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

第二の奴隷制の時代におけるキューバのたばこ
Morgan, William A., Cuban Tobacco in the Age of Second Slavery. (Race in the Atlantic World 1700 - 1900) 296 pp. 2026:6 (U. Georgia Pr., US) <763-316>
ISBN 978-0-8203-7692-9 hard ¥26,915.- (税込) US$ 119.95
ISBN 978-0-8203-7689-9 paper ¥7,393.- (税込) US$ 32.95

By 1865, more than 750,000 enslaved Africans had arrived in Cuba, making it the leading Spanish American slave colony and the epicenter of slavery in the Atlantic. At the height of the global tobacco economy, tens of thousands of these slaves labored in Pinar del Rio, Cuba-a region devoted exclusively to tobacco cultivation. These enslaved people were responsible for exporting a record fourteen million pounds of raw tobacco per year, leaving one contemporary writer to argue that no agricultural economy produced more value, in proportion to the capital and labor employed, than tobacco. While tobacco was second only to sugar in export significance and in the number of rural enslaved, tobacco was unequivocally as dependent on enslaved labor as the more infamous export. Despite Cuba being one of the first-introduced and last-abolished slave societies in the Atlantic world, this slave economy remains largely ignored, existing outside the considerable and recent scholarship on the region.Cuban Tobacco in the Age of Second Slavery directly refutes the myth of tobacco as a small-scale, family, and free-labor crop promoted by both contemporary and current scholarship. It also rejects the prevailing use of sugar as the model for epitomizing Cuban slavery-a paradigm that obscures the full measure of diversity in this region and era. Arguing tobacco was more counterpart than counterpoint to sugar, Cuban Tobacco in the Age of Second Slavery focuses on the development of tobacco as a plantation economy-and the exponential increase in forced labor supporting it-to suggest an alternative narrative in understanding both Cuban and Atlantic slavery in this period.

食品とジェンダー－近現代世界の形成
Goucher, Candice, Food and Gender: Making the Modern World. (Gendering World History) 264 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <763-309>
ISBN 978-1-032-65587-1 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-1-032-65586-4 paper ¥12,794.- (税込) GB￡ 41.99

Food and Gender: Making the Modern World places food and gender at the center of the human experience and through this creates a new periodization for modern world history. In focusing on food and gender, and the connections between them, the books shows that a shift in the markers of modernity is needed, away from the traditional perspectives organizing this history that emphasize war, political states, and the global economy which often exclude and marginalize women and trivialize the study of foodways.Instead, it places emphasis on the changes in household organization, female labor, family, the informal sector, personal technology, urban literacy and education, enfranchisement, sexuality, and childrearing/cultural/social reproduction as among the most powerful forces at the heart of modern history. It then recovers a narrative that considers feminist perspectives and traces the impact of masculinities, while fully integrating women, both aiming to restore female agency to the "food in world history" narrative. Chapters trace themes that focus on the embodied history of foodways, including the role of accumulation, exchange, power, revolution, conflict, migration, technology, and difference. Together these thematic explorations show how contemporary patterns of abundance and scarcity have been created. The relationships between gender and food also serve as markers of cultural, racial, social, national, and sexual identities and thus reflect the differences and disparities that have shaped our history.This book explores the major themes of world history: the environment, cultural developments and interactions, governance, economic systems, social interactions and organization, ideas and power, and technology and innovation, but puts women, gender, and foodways at its center.

中世後期北西欧におけるイタリアのマーチャント・バンカー
Guidi-Bruscoli, Francesco, Italian Merchant Bankers in North-Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages. (Variorum Collected Studies) 304 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <763-310>
ISBN 978-1-032-87071-7 hard ¥44,181.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Italian merchants played a pivotal role in the international trade of England and the Low Countries during the late Middle Ages. While the field is well established, the examination of a vast array of Italian business sources kept in private and public archives offers important new insights.The ten studies in this volume (two published in English for the first time) reveal previously unknown sources. These are used to examine the role and activity of Italians in London and Bruges. Most of the volume is devoted to the Italian communities in England, many of whom were merchants. They are discussed not only for the role they played in English foreign trade, but also for their model of settlement, their relationship with the local population and for the institutions they established. Given the near absence of surviving English business records prior to 1500, this book also provides valuable material for those interested in English mercantile activity. Many indigenous merchants feature in the financial accounts of Italian banks.Italian Merchant Bankers in North-Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages will be of value to economic historians of England and the Low Countries, and, more broadly, to students and scholars interested in late medieval trade and finance.

インド・アラビア数字の技法－いかに西欧において実用算術が商業と数学を形成したか　1200～1600年
Danna, Raffaele, The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200-1600. 432 pp. 2026:4 (Harvard U. Pr., US) <762-53>
ISBN 978-0-674-27933-9 hard ¥8,976.- (税込) US$ 40.00

"A must-read." -Joel Mokyr, Nobel Prize-winning author of A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern EconomyAn illuminating, fine-grained account of how Indo-Arabic numerals facilitated the spread of practical knowledge in Western Europe-reshaping both commerce and mathematics in the process.In the thirteenth-century Mediterranean, commerce transformed as merchants shifted from Roman to Indo-Arabic numerals-an alternative that better facilitated complex calculations. It has long been known that this transition stemmed from Europe's increasing exchanges with India, Persia, and the Arabic world. Yet much remains to be understood about how Indo-Arabic numerals-and the practical arithmetic they enabled-actually spread across Europe. As Raffaele Danna shows, it was hundreds of ordinary merchants, schoolmasters, and artisans who nurtured these changes, thereby driving key advances in both commerce and mathematics.Drawing on an original catalog of more than 1,200 practical arithmetic manuals, Danna charts the incremental spread of the new figures with unprecedented precision. While Italian merchants were the early adopters, it took nearly three centuries for Indo-Arabic numerals to become established in northern Europe. As Danna shows, adoption did not follow the routes of maritime trade. Rather, Indo-Arabic numerals moved gradually across the continent through inland networks of practitioners. Everywhere they went, the ten figures enhanced commercial practices and facilitated the emergence of a coherent language of mathematical craft. The growing social circulation of this knowledge, in turn, had a lasting impact on the economic trajectory of Western Europe. By the late sixteenth century, even academics were absorbing lessons from the vernacular tradition-a development that led to the first major breakthroughs in European mathematical theory since antiquity.Combining economic history with the social history of mathematics, The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals illuminates the integral role of practical arithmetic in both intellectual and commercial transformations across Western Europe.

帝国の周辺での交易－1600年頃のフランチェスコ・カルレッティの世界
Brege, Brian / Findlen, Paula / Mola, Luca et al. (eds.), Trading at the Edge of Empires: Francesco Carletti's World, ca. 1600. (I Tatti Research Series) 500 pp. 2026:4 (Harvard U. Pr., US) <762-252>
ISBN 978-0-674-29618-3 paper ¥10,995.- (税込) US$ 49.00

In narrating his circumnavigation of the world at the turn of the seventeenth century, the Florentine Francesco Carletti became the first European merchant to leave an account of travel on existing commercial routes. A repentant ex-slave trader and smuggler turned dealer in Chinese goods, Carletti travelled "at the edge of empires," providing a unique perspective on the promise and peril of a connected globe. With his long stays in Lima, Mexico City, Manila, Nagasaki, Macao, and Goa, as well as travels across the Americas, the Pacific, and Asia, Carletti documents a changing world in which European powers and traders interacted and often clashed with other empires and polities. Trading at the Edge of Empires brings together 24 scholars to situate and unpack how Carletti's travels illuminate our understanding of trade, slavery, empire, religion, language, ethnography, cartography, cosmography, and material culture in the early modern world.

