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

インドネシアの経済開発の政治経済　第2巻：現代及び将来の発展　1997～2024年
Ramesh, Sangaralingam, The Political Economy of Indonesia's Economic Development. Volume II: Contemporary and Future Developments: 1997AD to 2024AD. 430 pp. 2025:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <756-150>
ISBN 978-3-032-03139-6 hard ¥32,600.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book offers an in-depth exploration of Indonesia's political economy from the aftermath of the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis to its emergence as a pivotal economic and geopolitical actor in Southeast Asia. It examines how Indonesia navigated structural reforms, decentralization, state-business relations, and shifting development strategies in response to both domestic challenges and global trends. Organized chronologically and thematically, the chapters trace Indonesia's economic governance through major milestones, including post-Suharto transitions, democratic consolidation, financial liberalization, the rise of state capitalism, and post-2008 global economic transformations. Key themes include political patronage and economic rent-seeking, infrastructure development, environmental and energy policy, technological innovation, and Indonesia's evolving international economic diplomacy. Bridging the disciplines of political science, development economics, and international relations, the book brings together theoretical analysis and empirical evidence to understand how power, institutions, and global forces have shaped Indonesia's developmental trajectory. It is essential reading for scholars and practitioners interested in emerging markets, economic governance, and Southeast Asian studies.

Zhang, Xueyong, China's Railway Expansion in 40 Years of Economic Reform and Opening Up. (Understanding China) 311 pp. 2025:10 (Springer, GW) <756-228>
ISBN 978-981-9503-32-2 hard ¥37,616.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book is the result of a decade of rigorous study on the interplay between the Chinese railway system and national social progress. It examines the reform, opening up, innovation, and development of Chinese railways over the past 40 years. This book traces the evolution of the role played by the Chinese railway sector initially as a "bottleneck" in the national economy to the present vital "engine" of growth, highlighting its journey of restructure and transformation. The target audience includes general readers interested in China's modern history as well as the development of the Chinese railway industry, and experts and researchers in related fields. The introduction defines "railway history" and explores the key factors driving the development of China's railway system post-reform. The first four chapters respectively unveil the four significant phases of railway reform and opening-up: the initial reform attempts (1978-1985), proactive changes (1986-1991), the transition to a market economy (1992-2003), and comprehensive promotion (2004-2018). Chapters 5 and 6 focus on the rise of high-speed railway in China and its global expansion. The conclusion articulates the essence of railway modernization and its relationship to broader reform initiatives.

〔英語版〕D.コーエン著　経済小史
Cohen, Daniel, A Brief History of the Economy. 140 pp. 2025:11 (Polity Pr., UK) <756-274>
ISBN 978-1-5095-6830-7 hard ¥4,257.- (税込) US$ 19.95

Economic growth is the religion of the modern world. It promises a solution to the most basic drama of our human existence: wanting what we don't have. But we live in a time when the frenzied pursuit of economic growth is jeopardizing the planet's viability and our very survival as a species. How did we get to this point in human history How did we allow the pursuit of growth to become the apotheosis of human development? To answer these questions, the distinguished economist Daniel Cohen takes us on a journey to understand human desire and the different registers on which it has expressed itself throughout history. He brings his panoramic grasp of the subject to bear on the key stages of social and economic development, from the Neolithic revolution to the digital age. The ideas of the great economists - from Adam Smith and Karl Marx to Joseph Schumpeter and John Maynard Keynes - are situated in their historical contexts and explained clearly and concisely. The result is a triumph of ambition and brevity: a history of the economy in 150 pages. This book - the final work written by Daniel Cohen - will appeal to anyone interested in the economy and in the tension between a limited world and unlimited desires that lies at the heart of the great challenges we face today. Economic growth is the religion of the modern world. It promises a solution to the most basic drama of our human existence: wanting what we don't have. But we live in a time when the frenzied pursuit of economic growth is jeopardizing the planet's viability and our very survival as a species. How did we get to this point in human history? How did we allow the pursuit of growth to become the apotheosis of human development? To answer these questions, the distinguished economist Daniel Cohen takes us on a journey to understand human desire and the different registers on which it has expressed itself throughout history. He brings his panoramic grasp of the subject to bear on the key stages of social and economic development, from the Neolithic revolution to the digital age. The ideas of the great economists - from Adam Smith and Karl Marx to Joseph Schumpeter and John Maynard Keynes - are situated in their historical contexts and explained clearly and concisely. The result is a triumph of ambition and brevity: a history of the economy in 150 pages. This book - the final work written by Daniel Cohen - will appeal to anyone interested in the economy and in the tension between a limited world and unlimited desires that lies at the heart of the great challenges we face today.

