abhaengig im Sueden des mittelalterlichen Reiches der Donauhandel. Mit Unterstuetzung von Regensburger Kaufleuten gruendete der steirische Markgraf Otakar III. in Enns einen Jahrmarkt, der fuer ein halbes Jahrhundert eine Drehscheibe im Fernhandel an der Donau wurde. Transporte aus Koeln und Aachen aber auch aus Staedten an der Maas und weiter im Westen (Flandern) brachten Waren in das Herrschaftsgebiet Oesterreichs und der Steiermark, die beide seit 1192 von den Babenbergern beherrscht wurden ? das gewaltigste Territorium im Sueden des Reiches! Marktgebuehren, Zoelle und die Ertraege aus dem sich rasch entwickelnden regionalen Muenzwesen verschafften dem Landesherrn bedeutende jaehrliche Einkuenfte. Die im 12. Jahrhundert uebliche Gleichsetzung von Macht und Reichtum ist eine der Grundlagen der Zusammenhaenge zwischen Herrschaft und Oekonomie.

Pawlas, Andreas, "Gerechte" Wirtschaftskriege?: Friedensethische und voelkerrechtliche Besinnungen und Impulse. (Geschichte in Wissenschaft und Forschung) 550 S. 2025:6 (Kohlhammer, GW) <741-385>
ISBN 978-3-17-045976-2 paper ¥15,086.- (税込) EUR 65.00

Viele Ueberzeugungen zu Krieg, Frieden und Voelkerrecht sind mit dem Ueberfall Russlands auf die Ukraine ins Wanken geraten. Auch die Ablehnung von Kriegen bei gleichzeitiger Akzeptanz von Wirtschaftskriegen. Allerdings bleibt zu pruefen, ob solche Kriege tatsaechlich als "gerecht" angesehen werden koennen. Dazu muss manche herkoemmliche Kategorie der Vorstellung vom "gerechten Krieg" ueberdacht oder modifiziert werden. So muss bspw. die Berechtigung zu wirtschaftlicher Kriegfuehrung oder eine Friedensorientierung nicht allein fuer den Staat, sondern auch fuer Unternehmen gelten. Auch muss oekonomisches Dominanzstreben zu Lasten anderer abgelehnt werden. Die groesste ethische Herausforderung bleibt, die Zivilbevoelkerung als hauptsaechliches Ziel des Wirtschaftskrieges zu schuetzen. Andreas Pawlas greift nicht nur diese aktuellen Fragen auf, sondern zeichnet auch die Geschichte der Wirtschaftskriege bis zur Antike nach. So entsteht ein facettenreiches Bild, von dem sich ein fundierter Ausblick ableiten laesst.

戦時の小麦－第一次世界大戦における連合国の経済協力
Zielinski, Rosella Cappella / Poast, Paul, Wheat at War: Allied Economic Cooperation in the Great War. 240 pp. 2025:8 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <741-387>
ISBN 978-0-19-781273-0 hard ¥21,235.- (税込) US$ 99.00
ISBN 978-0-19-781274-7 paper ¥6,432.- (税込) US$ 29.99

ブラジルの農業開発　1890～1950年
Downes, Earl Richard, Brazilian Agricultural Development, 1890-1950: Educators, Capitalists, and Cold Warriors. 399 pp. 2025:3 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <741-254>
ISBN 978-3-031-76991-7 hard ¥25,527.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book provides a comprehensive history of Brazilian agricultural economic development between 1890 and 1950. It details the US agricultural education that made an impact on Brazil and how this translated into private capital in the US. The book highlights the shifting priorities of Brazil's regional elites during the First Republic and takes readers through the its downfall in 1930. Chapters cover how US educators implanted the philosophy and practices of US agricultural education at the nation's three most prominent university-level institutes of agronomist education. The history also documents the activist role played by the United States in the agricultural development of Brazil during an early part of the century, which was before the US was a world leader economically. Earl Richard Downes provides detailed documentation of the creation of the major agricultural education institutions in Brazil and their initial contributions to Brazil's agricultural development. He also provides insight into the Brazilian federal government reaction to international crises with opportunities for profit through increased production for external markets. The resulting book breaks down the specific social and economic history that led to heightened economic development in a developing nation.

ブラジルの農業開発　1950～85年
Downes, Earl Richard, Brazilian Agricultural Development, 1950-1985: The United States and Rise of Agribusiness in Brazil. 328 pp. 2025:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <741-255>
ISBN 978-3-031-76995-5 hard ¥25,527.- (税込) EUR 109.99

Between 1950 and 1985, the United States provided an ongoing flow of resources to support Brazilian agriculture. These were granted regardless of the orientation of the dominant political party in both countries. This book documents the Cold War-driven aid programs, the private capital, and investment from American philanthropists that laid the foundation for economic development to soar in Brazil through to today. Earl Richard Downes explains how Brazil became a major catalyst for change with US assistance and a military government. This rich history includes conflict over land titles, displacement of farm laborers, environmental damage, as well as political and social turbulence. The book breaks down how Brazil's military inserted itself into major components of the agricultural revolution, including mechanization, fertilization, credit, technical assistance, research, processing, and marketing. Chapters break down the global impact made through the frameworks and models used to develop Brazilian agriculture. Downes also offers insight into the nation's first agricultural research corporation, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA).

Perovic, Jeronim, Rohstoffmacht Russland: Eine globale Energiegeschichte. 2., aktual. u. erw. Aufl. 259 S. 2025:2 (Boehlau, GW) <741-297>
ISBN 978-3-412-53170-6 hard ¥9,051.- (税込) EUR 39.00 *

Bereits in der spaeten Zarenzeit entwickelte sich Russland durch den Aufbau einer modernen Erdoelindustrie im Kaukasus zu einem der weltweit fuehrenden Erdoelproduzenten und baute diese Position in der Sowjetzeit weiter aus. Die Industrialisierung und der Aufstieg zur Weltmacht waren eng mit der Faehigkeit verbunden, das enorme Ressourcenpotenzial zu nutzen und fossile Energietraeger in immer groesserem Umfang nach Europa, dem Hauptabnehmer fuer russisches Oel und Gas, zu exportieren. Nach dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion waren es die Oelmilliarden, die dem Putin-Regime seine Machtbasis sicherten. Auch wenn die europaeisch-russische Energieverflechtung mit dem russischen Angriff auf die Ukraine 2022 einen abrupten Bruch erfahren hat, bleiben Russlands Rohstoffe wichtig, solange die Welt auf fossile Energietraeger angewiesen ist. Energie und Handel erscheinen in den gaengigen Darstellungen zur russischen Geschichte meist als Nebenschauplaetze. Dieses Buch rueckt sie in den Mittelpunkt der Erzaehlung. Denn der Umgang Russlands mit seinem Rohstoffreichtum ist zentral, um den Entwicklungsweg des Landes und sein Verhalten in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart zu verstehen.