アフリカの奪い合いにおけるオランダ人企業家　1830～1910年代
Dreijer, Gijs, Private Entrepreneurship and European Imperialism: Dutch Entrepreneurs in the Scramble for Africa, 1830s-1910s. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 322 pp. 2026:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <762-254>
ISBN 978-3-032-01085-8 hard ¥13,141.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book presents a groundbreaking new perspective on European imperialism in Africa, by focusing on the role of Dutch private entrepreneurs in colonial activities during the so-called 'Scramble for Africa'. Distinguishing between a state-based 'Partition of' and an actor-based 'Scramble for' Africa, the book illustrates this process by tracking the entrepreneurial strategy of a group of Dutch entrepreneurs in the Scramble, at a time when the Dutch state itself largely withdrew from the African continent. This book thus investigates why and how nineteenth-century Dutch entrepreneurs from the port city of Rotterdam invested significant resources in West and West Central Africa between the 1830s and the 1910s. It demonstrates the trans-national nature of colonial investments in the Scramble for Africa, highlighting the crucial role Dutch entrepreneurs played in trade, production and investment in empires across West and West Central Africa (the Congo Free State, French Congo and Portuguese Angola). The book aims to rethink the Dutch role in European imperialism more broadly and its repercussions in the present day. The book takes into account the social and political implications of colonial entrepreneurship as much as the economic and business implications, going beyond a strictly entrepreneurial analysis of success and failure. It will be essential reading for scholars of economic and business history, as well as historians of imperialism, colonialism and trans-imperial relations.

いかに資本主義が世界を征服したか
Jackson, Trevor, The Insatiable Machine: How Capitalism Conquered the World. 320 pp. 2026:3 (Norton, US) <762-255>
ISBN 978-1-324-10687-6 hard ¥7,626.- (税込) US$ 33.99

Today, virtually the entire world lives under the economic system called capitalism and most people alive have never known another. But as Trevor Jackson argues, it wasn't always capitalism, it didn't have to be capitalism and capitalism didn't have to be this way. How did it happen? With a firm grasp on history and economics and a keen eye for the telling anecdote, Jackson explains the rise of capitalism from the discovery of the New World to the First World War. A fast-paced work of global history that explores the role of Chinese mulberry trees, Dutch tulips and whale blubber-along with Spanish conquistadors, Mexican mine workers and English bankers-The Insatiable Machine traces capitalism's development from the accidental construction of an international monetary system to the creation of banking, the emergence of a new form of slavery, fossil-fuel industrialisation and finally the global capitalist system spread by imperialism.

Vandeweerdt, Nena, Women and Work Through a Comparative Lens: Gender and the Urban Labor Markets of Premodern Brabant and Biscay. (Mediaevalia Lovaniensia 51) 250 pp. 2025:12 (Leuven U. Pr., BE) <762-258>
ISBN 978-94-6270-494-7 paper ¥8,951.- (税込) EUR 26.00

Urban Markets and Women's Labor: Navigating Institutional Boundaries in Premodern EuropeWomen played a crucial role in medieval and early modern urban economies, yet their labor opportunities varied greatly depending on local institutions. This book compares the guild-structured labor markets of Antwerp and Mechelen in Brabant with Bilbao's informal economy in Biscay during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. By analyzing these distinct institutional contexts, it offers a multifaceted understanding of women's economic roles in premodern Europe. Drawing on a wide range of legislative and judicial sources, Vandeweerdt demonstrates how legal frameworks, socioeconomic structures, and individual strategies shaped women's activities in small-scale trade. Bridging institutional analysis and personal agency, Women and Work through a Comparative Lens sheds new light on the interplay between labor organization and everyday practices in premodern Europe.

Fernando, Tamara Surani, Shallow Blue Empire: A History of Pearl Diving in the Indian Ocean, 1850-1930. (Harvard Historical Studies) 288 pp. 2026:7 (Harvard U. Pr., US) <762-266>
ISBN 978-0-674-29414-1 hard ¥8,963.- (税込) US$ 39.95

Strangio, Donatella (ed.), Migration, Innovation and Knowledge Transmission: An Interdisciplinary Assessment of Italian Migration and its Socioeconomic Impact. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 293 pp. 2026:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <762-184>
ISBN 978-3-031-98110-4 hard ¥52,576.- (税込) EUR 199.99

This edited collection presents an interdisciplinary assessment of the impact of migration on knowledge transmission and entrepreneurial innovation. Focusing on Italian migration to Europe and the Americas, the book analyses the socioeconomic transformations enabled by migration and fills an important gap in the literature on the economic history of migration. Featuring contributions from fifteen scholars from around the world, the book presents a range of case studies and archival research that shows how the transmission of knowledge and skills, passed on by migrants in destination countries, represents a less-known but crucial aspect of the migration phenomenon. Chapters discuss the impact of Italian migrants in a range of contexts, with their entrepreneurial, professional, manual and craft skills significantly contributing to economic, cultural and industrial development in countries such as Chile, Argentina, Brazil and the US. Chapters bring out larger themes such as technological innovation, educational practices, institutional and public policies and experiences of short-term or temporary migration. The interdisciplinary framework of the book, bringing together economic historians, architects and sociologists, fosters unique perspectives and enriches our understanding of the economic impact of migration beyond simply linear economic growth. This will be a valuable resource for researchers of economic and business history, as well historians of migration, sociologists and demographers.

インドの政治経済の75年間
Jha, Praveen / Pal, Puja / Majumder, Bhaskar (eds.), India's Political Economy @75: Opportunities & Challenges of Development. (The Political Economy of the Asia Pacific) 416 pp. 2026:2 (Springer, GW) <762-161>
ISBN 978-981-9678-81-5 hard ¥47,318.- (税込) EUR 179.99

This book provides a comprehensive exploration and reflection of the opportunities and challenges that have shaped India's growth trajectory in past seven decades. The book contains rigorously researched articles on various contemporary issues and debates around four broad key themes on-political economy appraisal, sectoral challenges, employment, labour and informality and social sector performance, offering conceptual understanding, critical analysis and policy implications. In addition to offering significant insights into recent emerging issues such as the agrarian crisis, non-performing assets (NPAs), post-COVID-19 transformations, shifts in the labor market due to artificial intelligence (AI), digitalization, and more, the book also explores the dominant theoretical discourses essential for comprehending India's political economy since independence till recent. The book offers actionable policy recommendations to address existing gaps between policies and practices of India's development trajectory. The book is particularly intended for research scholars and students, of economics, political science and development studies. Also, policymakers, institutions, general reader and academics worldwide who are interested in understanding the political aspect of Indian economy, its development trajectory, and the challenges and opportunities that nation faces at the cusp of completing 75 years of independence.