賃金の決定・交渉　1500～1950年
Ongaro, Giulio / Stephenson, Judy Z. / Mocarelli, L. (eds.), A Historical Casebook of Wage Formation: Wage Determination and Wage Bargains, 1500-1950. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 370 pp. 2025:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <756-275>
ISBN 978-3-031-91929-9 hard ¥45,140.- (税込) EUR 179.99

This edited collection presents 16 new historical cases of wage formation and wage bargaining across the early modern and preindustrial world. Recent literature has revived an established interest in the economic history of wage formation, underlining the gaps still existing in our understanding of wages' composition, quantification, and process of structuring. This collection will shed light on these points, examining diverse topics including in-kind and monetary payments, bonuses and supplements, work contracts, differentials between skilled and unskilled workers, women's work, slavery and coerced labour contracts, and wages in both diachronic and comparative perspective: how wages' structure and composition changes across times and spaces (both in terms of geographical areas and urban-rural environments). The book presents case studies from various geographical areas (from South America to India) from the preindustrial period to the contemporary age and features related contributions on the manufacturing sector, agriculture, mining, and public sectors. The book will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of pre-industrial labour markets in economic, social and labour history. Chapters 6 and 10 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Smyrnaios, Nikos, The Political Economy of the Public Sphere: From Enlightenment to Big Tech. (Digital Activism And Society: Politics, Economy And Culture In Network Communication) 232 pp. 2025:12 (Emerald, UK) <756-277>
ISBN 978-1-80592-494-4 hard ¥22,407.- (税込) US$ 105.00

Against the backdrop of transformations which have reconfigured access to information, communication, and collective discourse, The Political Economy of the Public Sphere critically examines the evolution of the public sphere from its origins in the 18th century to its contemporary digital transformation across Europe and the United States. Adopting a political economy lens, the book analyzes how this crucial space for public communication and opinion formation is intrinsically linked to capitalism. It is shaped by market dynamics, the concentration of media ownership, and the commodification of audiences and their attention. Author Nikos Smyrnaios delves into the material and immaterial resources-like infrastructure, technology, influence, and agenda-setting-that affect the public sphere's functioning. Identifying key turning points-from the rise of mass media and deregulation to the dominance of digital platforms-the chapters demonstrate the impact of theory, civic engagement, state interventions, and corporate influence. In doing so, the work navigates the tension between the ideal of a democratic public sphere and its reality as a space embedded in power relations and contributing to the reproduction of inequalities. Offering a comprehensive theoretical and historical overview of the transformations shaping today's media environment, the book provides a rigorous foundation for critically understanding the possibilities and limitations of mediated discourse in the 21st century. Ideal for scholars and students of media studies, political science, sociology and communication theory, it invites readers to reflect on historical precedents, confront current inequalities, and imagine alternative pathways for collective expression and democratic participation.