Everill, Bronwen, Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance. 304 pp. 2025:10 (The New Pr., US) <762-168>
ISBN 978-1-62097-975-4 hard ¥7,850.- (税込) US$ 34.99

アメリカの企業利益　1950～2024年
Silva, Ednaldo, U.S. Corporate Profits, 1950-2024: Operating Profit Markups in Leading U.S. Firms. (SpringerBriefs in Economics) 93 pp. 2026:2 (Springer, GW) <762-138>
ISBN 978-3-032-11398-6 paper ¥11,827.- (税込) EUR 44.99

This book offers a regression-based analysis of corporate profitability in the United States over the period 1950 to 2024. Drawing on detailed analysis of 71 leading corporations across 11 key industries-from petroleum and natural gas to high-tech and government contracting-this book reveals a striking pattern: operating-profit markups have remained both high and remarkably stable over the past seven decades.Using a clear and accessible regression-based methodology, the author demonstrates how corporations have consistently maintained their ability to pass through costs, challenging common assumptions about volatility in profit margins.Written by a seasoned expert for professionals in corporate accounting, corporate law, finance, taxation, and economic policy, this book provides:A robust empirical framework for analyzing long-term profitabilityIndustry-specific insights into pricing power and cost pass-throughA valuable resource for understanding corporate behavior across economic cycles Whether you're advising clients, shaping policy, or conducting research, this book offers essential insights into the enduring dynamics of corporate profitability.

グローバル化した世界におけるオーストラリアの鉄鋼－1964～2024年
Abbott, Malcolm, Australian Steel in a Globalised World: From 1964 to 2024. 217 pp. 2026:1 (Springer, GW) <762-139>
ISBN 978-981-9544-60-8 hard ¥28,915.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book explores the history and evolution of Australia's steel industry. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the creation of a large, technologically advanced steel sector was widely seen as essential for economic development, providing vital inputs for railways, shipping, engineering, and construction. While new materials such as plastics, aluminium, and concrete have since taken centre stage, steel once stood at the heart of industrial progress. In the Australian context, the steel industry became closely linked with Broken Hill Proprietary Limited (BHP), for decades the country's largest private corporation and long identified as the "Big Australian." BHP's exit from steelmaking in 2002 marked not just a corporate turning point but also reflected the broader transformation of the Australian economy, where mining increasingly overshadowed manufacturing. Yet, the story of steel in Australia is not merely one of decline. This book examines how the industry endured through profound shifts in the national and global economy, overcoming challenges and adapting to survive, even prosper, through the late 20th and early 21st centuries. In doing so, it reveals how businesses, particularly in the manufacturing sector, can demonstrate resilience and strategic adaptation in an era of globalisation. By tracing the steel industry's rise, struggles, and persistence, this book offers fresh insights into the dynamics of industrial change and the lessons it holds for Australia's economic future.

Chancel, Lucas, Energie et inegalites: une histoire politique. (Eco-histoires) 426 p. 2025:10 (Seuil, FR) <761-320>
ISBN 978-2-02-151612-8 paper ¥6,572.- (税込) EUR 25.00

企業と統合－大企業と単一欧州市場の形成
Ballor, Grace, Enterprise and Integration: Big Business and the Making of the Single European Market. (Cambridge Studies in the Emergence of Global Enterprise) 280 pp. 2026:7 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <761-399>
ISBN 978-1-009-20935-9 hard ¥28,946.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00

In post-Brexit Europe, it has never been more important to understand who benefits from the European Union and its Single Market. In this innovative approach to the history of European integration, Grace Ballor reconstructs the creation of the Single Market in the 1980s and 1990s through the lens of multinational business. She both shows how policymakers viewed big business as an ally in market integration and uncovers the diverse responses of European companies, ranging from enthusiastic support for the market to opposition to its attendant social and environmental policies. Drawing on institutional and corporate archives and interviews with key policymakers and business leaders, Ballor demonstrates how businesses adapted their strategies to the new realities of integration and how these adaptations in turn shaped international markets. This is essential reading for anyone wishing to make sense of contemporary European economics and the complex relationships between business and policymaking, economy and society.

スイスフランの誕生
Chiarelli, Jan, La naissance du franc suisse. (Le savoir suisse) 185 p. 2025:10 (Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, SZ) <761-402>
ISBN 978-2-88915-674-0 paper ¥3,917.- (税込) EUR 14.90

Doucette, Jonathan Stavnskaer, How Settlers Shaped Eastern Europe and Scandinavia: Economic Development, Regime Change, and State Formation, 800-1800. (Elements in Political Economy) 75 pp. 2026:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <761-403>
ISBN 978-1-009-54667-6 hard ¥16,758.- (税込) GB￡ 55.00
ISBN 978-1-009-54670-6 paper ¥5,484.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00

This Element argues that settlers from Western Europe shaped European state formation and transformed the political and economic fate of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia between 800 and 1800. While existing work on European colonization focuses on overseas settlers, and studies of Europe's development tend to concentrate on the continent's western regions, the Element highlights a significant internal wave of settlement from Western to Eastern and Northern Europe. Beginning around 1100 and tapering off after 1400, this settler movement spurred economic development and the spread of local self-government across Eastern Europe and Scandinavia. Settlers also provided institutional templates that local rulers adapted in their efforts to build states. These rulers were increasingly compelled to bargain with politically autonomous and large cities. Over time, the emergence of new states in Eastern Europe intensified geopolitical competition across the continent.

第一次世界大戦における鉄道　第2巻
Giuntini, Andrea / Jacolin, Henry (eds.), Railways in the First World War. Volume 2. (Routledge Studies in Modern History) 244 pp. 2026:2 (Routledge, UK) <761-404>
ISBN 978-1-032-72068-5 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

This book, the second in a two-volume work resulting from a 2018 conference organized by the International Railway History Association (IRHA), examines the relationship between the railways and the First World War from a global theoretical, methodological and geographical perspective.Although World War I (1914-1918) has been studied extensively from virtually every angle, the question of the railways has not been the subject of robust historical interest, despite their crucial role in every respect and at every stage. The war forced the railways to adopt more efficient techniques more quickly than they would have done in peacetime, to the extent where military operations would not have been possible without their massive and multifaceted help. This collection of essays brings together specialists in the field from a broad range of disciplines and backgrounds to demonstrate how this topic is integral to understanding the developments of European and world history throughout the 1910s and 1920s.Railways in the First World War will be a useful tool for students, scholars and non-specialist readers interested in the history of transport, the history of the First World War and World history.

Helling, Benjamin D. R. / Spoerri Butcher, M. et al. (eds.), Roman Coin Hoards Across Frontiers. (Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy) 480 pp. 2026:6 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <761-406>
ISBN 978-0-19-898644-7 hard ¥38,087.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00

The spread of Roman coins and their imitations, from Ireland to Thailand, reaches well beyond a modern political map of the Roman provinces. Roman Coin Hoards Across Frontiers provides a broad survey of hoarding of Roman coins beyond the Roman Empire from c. 30 BC to AD 518 and its relevance to our understanding of the commercial, political, and cultural connections between Rome and its neighbours, near and far. Written by nineteen international scholars, it draws on data gathered for the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Project, an online database cataloguing all known Roman coin hoards. The volume starts with select studies on aspects of deposition within the Empire, followed by regional analyses covering Southern Scandinavia, Germany, and Eastern Europe, as well as the eastern part of the Roman Empire and its adjacent regions, from the Caucasus up to India. The last section looks outside the Roman hoard evidence itself, offering insights from a later period in the Viking north and from metallurgy. The concluding chapter provides an analysis of the key literary textual evidence for the export of coin outside the Empire. By studying the full reach of Roman material culture beyond the frontiers through the lens of coin hoards, this book reveals the nature of Roman imperialism, the importance of commerce, and the significance of borders.

Kim, Jeongmin, Black Market Intimacies: The Transpacific Sexual Economy of the Korean War. 280 pp. 2026:6 (Stanford U. Pr., US) <761-408>
ISBN 978-1-5036-4569-1 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00
ISBN 978-1-5036-4696-4 paper ¥6,283.- (税込) US$ 28.00

Black Market Intimacies reveals how illicit exchanges of money and commodities involving sexual encounters between Korean and Japanese women and US soldiers provided the material foundations of the regional economy across Korea and Japan during the Korean War. Against the conventional view that illicit exchanges exist outside the formal economy and legal regulations, Jeongmin Kim examines how the interlinked markets for transactional sex and goods crucially constituted the transpacific formation of US military base capitalism in post-World War II East Asia. Going beyond what is commonly categorized as prostitution and violence in Cold War archives, Kim weaves together stories from the myriads of mundane records scattered around multilingual archives to document larger transnational webs of the war economy. From Korean women who brought camel blankets and whiskey to local markets in Seoul, to middle-aged Okinawan women dealing in US military notes, Kim uncovers the crucial roles that local women played in circulating war supplies and currency across the region through their sexual and intermediary labor. The result is an intimate and global history of the Korean War that urges us to rethink the often-antithetical relationship between sexual intimacy and market economies in the context of war and occupation.

Ru, Sung Hee, The Road Taken: China's Incorporation Process into the Capitalist World System and Its Capitalist Transition. 414 pp. 2025:9 (State U. New York Pr., US) * paper 2026:3 <761-410>
ISBN 979-88-558-0307-5 hard ¥31,416.- (税込) US$ 140.00
ISBN 979-88-558-0306-8 paper ¥8,739.- (税込) US$ 38.95

Traces China's transformations with a focus on China's incorporation process in the nineteenth century, which help to grasp the historical origins of China's capitalism.As Europe's colonial powers reached China in the nineteenth century, they became so strong that China could no longer ignore them. Given that the unprecedented geographical expansion of the European system undermined a China-centered world order and brought unprecedented changes to Chinese society, an intriguing question-why and how the Chinese empire entered into the capitalist world economy-has attracted increasing attention among historians, historical sociologists, and world-systems researchers. Yet, there has been no comprehensive monograph touching on China's incorporation process into the capitalist world-economy. To rectify this, The Road Taken investigates China's incorporation process. Incorporation studies, based on world-systems analysis, aims to illustrate the long-term integration process of external arenas into the capitalist world-economy. Ru traces China's transformations with a focus on how incorporation process unfolded over the course of a century (1780s-1890s), which represents a watershed era in the relations between China and the capitalist world.

P.N.スターンズ著　世界史における産業革命　第6版
Stearns, Peter N., The Industrial Revolution in World History. 6th ed. 300 pp. 2026:3 (Routledge, UK) <761-411>
ISBN 978-1-041-21305-5 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-1-041-20065-9 paper ¥12,794.- (税込) GB￡ 41.99

Now in its sixth edition, this book explores the ways in which the industrial revolution reshaped world history, covering the international factors that helped launch the industrial revolution, its global spread and its impact from the end of the eighteenth century to the present day.The single most important development in human history over the past three centuries, the industrial revolution continues to shape the contemporary world. Revised and brought into the present, The Industrial Revolution in World History extends the global analysis of the industrial revolution, looking beyond the West, extending to India, the Middle East and Africa and now including more on key Latin American economies and China, as well as environmental impacts in all these areas. A new chapter covers the heightened tensions, since 2008, about the economic aspects of globalization and the decline of manufacturing in the West, plus the implications of Artificial Intelligence. This edition also features an updated suggestions for further reading and boxed debate features that encourage the reader to consider diversity and different viewpoints in their own analysis.Illustrating the contemporary relevance of the industrial revolution's history, this is essential reading for students of world history and economics, as well as for those seeking to know more about the global implications of what is arguably the defining socioeconomic event of modern times.

Weise, Franziska, Heilung und ihr Preis: Zur Oekonomie attischere Heilkulte. (Hamburger Studien zu Gesellschaften und Kulturen der Vormoderne 36) 384 S. 2026:3 (F. Steiner, GW) <761-412>
ISBN 978-3-515-14019-5 hard ¥17,351.- (税込) EUR 66.00

初期バビロニア社会の行政と経済－ノートルダム大学T.M.Hesburghライブラリー所蔵のウル第三王朝時代の楔形文字テキスト
Widell, Magnus, Administration and Economy in Early Babylonian Society: The Cuneiform Texts from the Ur III Period in the University of Notre Dame Theodore M. Hesburgh Library. (Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts) 208 pp. 2026:5 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <761-413>
ISBN 978-0-19-898899-1 hard ¥45,705.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00

Administration and Economy in Early Babylonian Society presents an analytical edition of 65 previously unpublished cuneiform tablets and bullae from the Ur III period (2112-2004 BC), currently held in the Theodore M. Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame. Carefully transliterated, translated, and annotated, these texts are made available for the first time, offering fresh material for research not only in Ur III studies and Assyriology but also in economic history, social anthropology, and the study of early bureaucratic systems. The tablets provide detailed records of Ur III administrative practices, economic organization, and daily operations. They cover agricultural management, including field maintenance, irrigation systems, and the production of crops from orchards and date groves. Additional documents shed light on livestock administration, craft production, labour allocation (including lists of workers and their supervisors), food preparation, and the transportation of goods. Collectively, they reveal the intricate mechanisms that sustained one of Mesopotamia's earliest centralized states. Beyond institutional structures, these texts illuminate the lives of individuals--scribes recording transactions, overseers managing workforces, and labourers fulfilling their duties--offering a human dimension to our understanding of Ur III society. The volume combines rigorous philological analysis with historical interpretation, ensuring reliability for specialists while remaining accessible to non-specialists interested in comparative studies of early complex societies.

ソ連経済のマルクス主義的分析
Moysan, Erwan, A Marxist Analysis of the Soviet Economy. (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy) 200 pp. 2026:3 (Routledge, UK) <761-251>
ISBN 978-1-041-21487-8 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

Analysing Soviet economic history through the lens of Marx's critique of political economy, this book argues that the Soviet Union was a young capitalist country and, further, explains the collapse of the Soviet Union as the result of a capitalist crisis.This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Soviet economy through a Marxist lens, and provides a digestible definition of the capitalist mode of production according to Marx, refuting criticism of his thought based on association with the USSR. This book also refutes other theories about the Soviet Union, such as the theory of a degenerated workers' state, theories of the Soviet Union having a new mode of production, and even other theories of capitalist USSR, as inadequate because they take the Soviet economy to be 'superior' in some way and therefore cannot explain the Soviet economy's collapse. The goal is not to unearth, collect, and present new data on the Soviet economy but, rather, a Marxist analysis of the Soviet economy based on a synthesis of existing empirical studies. In doing so, the books shines a light on the political debate around the nature of the USSR.The book will be of interest to academic and non-academic Marxists alike in economics, politics, sociology, history and beyond.