Warlouzet, Laurent, Liberty, Solidarity and Community: Capitalism and European Integration, 1945 to the Present. 390 pp. 2026:3 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <756-278>
ISBN 978-1-009-68264-0 hard ¥26,235.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00
ISBN 978-1-009-68261-9 paper ¥7,579.- (税込) GB￡ 26.00

How have European countries coped with the challenge of industrial capitalism and the rise of superpowers? Through an analysis of European integration from 1945 to the present day, Laurent Warlouzet argues that the European response was to create both new institutions and an original framework of governance for capitalism. Beyond the European case, he demonstrates that capitalism is not just a contest between free-markeeters and their opponents, those in favor of welfare and environmental policies, because there is a third camp which defends protectionism and assertive defence policies. Hence, the governance of capitalism has three foundational principles - liberty, solidarity and community. The book shows how Europeans including Thatcher, de Gaulle and Kohl have dealt with the challenges of nationalism and protectionism in the past, with their successes and failures providing valuable lessons for improving international relations today. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Esmer, Tolga U., Economies of Banditry in the Late Ottoman Empire. 336 pp. 2026:2 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <755-360>
ISBN 978-0-19-285645-6 hard ¥30,316.- (税込) GB￡ 104.00

Throughout the reign of Sultan Selim III (1789-1807), Ottoman officials complained about the destruction of a notorious criminal named Kara Feyzi and thousands of his followers: they pillaged, slaughtered, and burned down communities throughout the Balkans. But these public complaints often concealed the officials' own ties with these so-called bandits and were used as opportunities to slander their political peers who whistle-blew their collusion. Economies of Banditry in the Late Ottoman Empire draws on the 'Kara Feyzi file', which comprises of extensive Ottoman archival as well as Muslim and Christian narrative sources. Tolga Esmer explores how Kara Feyzi and his irregular warrior and Janissary commander accomplices forged a transregional racketeering confederation that expanded their once, state-sanctioned terror against the empire's Serbian community to the general Christian as well as Muslim population across the Balkan peninsula. It illustrates how its repertoire of extortion, violence, and deception became a politicized site of the negotiation of social relations, economic and symbolic capital, as well as political power. Esmer tells this riveting story about inter-confessional violence, inter-imperial intrigue, as well as intra-elite mistrust and corruption through a microhistory of empire that sheds new light onto the deep moral crisis resulting from the disintegration of elite consensus and Ottoman exceptionalism during this age of revolution. By focusing on the performative aspects of officials' correspondence about one criminal confederation, the book reveals the complexity of Ottoman political culture and analyses the moral, emotional, and economic regimes that informed it.

エスタド・ノヴォ政権下のポルトガルの財政
Ferraz, Ricardo, Public Finances of a European Dictatorship: Portugal under the Estado Novo Regime. (Routledge Explorations in Economic History) 226 pp. 2025:11 (Routledge, UK) <755-361>
ISBN 978-1-032-84286-8 hard ¥42,267.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Contributing to the renewed interest in economic history in the role played by peripheral or smaller countries, this book provides a detailed analysis of Portuguese public finances during the Estado Novo regime (1933-1974) - a period marked by dictatorship, industrialization, internationalization, and war. In this book, relevant international comparisons for key macroeconomic indicators are drawn to contextualise the Portuguese case within global settings. Additionally, employing econometric techniques, the sustainability of public finances is assessed across a range of countries, enabling valuable insights for the Portuguese case within a comparative framework. Within Portugal, as the book shows, this period, largely under the dictatorship of Salazar, was characterised by the very first attempt to plan economically in the long term, with the Economic Reconstitution Law (1935-1950). Following the Second World War, and Portugal's so-called "collaborative neutrality", the Portuguese economy experienced a process of industrialization and internationalization but this culminated in the Colonial War (1961-1974) with blood and tears. The book explores the primary sources of revenue and expenditure for the Portuguese State during these periods of transformation and crisis and the impact on budget balance and public debt. The book will be of interest to all readers in economic and financial history.