Y.カッシス他編　ブレトン・ウッズ以降の歴史、記憶、金融危機の再来
Cassis, Youssef / Telesca, Giuseppe (eds.), History, Memory, and the Return of Financial Crises after Bretton Woods. 240 pp. 2026:5 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <761-297>
ISBN 978-0-19-895012-7 hard ¥26,813.- (税込) GB￡ 88.00

Despite the 'return of financial crises' since the end of the Bretton Woods era, a new generation of bankers hardly had any experience or any memory of a previous systemic financial crisis. The events of summer 2007 prompted investors, CEOs, and regulators to investigate the past to understand the present and foresee the future. The 2008 financial crisis strengthened the need to place financial crises in long-term historical perspectives, establish parallels, and make comparisons. Such comparisons, however, have remained sparse and generally reduced past financial crises to stylized facts in a quest for lessons that could be drawn rather than analysed their specifics. This book is a contribution of history to the study of financial crises, with a focus on whether and how the memory of previous crises has persisted, faded, or changed over time. Intertwining memory and narrative representations of the reality, it investigates the reasons why some crises have been selectively remembered and others apparently forgotten. It does so with a focus on the new era of financial instability that followed the end of the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates in 1973 - a period marked by a series of financial crises (1974, 1982, 1987, 1997, among others); economic, political, and cultural changes (globalization, deregulation, formalized mathematical economics), and culminating in the global financial crisis of 2008.

国際経済の成長　1820～2025年　第6版
Graff, Michael / Kenwood, A. G. / Lougheed, A. L., Growth of the International Economy 1820-2025. 6th ed. 468 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <761-314>
ISBN 978-1-032-46537-1 hard ¥51,799.- (税込) GB￡ 170.00
ISBN 978-1-032-46536-4 paper ¥15,841.- (税込) GB￡ 51.99

Growth of the International Economy has been the benchmark introduction to the development of the global economy for decades. Updating the story to the present day, the new edition of this classic textbook includes coverage of key events from 2008 onwards which have impacted and brought disruption to the global economy.Beginning with the industrial revolution, the book charts the long nineteenth century, the impact of colonialism, the fast pace of technology growth and the impact of global wars. Significant additions to the sixth edition include coverage of the aftermath of the Great Recession, the growing impact of China and the New Silk Route and the economic consequences of Covid-19 pandemic. The geopolitical and economic reasons for the war in Ukraine, and its consequences, are also considered. References and recommendations for further reading are included at the end of each chapter to encourage additional study, and a selection of appendices are incorporated into the book, outlining the economic concepts and theories underlying the text.This new edition of Growth of the International Economy provides the reader with a clear understanding of the factors which have been instrumental in creating the economic environment we face two hundred years after the industrial revolution.

バニラの歴史
Jennings, Eric T., Vanilla: The History of an Extraordinary Bean. 312 pp. 2025 (Yale U. Pr, US) * paper 2026:8 <251-58759>
ISBN 978-0-300-26453-1 hard ¥6,732.- (税込) US$ 30.00 *
ISBN 978-0-300-29216-9 paper ¥4,488.- (税込) US$ 20.00

The fascinating and wide-ranging history of vanilla, from the sixteenth century to today Vanilla is one of the most expensive of flavorings-so valuable that it was smuggled or stolen by pirates in the early days-and yet it is everywhere. It is a key ingredient in dishes ranging from creme brulee to Japanese purin. It is the quintessential ice cream flavor in the United States. Eric T. Jennings explains how the world's only edible orchid, originally endemic to Central America, became embedded in the international culinary and cultural landscape. In tracing vanilla's rise, Jennings describes how in the 1840s an enslaved boy named Edmond Albius discovered a way to pollinate vanilla orchids with a toothpick or needle-an ingenious process that is still in use. This method transformed the vanilla sector by enabling the plant to be grown outside of its natural range. Jennings also looks at how the vanilla craze led to the search for now-pervasive substitutes, and how a vanilla lobby has fought back. He further unravels how vanilla-the world's most expensive crop and once considered its most refined fragrance-came to mean "bland." This tale of botany, production techniques, consumption habits, and colonial rivalry connects the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, revealing how vanilla has become a potent symbol of the modern global village.

Antunes, Catia A. P. / Garcia-Monton, A. et al., A Hydra of Business and Men: The Habsburg Asiento de Negros in Structuring the European Transatlantic Slave Trade. (Library of Economic History 21) 216 pp. 2025:12 (Brill, NE) <760-251>
ISBN 978-90-04-74508-7 hard ¥26,027.- (税込) EUR 99.00

This book offers a historical and historiographical analysis of the Spanish asiento de negros, a contract between the Spanish Monarchy and private parties to introduce specific number of enslaved Africans to Spanish America. As the Spanish American market was the largest single market for enslaved people prior to 1720, studying this colonial contract is essential for understanding the development of the most significant colonial contract of the long 17th century. The asiento framed the European transatlantic slave trade for nearly two centuries and shaped much of the political economy of the Spanish Atlantic empire. This book is unique in providing the first comprehensive study of the asiento since George Scelle's 1906 work (La traite negriere aux Indes de Castille. Contracts et traites d'assiento, 2 vols.). Unlike Scelle, who focused on legal frameworks and presented the monarchy's perspective, this book examines the asientistas themselves, offering insights into their business decisions and organizations. It concentrates on the period that gave rise to the idea of an asiento and the Habsburg-era asientos (1595-1713), preceding the so-called Bourbon reforms.

オランダ共和国における公債の政治経済
Feenstra, H. Alberto, Frontiers of Finance: The Political Economy of Public Debt in the Dutch Republic. (Library of Economic History 20) 365 pp. 2025:12 (Brill, NE) <760-252>
ISBN 978-90-04-43320-5 hard ¥39,172.- (税込) EUR 149.00

This book analyses the political economy of provincial public debt within the federal Dutch Republic. Frontiers of Finance: The Political Economy of Public Debt in the Dutch Republic shows that the domestic effect of Holland's financial revolution and Amsterdam's subsequent rise to an international financial centre was limited. Instead, the fiscal and legal fragmentation caused differences in risk, capital supply, transaction costs and, consequently, borrowing costs. The merits of Holland's financial revolution were thus not transferable to another context. The results are relevant for wider debates about the role of institutions and the financial sector for economic growth.