食の帝国の形成－ドイツの技術とグローバルな大量生産　1870～1914年
Manz, Stefan / Spiekermann, Uwe, Making Food Empires: German Technology and Global Mass Production, 1870-1914. 272 pp. 2026:3 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <755-363>
ISBN 978-0-19-896695-1 hard ¥30,316.- (税込) GB￡ 104.00

The rise of German science and technology in the nineteenth century had a significant impact on food production on a global scale. The spread of scientific methods facilitated the emergence of those mass markets that determine consumption patterns up until today. This book analyses the industrialization and globalization of foodways through the prism of three commodities: sugar, rum, and beer. Themes include the global competition between continental beet sugar and colonial cane sugar, the complex adaptations and chemical modifications of rum, and the rise of German- and Bohemian-style lager beer which increasingly ousted the darker, British-style beers. From technical development to production and distribution, German engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs were involved in locations around the world. The flow of know-how, patents, machinery, and people transcended national and imperial boundaries, leading to transnational knowledge exchange in all world regions. Case study chapters focus on Claus Spreckels, the 'Sugar King' of Hawaii and California; the chemical engineer George Stade who built the first industrial rum factory in Barbados; and the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, which was the largest brewery in the world in 1900. These transnationally operating individuals and companies set in motion a dynamic of global innovation that encapsulated centralized mass production, seamless transport networks, new ways of food preservation, and the idea of branded goods for global markets. They transformed the way we produce, consume, and think about food in the modern world.

古代ギリシアにおける農業労働と生きられた経験
McHugh, Maeve, Agricultural Labour and Lived Experience in Ancient Greece: Sweat and Hunger. 224 pp. 2025:12 (Routledge, UK) <755-364>
ISBN 978-0-367-47864-3 hard ¥42,267.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book explores the experience of labour for ancient Greek farming communities using historical, archaeological, bioarchaeological, and ethnographic data. It offers a compelling and methodologically innovative approach using the moral economy, taskscapes, and embodiment as interpretative frames.Reconstructing the lived experience of ancient farmers, the book defines the physical, conceptual, and ideological contours of the farmer's world. It highlights the complex, embedded, and entangled nature of Greek agrarian life and draws on a wide range of interdisciplinary evidence to create a cultural history of rural labour. By moving beyond economic abstractions, the study reframes agricultural labour as a meaningful social and bodily practice, central to identity, community and survival.The book will be of particular interest to researchers and students of ancient history, archaeology, gender studies, and rural studies. It also appeals to readers interested in labour, embodiment, the moral economy, and reconstructing antiquity through everyday experience.

産業革命以前のラテンアメリカにおける不平等
Moraes, Maria Ines / Challu, Amilcar E. (eds.), Inequality in Preindustrial Latin America: Economic and Social Patterns. (Routledge Explorations in Economic History) 356 pp. 2025:12 (Routledge, UK) <755-365>
ISBN 978-1-032-79914-8 hard ¥42,267.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Inequality in Preindustrial Latin America is a groundbreaking examination of economic and social disparities in the region, spanning from pre-Columbian times to the mid-nineteenth century.This comprehensive volume is divided into two parts, offering a multidimensional analysis of inequality. Part I delves into the measurement and patterns of economic inequality across different regions, presenting research on relevant economic indicators as income distribution, wealth distribution, real wages, height, and numeracy. This section contributes to the ongoing scholarly conversation regarding the extent of economic inequality in Latin America before the rising of modern economic growth in the region. Part II explores the intricate social relations that engendered and shaped inequality, examining caste and class dynamics, gender disparities, and the impact of slavery. By addressing these interconnected factors, this section adds to the broader scholarly dialogue regarding the multifaceted nature of inequality. With contributions from leading scholars, this book provides a deep understanding of the historical roots and complexities of inequality in Latin America, shedding light on its lasting consequences.The volume is vital reading for anyone interested in the history of economic inequality, Latin American history and economic history more broadly.