海事の労働とビジネスの歴史のジェンダー化　1700～1900年
Mezzoli, Erica (ed.), Mermaids in History: Engendering Maritime Labour and Business History, 1700-1900. (Brill's Studies in Maritime History 20) 324 pp. 2025:12 (Brill, NE) <760-253>
ISBN 978-90-04-52156-8 hard ¥36,543.- (税込) EUR 139.00 *

This volume aims to "defamiliarise" the economic and social maritime history of Europe and North America by revealing women's roles and multifaceted contributions in the male-dominated maritime economic arena during industrial capitalist modernity. By questioning the "separated spheres" paradigm, the chapters in this volume highlight the intricate and "illogical" relation between women as economic actors and (maritime) capitalism and modernity. Far from being a clear-cut and linear trajectory, this relationship is rather outlined as a layered dialectical relationship that simultaneously considers the interaction of forms of oppression and liberation. Contributors are: Paola Avallone, Helen Berry, Justine Cousin, Ariana Dominguez Garcia, John Odin Jensen, Kathy S. Mason, Erica Mezzoli, Antonia Morey, Luisa Maria Munoz Abeledo, Tomas Nilson, Oskar Opassi, Raffaella Salvemini, Daniel J. Albero Santacreu, Andreu Segui, and Jo Stanley.

イブン・バットゥータの世界における信仰、交易、文化交流
Panakkal, Abbas (ed.), Faith, Commerce, and Cultural Exchange in the World of Ibn Battuta: Travelling Islam. (Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies) 357 pp. 2026:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <760-254>
ISBN 978-3-031-97882-1 hard ¥42,060.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book offers a nuanced historical analysis of the profound impact of Ibn Battuta's extensive travels across Asia, Africa, and Europe. As one of the most significant figures of medieval Islamic history, Ibn Battuta's journey not only documents his personal experiences but also serves as a lens through which we can examine the complex interrelations of faith, commerce, and cultural exchange that shaped the medieval world. This volume adopts integrating perspectives from history to explore the enduring legacy of his observations. The volume is divided into five thematic sections. The first focuses on the economic implications of Ibn Battuta's travels, particularly his observations on trade, finance, and their influence on economic networks, with particular attention to the Indian Ocean trade routes. The second section examines the histrory of religious pilgrimage, especially the Hajj, in facilitating the movement of people, ideas, and religious practices across vast distances, shaping deep intercontinental connections. The third part investigates the spread of jurisprudence and cultural practices, focusing on Southeast Asia and the broader Indian Ocean world, and the ways in which Ibn Battuta's journey contributed to the shaping of regional legal systems and social norms. The fourth section highlights the relevance of Ibn Battuta's insights to contemporary global issues such as international trade, health, and sustainability, drawing parallels between the medieval and modern periods. The final section explores Ibn Battuta's lasting legacy as a historian and a figure of cultural exchange, reshaping both historiography and broader chronological narratives. This book provides a comprehensive historical account of Ibn Battuta's travels, offering new insights into the interconnected world of the medieval period and its ongoing influence on contemporary global systems.

中世後期ハンガリーにおける托鉢の経済と所領の管理
Romhanyi, Beatrix F., Mendicant Economy and Estate Management in Late Medieval Hungary. (East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 99) 360 pp. 2025:12 (Brill, NE) <760-255>
ISBN 978-90-04-74954-2 hard ¥34,965.- (税込) EUR 133.00

This volume offers an original, comprehensive study of the economic foundations and estate management of mendicant orders in late medieval Hungary, setting this within a broader East-Central European context. Focusing on the Franciscans, Dominicans, Austin Hermits, and Carmelites, it examines how communities devoted to apostolic poverty adapted locally through alms, landholding, and manual work. By analysing patronage, urban and rural networks, and resilience to external pressures, this book provides new perspectives on mendicant practices and the economic life of medieval society. Drawing on comparative examples and underutilised sources, it reveals how Hungary's unusually dense mendicant presence shaped its religious and social landscape.

インドの近現代の経済成長の起源－植民地主義とイギリスおよびヨーロッパの台頭
Bhattacharya, Prabir, The Indian Origins of Modern Economic Growth: Colonialism and the Rise of Britain and Europe. (Routledge Focus) 120 pp. 2026 (Routledge, UK) <759-221>
ISBN 978-1-041-20163-2 hard ¥17,059.- (税込) GB￡ 55.99 *

Modern economic growth first emerged in Britain and then spread to a few other countries in western Europe and the USA. This book argues that it is her control over India which put Britain at the apex of the world economy in the nineteenth century, and it is British policies and actions, based on her Indian foundation, which led to the globalisation of the nineteenth century - a globalisation very different from the previous globalisations in history.Technological innovations of the nineteenth century were embedded in that globalisation process. It is this which ensured that growth and innovations would not peter out this time, as they had after various "efflorescences" in history. While the increased availability of silver from the Mexican and Peruvian mines in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the Atlantic slave trade both had important consequences for global development, the decisive disjuncture that opened the path to modern economic growth was the British victory in the Battle of Plassey (1757), which in due course led to the colonisation of the whole of the subcontinent.The book is likely to be of interest to a diverse readership, beyond those interested in economic history and growth economics.

歴史的資本主義における植民地の商品－ブラジルの輸出
Acioli Lopes, Gustavo / Marques, Leonardo et al. (eds.), Colonial Commodities in Historical Capitalism: Brazil for Export. (Routledge Explorations in Economic History) 288 pp. 2026:2 (Routledge, UK) <759-358>
ISBN 978-1-032-80317-3 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

From the role of sugar in the early history of the colonial era to coffee in the long nineteenth century, commodities have played a crucial role in the development of the Brazilian economy.Drawing on the history of commodities approach, this book explores both the external and internal commodity markets since the time that Portuguese settlers established new commodity frontiers to supply global markets based on the coerced labor of the native population and of millions of enslaved Africans and their descendants. The essays in this book each focus on a specific commodity - including cotton, leather, timber, soy and more - that have shaped not only the history of Brazil but also of the wider world. Each contributor outlines how a particular export sector integrated Brazil to global circuits of trade, thus contributing to the making of the modern capitalist economy. This approach also allows for the exploration of different aspects of the extraction and production of these goods, including the various labor regimes employed and the environmental conditions and impacts that accompanied them.The book will be of interest to all readers in economic history, especially in its intersections with social, political, cultural, and environmental processes and in the broader context of the development of global capitalism.

金融化の歴史
Ahnland, Lars, A History of Financialization: Inequality, Debt and Crisis from Liberalism to Neoliberalism. (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy) 120 pp. 2025:11 (Routledge, UK) <759-359>
ISBN 978-1-032-99946-3 hard ¥16,145.- (税込) GB￡ 52.99 *

Analyzing long-cycle patterns during the twentieth century, this book presents novel findings on how core features of financialization are interconnected across advanced economies.It proposes that, since the late nineteenth century, international macroeconomic policy regimes have favored either capital or labor, giving rise to corresponding cycles of financialization and de-financialization: a liberal phase of financialization (1896-1929), a regulated phase of de-financialization (1946-1973), and a neoliberal phase of financialization (1983-2019). The book argues that these cycles can be explained through underconsumption theory in 13 advanced economies. During financialization, the study suggests inequality created a savings glut that stimulated liquidity for credit expansion, which in turn led to financial instability. Meanwhile, the lack of aggregate demand due to inequality depressed economic growth. By contrast, during the de-financialization of the regulated Bretton Woods era, credit formation did not lead to financial crises, and economic growth was high. Nevertheless, both the liberal and regulated phases succumbed to structural crises caused by internal frictions. These crises transformed not only the economy, but also the political landscape - and at times, even democracy itself. The question remains whether the neoliberal regime is also undergoing an existential crisis, and what lessons we can learn from history to avoid the pitfalls ahead.The book is primarily aimed at scholars and students of global political economy.