産業に関わる女性　1760～1914年　第1巻
Simonton, Deborah (ed.), Industrial Women, 1760-1914. Volume I.: Women in Industrial Handwork. 554 pp. 2026:1 (Routledge, UK) <755-367>
ISBN 978-1-032-49913-0 hard ¥37,895.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

This four-volume collection of primary sources explores women and industry during the long nineteenth century. Women and industrial work are at the heart of the industrial revolution. They were often the most numerous workers and important contributors to the protoindustrial workforce based on domestic industry. The volumes examine women's work in the home, in the factories, and the law and regulation surrounding women and industry during this period. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of Women's History.

産業に関わる女性　1760～1914年　第2巻
Simonton, Deborah (ed.), Industrial Women, 1760-1914. Volume II.: Women in Factory Industries. 578 pp. 2026:1 (Routledge, UK) <755-368>
ISBN 978-1-032-49914-7 hard ¥37,895.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

This four-volume collection of primary sources explores women and industry during the long nineteenth century. Women and industrial work are at the heart of the industrial revolution. They were often the most numerous workers and important contributors to the protoindustrial workforce based on domestic industry. The volumes examine women's work in the home, in the factories, and the law and regulation surrounding women and industry during this period. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of Women's History.

産業に関わる女性　1760～1914年　第3巻
Simonton, Deborah (ed.), Industrial Women, 1760-1914. Volume III.: The Industrial Home and Education. 576 pp. 2026:1 (Routledge, UK) <755-369>
ISBN 978-1-032-49915-4 hard ¥37,895.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

This four-volume collection of primary sources explores women and industry during the long nineteenth century. Women and industrial work are at the heart of the industrial revolution. They were often the most numerous workers and important contributors to the protoindustrial workforce based on domestic industry. The volumes examine women's work in the home, in the factories, and the law and regulation surrounding women and industry during this period. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of Women's History.

産業に関わる女性　1760～1914年　第4巻
Simonton, Deborah (ed.), Industrial Women, 1760-1914. Volume IV.: Law, Resistance and Power. 576 pp. 2026:1 (Routledge, UK) <755-370>
ISBN 978-1-032-49916-1 hard ¥37,895.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

This four-volume collection of primary sources explores women and industry during the long nineteenth century. Women and industrial work are at the heart of the industrial revolution. They were often the most numerous workers and important contributors to the protoindustrial workforce based on domestic industry. The volumes examine women's work in the home, in the factories, and the law and regulation surrounding women and industry during this period. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of Women's History.

パリクラブ　1956～80年－第三のブレトン・ウッズ・シスターの出現
Callaghy, Thomas M., The Paris Club, 1956-1980: The Emergence of a Third Bretton Woods Sister. 440 pp. 2026:1 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <755-277>
ISBN 978-0-19-783981-2 hard ¥29,876.- (税込) US$ 140.00

岐路に立つ国際経済・通貨アーキテクチャ－ブレトン・ウッズから80年
Ghosh, Atish / Masini, Fabio (eds.), International Economic and Monetary Architecture at the Crossroads: Bretton Woods at 80. (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy) 328 pp. 2025:11 (Routledge, UK) <755-279>
ISBN 978-1-032-90202-9 hard ¥42,267.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank were founded at the 1944 Bretton Woods conference on the premise that international cooperation and multilateralism would be to the benefit and enrichment of all. Yet, the establishment and evolution of the global financial architecture into its current form was not inevitable: this edited volume examines the "roads not taken"-critical junctures in the histories of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank-where the choices made, and the decisions taken, would have far-reaching consequences.Geoeconomic fragmentation, nationalism, and extreme protectionism pose threats to the open trade and payments system and are jeopardizing the hard-won gains in global incomes and living standards driven by post war trade and globalization. Against the urgent need to rekindle the Bretton Woods spirit of cooperation and multilateralism, while also reckoning with the shortcomings of the postwar international order as they were revealed over time, the authors of this volume turn to history for inspiration, lessons, and insights from both the roads taken and those left for another day. The book also demonstrates that future reform can be inspired by previous intellectual and theoretical efforts.The book will be of great interest to readers interested in the past, present and future of international monetary systems, economic governance and international finance and banking more broadly.