T.ロイ他編　近現代南アジア経済史　第2部：1947年から現在までの南アジア
Chaudhary, Latika / Roy, Tirthankar / Swamy, A. V. (eds.), The Cambridge Economic History of Modern South Asia. Part 2.: South Asia, 1947 to Present. 529 pp. 2026:2 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <759-361>
ISBN 978-1-009-76948-8 hard ¥36,564.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00

South Asia's economies, as well as the scholarship on their economic histories, have been transformed in recent decades. This landmark new reference history will guide economists and historians through these transformations in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Part I revisits the colonial period with fresh perspectives and updated scholarship, incorporating recent research on topics such as gender, caste, environment, and entrepreneurship. The contributors highlight the complex and diverse experiences of different groups to offer a more nuanced understanding of the past. Part II focuses on economic and social changes in South Asia over the last seventy-five years, offering a comprehensive view of the region's historical trajectory. Together, the contributions to this volume help to reassess the impact of colonialism through a more informed lens, as well as providing analysis of the challenges and progress made since independence.

18世紀ヨーロッパにおけるショッピング
Hellsing, My / Ilmakunnas, Johanna (eds.), Shopping in Eighteenth-Century Europe: Experiences and Identities. (Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies) 210 pp. 2025:10 (Routledge, UK) <759-362>
ISBN 978-1-032-57443-1 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00 *

This volume explores the practices of shopping in Europe during the long eighteenth century, a period during which consumption choices expanded to encompass much larger groups than before. Shopping functioned as an act of social distinction, where retail practices not only reflected and reinforced social aspirations and identities but also were a means of creating relationships through shared information and exchanges.Bringing together ten diverse case studies, the collection provides in-depth insights into the transformation of shopping practices across Western and Northern Europe. The production of made-to-order goods gave way to a range of ready-made objects that could be viewed, browsed and touched in shops, booths, workshops and markets. Together, the chapters highlight a crucial historical nuance: the concept of 'shopping' as understood in England-with its associations of pleasure and socialising-did not exist in other major European languages during this period. From actors in Stockholm to aristocrats in Paris, this study rigorously contextualises the practice of consumption, leaving readers with an enriched understanding of how shopping shaped identities and social relationships throughout eighteenth-century Europe.This collection is an essential resource for scholars, students and non-specialists interested in the material culture, economy, everyday life and social dynamics of Europe during the long eighteenth century.

小林篤史著　東南アジアにおける地域貿易史－中継港としてのシンガポール
Kobayashi, Atsushi, History of Regional Trade in Southeast Asia: Singapore as an Entrepot. (Perspectives in Economic and Social History) 214 pp. 2026:1 (Routledge, UK) <759-363>
ISBN 978-1-041-09223-0 hard ¥47,228.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00 *

This book explores maritime Southeast Asia's trade development during the long nineteenth century, with a focus on the role of Singapore as a regional trade hub. Classical literature attributes the trade growth in modern Southeast Asia to the progress of Western colonisation and assumed Singapore's prosperity as a result of her status as a free port-city for British economic influence over Asia. Challenging this conventional historiography, this monograph sheds fresh light on the role of Singapore as a global entrepot.A series of quantitative and qualitative analyses reveals that intra-Southeast Asian trade grew based on Singapore's entrepot functions, such as its ability to act as a financial hub for multilateral trade settlements. Drawing on Singapore's foreign trade statistics, including statistics of monetary imports and exports, particularly of silver, and augmented with other quantitative and qualitative sources of newspapers, where available, the book provides readers with a new understanding of Singapore's role in intra-regional trade.In addition to Southeast Asian economic historians, this book will appeal to those working on wider themes such as global history, maritime Asian trade, and colonialism.

W.マリガン著　第一次世界大戦の経済的起源
Mulligan, William, The Fraying Bonds of Peace: Economic Origins of the First World War. 444 pp. 2026:5 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <759-365>
ISBN 978-1-009-60234-1 hard ¥9,141.- (税込) GB￡ 30.00

What is the relationship between economic interdependence, war, and peace? William Mulligan addresses this key question in a major new account of international economic relations and the origins of the First World War. He shows how economic interdependence reshaped power politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, channelling rivalries into trading and financial relations and constraining states from going to war. However, this reshaping of power relations created new asymmetries of power with winners and losers. And as the losers turned towards the use of military force to compensate for their weaknesses and vulnerabilities, they altered the logic of economic interdependence, which now came to serve the militarisation of European politics, rather than act as a constraint on war. This shift in the logic of economic interdependence was a key pre-condition for the outbreak of war in 1914.

歴史的視点における経済的期待ハンドブック
Lenel, Laetitia / Nuetzenadel, Alexander et al. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Economic Expectations in Historical Perspective. 634 pp. 2025:11 (Routledge, UK) <759-183>
ISBN 978-1-032-45860-1 hard ¥74,651.- (税込) GB￡ 245.00 *

The Routledge Handbook of Economic Expectations in Historical Perspective offers a one-stop reference that distills and summarizes the recent scholarship on economic expectations. Investigating the dynamics, effects, and determinants of economic expectations from a global perspective since the seventeenth century, this book enhances the understanding of expectation formation across time and space.Expectations drive economic decision-making and thus offer a fundamental key to understanding economic behavior. Given the centrality of economics to society, the historical study of economic expectations is a highly relevant endeavor, for which this volume provides an accessible starting point. Featuring 33 chapters written by leading scholars from fields ranging from anthropology to political science, this handbook provides a uniquely interdisciplinary perspective. Together, the collection of essays argues that the development of economic theory and empirical research on expectation formation has not taken place in a vacuum. Rather, it must be understood as one strand in a complex entanglement of knowledge production, experiences, and economic and political decision-making, which interacted with, challenged, and transformed each other.With its broad scope, this handbook will be of interest to students and scholars across multiple disciplines, including economic history, economics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and political science.

Rais, Angeline, The Antiquarian Book-Trade in Switzerland: Sir Thomas Phillipps's Acquisitions in the 1820s and Their Later Dispersal. (Bibliologia 69) 450 pp. 2025:10 (Brepols, BE) <759-10>
ISBN 978-2-503-61620-9 hard ¥30,233.- (税込) EUR 115.00

ケントとヨーロッパ　1450～1640年－商人、船乗り、海運、防衛
Blackmore, Robert / Lambert, Craig (eds.), Kent and Europe, 1450-1640: Merchants, Mariners, Shipping and Defence. 206 pp. 2025:10 (Boydell, UK) <758-302>
ISBN 978-1-83765-150-4 hard ¥25,899.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

An in-depth overview of Kent's economy, society and politics, and their relationship with Kent's environs over two centuries. Kent is surrounded by water on three sides, close to both the European continent and London: geography that has influenced those who have lived there in countless ways. This book explores their history in this setting from the mid-fifteenth to mid-seventeenth centuries, emphasising Kent's deep connection with Europe. Its chapters, which draw on a wide range of local and national sources, primarily centre on maritime affairs, reflecting the historical and ongoing significance of the sea to the region's inhabitants. These include a bold new description of Kent at the end of the Middle Ages and a reconstruction of the county's early modern maritime trade, including its merchants, both native and foreign, the commodities traded, as well as the impact of migration. An in-depth study also provides quantitative analyses of shipping and of the lives and careers of the shipboard community. Furthermore, there is a detailed examination of the military community of Kent, with a particular focus on the county's coastal fortifications and a chapter on predatory maritime activities in adjacent waters. Overall, the book puts forward the findings of deep research that connects Kent's economy, society and politics with its environs over a long period. As such, it exemplifies how future county studies might be composed.

C.Diebolt他編　経済史の現状－グローバルな視点
Diebolt, Claude / Haupert, Michael (eds.), The State of Economic History: A Global Perspective. (Frontiers in Economic History) 189 pp. 2025:12 (Springer, GW) <758-304>
ISBN 978-3-032-01623-2 hard ¥23,657.- (税込) EUR 89.99

This volume examines the state of the economic history discipline around the globe. It raises and answers questions such as: What are its roots, how did it evolve, and what is the current state of the discipline in each country or region presented? Transcending traditional Western paradigms, the book gathers renowned economic historians from around the globe to engage in a comprehensive dialogue about economic history's global standing. Investigating its role in shaping future economists, addressing pivotal questions, and its symbiotic relationship with economics, contributors analyze economic history's resonance across continents. By doing so, the chapters are not intended to be a survey of the research on each country, but rather an overview of the discipline: its practice, training, and position within the broader economics discipline. Addressing an academic audience, this book further analyzes the interplay of human capital scarcity and its profound impact on academia, spotlighting the evolution of economic history in diverse cultural and regional contexts. Scrutinizing historical milestones, such as Schumpeter's paradigm-shifting pillars and Romer's reflections, the book discusses the need to redefine economic history's role and takes readers on a journey through economic history from its pivotal role to its integration into the broader discipline.

中世における経済ハンドブック
Ertl, Thomas (Hrsg.), Handbuch Wirtschaft im Mittelalter: Themen - Thesen - Kontroversen. (Handbuecher zur Wirtschaftsgeschichte) 800 S. 2025:12 (de Gruyter Oldenbourg, GW) <758-306>
ISBN 978-3-11-076524-3 hard ¥60,467.- (税込) EUR 230.00

エジプトの地中海－18世紀におけるムスリムの商人と帝国のビジネス
Griffith, Zoe, Egypt's Mediterranean: Muslim Merchants and the Business of Empire in the Eighteenth Century. 303 pp. 2026:4 (U. California Pr., US) <758-307>
ISBN 978-0-520-41663-5 hard ¥21,318.- (税込) US$ 95.00
ISBN 978-0-520-41664-2 paper ¥6,719.- (税込) US$ 29.95

Egypt's Mediterranean explores the intersections of commerce and statecraft in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire through the lives of overlooked intermediaries who lived and worked on Egypt's Mediterranean coast. Egypt's port cities mediated the geographic distance and economic scales between the province's agricultural landscape, its Red Sea connections, its hegemonic capital city, and its position within the wider Ottoman realm, while Ottoman Muslim merchants acted as linchpins of imperial governance in Egypt, mediating the state's access to Egyptian wealth. Drawing on Arabic, Ottoman, and French sources, Egypt's Mediterranean foregrounds the role of Muslims and Islamic law in Mediterranean history, decentering European capital and actors in an interconnected story of imperial realignment and changing fortunes on the eve of modernity.

〔英語版〕加島潤著『社会主義体制下の上海経済－計画経済と公有化のインパクト』
Kajima, Jun, Shanghai under the Socialist System: The Impact of the Planned Economy and the Socialist Transformation. (Studies in Economic History) 354 pp. 2025:12 (Springer, GW) <758-308>
ISBN 978-981-9532-24-7 hard ¥31,544.- (税込) EUR 119.99 *

This book reveals how the formation of the Chinese socialist system in the 1950s dramatically transformed the nation's economy, and charts how the newly established economic system functioned during the planned economy period (1949-1978), through focusing on Shanghai, which had served as the center of China's modern economy since the latter half of the nineteenth century. Drawing on the rich historical primary sources of the Shanghai Municipal Archives, this study examines the impact of the institutional change wrought by the introduction of the socialist system on Shanghai's economy, through a careful comparison with the economic structure before 1949. Moreover, it also explores the distinctive features of the Chinese socialist system, first and foremost the relationship between local governments and local businesses that came about through the socialist transformation of private enterprise, by analyzing Shanghai's fiscal structure and a series of key industries, including the textile, machinery, rubber processing, cement, and power industries. This historical study proffers a new understanding of the long-term economic history of modern China across the pivotal 1949 and 1978 divides and sheds light on the origin of what has come to be known as "socialism with Chinese characteristics" today.

証券取引所の歴史
Karan, Mehmet Baha, A History of Stock Exchanges: The Role of Institutions in Shaping Market Evolution. (Contributions to Economics) 409 pp. 2025:12 (Springer, GW) <758-309>
ISBN 978-3-032-07787-5 hard ¥23,657.- (税込) EUR 89.99 *

This book offers a vivid and accessible narrative of the evolution of financial markets from the first millennium to 2025. Through compelling historical accounts and engaging storytelling, it brings to life the complex transformations that have shaped global finance. While Western financial centers such as Antwerp, Amsterdam, London, Paris, and Wall Street are thoroughly explored, the book also highlights the often-overlooked contributions of the East-including Islamic finance, ancient trade routes, and the Istanbul Stock Exchange. Grounded in the institutional framework of Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson-who argue that inclusive institutions are key to long-term development-and informed by Andrew Lo's Adaptive Markets Hypothesis, the book examines how financial systems have responded to shifting political, cultural, and economic forces. Far more than a chronological history of stock exchanges, this is a global narrative of how institutions, adaptation, and the power of storytelling have shaped the financial world across centuries.

古代ローマ世界における法的・経済的実践　第1巻
Mataix Ferrandiz, Emilia / Verboven, Koenraad (eds.), Legal and Economic Practice in the Roman World. Volume I.: Perspectives on Standardization and Localism. (Palgrave Studies in Ancient Economies) 214 pp. 2026:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <758-312>
ISBN 978-3-031-90798-2 hard ¥44,689.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This edited volume examines the legal and economic world of the Romans through concepts, structures, and objects that reveal practices of standardization and localism. It explores the myriad ways in which the Roman Empire became an integrated political, social and economic system. Split across two volumes, the collection addresses the dynamic interaction between Rome and its provinces in developing institutions crucial to societal and economic development. It challenges notions of uniformity, demonstrating how tensions between imperial standardization and local cultures could both drive innovative legal and economic practices and hinder empire-wide integration. The chapters explore broad questions from various disciplinary perspectives, including ancient economic history, law, papyrology, epigraphy and archaeology. Contributions cover diverse topics such as weights, measures, and coinage, legal practices, taxation, and cultural symbols. Each chapter investigates how, even as local communities adopted practices associated with Rome as a ruling power, local customs could, in turn, influence practices across the Empire. By illuminating these reciprocal relationships, this book recontextualizes Roman standardization-not merely as a tool of imperial domination but as evidence of diverse socioeconomic practices and cross-cultural exchanges. It will be a valuable resource for scholars of ancient economic history, classical archaeology, and ancient law, as well as anyone interested in the economy and culture of Ancient Rome.