A.スミスと東インド会社
Donoghue, Mark, Adam Smith and the East India Company. (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics) 256 pp. 2025:12 (Routledge, UK) <755-16>
ISBN 978-1-032-88451-6 hard ¥42,267.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book examines Adam Smith's perspectives on the India question during a pivotal juncture when the East India Company evolved from a commercial enterprise into a de facto imperial authority in India. Smith astutely recognised the significance of this transition and anticipated its potential to unleash societal change. Yet despite the importance of his observations in The Wealth of Nations, Smith's treatment of the East India Company's operations and governance in India has received limited scholarly attention. This study addresses that oversight by arguing that Smith's reflections on India constitute an essential dimension of his political economy.Situating Smith within broader eighteenth-century debates on trade, colonial policy, and the moral legitimacy of empire, this study reinterprets his position on the East India Company's monopoly, the integration of Indo-European commerce, and the consequences of territorial acquisition in India. Challenging prevailing historiographical interpretations, it offers a new reading of Smith's views on the transfer of Indian territories to the British Crown. Although Smith neither visited India nor engaged directly in colonial administration or trade, his sustained interest in Indian affairs profoundly shaped his thinking on governance, commerce, and imperial reform. The book highlights Smith's recognition of India's wealth, his awareness of the strategic importance of the East Indies trade, and his call for institutional reforms to reconcile the East India Company's interests with Britain's evolving imperial responsibilities. In doing so, it dispels the assumption that Smith's theories were detached from the economic and political realities of empire and instead positions him as a key figure in the intellectual history of imperial thought. Bridging the fields of economic thought, imperial history, and Indian historiography, this book offers a fresh perspective on Smith's enduring relevance.At a time when questions about global trade, corporate power, and the legacies of empire remain deeply contested, Adam Smith and the East India Company revisits the early economic, political, and diplomatic entanglements between Britain and India, revealing how historical ties continue to shape the present. These insights are especially timely today, as the United Kingdom and India have recently concluded a new free trade agreement aimed at enhancing mutual market access-including in Indian textiles and gems, commodities once central to eighteenth-century trade flows and formative in shaping empire and global commerce. History reminds us that such exchanges are seldom without precedent. Economic exchange in the age of Smith laid the foundations for enduring commercial relationships and illustrates how contemporary agreements often reflect historical patterns forged in the crucible of early globalization.This study will appeal to scholars and advanced research students in the history of economic thought, Indian economic history, business history, imperial studies, and eighteenth-century intellectual history.

産業に関わる女性　1760～1914年　全4巻
Simonton, Deborah (ed.), Industrial Women, 1760-1914. 4 vols. 2284 pp. 2026:1 (Routledge, UK) <100-6605>
ISBN 978-1-032-49910-9 hard ¥115,434.- (税込) GB￡ 396.00

This four-volume collection of primary sources explores women and industry during the long nineteenth century. Women and industrial work are at the heart of the industrial revolution. They were often the most numerous workers and important contributors to the protoindustrial workforce based on domestic industry. The volumes examine women's work in the home, in the factories, and the law and regulation surrounding women and industry during this period. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of Women's History.

Altay, Bora (ed.), Revenue-Raising Institutions, State Organization and Economic Change in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire: The Evolution of Fiscal Mechanisms, Legal Frameworks, and State Capacity. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 170 pp. 2025:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <754-319>
ISBN 978-3-031-96491-6 hard ¥42,632.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This book offers an innovative look at the Ottoman iltizam (tax-farming) system through the lens of historical inquiry and modern theory. Drawing from original archival research as well as theoretical frameworks such as principal-agent theory and game theory, this book explores how the Ottoman state managed revenue collection, delegated authority, and grappled with institutional constraints. The chapters guide readers through the evolution of tax farming from its historical roots and theoretical foundations to detailed case studies. Contributors examine fiscal capacity, state-building, credible commitment, and the unintended consequences of decentralization. The final chapters explore 19th-century constitutional reforms that changed the institutional designs of earlier periods and synthesize key findings. Essential for scholars of Ottoman history, economic history, political economy, and institutional change, this volume redefines how we understand state organization, economic transformation, and governance in non-Western contexts.

Chelini, Michel-Pierre / Adair, P. / Baumann, E. (eds.), Wage Dynamics in Africa: Achievements and Challenges. (African Histories and Modernities) 303 pp. 2025:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <754-320>
ISBN 978-3-031-99799-0 hard ¥35,108.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book addresses the long understudied topic of wage issues in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It offers an overview of wage issues in Africa, examines income inequalities, wages and causality, as well as wage determinants such as shocks, representations, and earning strategies. It also examines gender issues in the labour market. The book consists of 14 chapters divided into four parts. It covers several countries from North Africa (Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroon, Kenya, Mauritania and Senegal), with Cameroon and Senegal being covered twice. Statistical data before 1990-2000 are incomplete and the literature on the subject remains limited. While the African labour market shares similarities with other labour markets, it also has some unique characteristics. Only 27 per cent of workers are employees, two-thirds of whom work in the informal economy. Wage growth in Africa has been slow since the 1990s, with the exception of countries such as Botswana and Mauritius, where it has been particularly rapid. Looking at labour issues across such a wide range of countries proved to be a valuable asset. It confirmed, firstly, that there is a positive correlation between growth in wage employment and GDP and, secondly, that the boundary between formal and informal enterprises and jobs can shift towards more or less formality.

Ma, Ye / Leeuwen, Bas / Li, Jieli / Wang, Meimei, Chinese Household Registration Data of Yugan County (Jiangxi Province), ca. 1947. (Global Economic History Series 22 / The Quantitative Economic History of China 9) 150 pp. 2025:10 (Brill, NE) <754-322>
ISBN 978-90-04-72194-4 hard ¥30,096.- (税込) EUR 120.00

Population statistics are crucial for both policy and research purposes. They cover important social factors such as birth rates, labour force structure, growth, gender, and well-being. This book provides individual-level data on the Yugan county (Jiangxi Province, China) for 1947 and covers many of the above-mentioned socio-economic factors, including family size and structure, occupation, education, gender, age, and marriage.

Morton, Suzanne, Contested Catch: Lobster, Localism, and Canada's Atlantic Coast, 1870-1970. 277 pp. 2025:12 (U. Toronto Pr., CN) <754-323>
ISBN 978-1-4875-7177-1 hard ¥25,608.- (税込) US$ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-4875-7182-5 paper ¥7,458.- (税込) US$ 34.95

Contested Catch: Lobster and Localism on Canada's Atlantic Coast, 1870-1970 explores the complex development of the lobster fishery in Canada, focusing on the interplay between the ecology of lobsters, local fishing practices, evolving technologies, changing markets, and the role of the state. Drawing on nearly thirty different archives, this book spans the century from the expansion of the transnational commercial lobster industry and the introduction of government regulations around 1870 to the establishment of the first restricted-access ocean fishery on Canada's East Coast in the late 1960s.Suzanne Morton argues that lobster regulation was always about more than just protecting the lobster population - it reflected deeper local, political, and economic forces at play. She examines how the Canadian state, keeping its enforcement budget to a minimum and wanting to avoid electoral reprisals, interacted with local communities, businesses, and political groups to regulate fisheries. While the government and other officials implemented formal regulations and turned to commissions and government science, local fishers operated with informal systems based on tradition, economic interests, and sometimes coercion. Following the Second World War, with economists playing a prominent role, policy shifted from managing lobster as a sustainable resource to increasing the standard of living for fishermen and their families through rationalized efficiency, ultimately limiting access to who could fish. Even then, the fishery was shaped by both formal government efforts and local, social dynamics.

Orlandi, Angela, Money, Culture, Beauty. The Botti Family: Merchant-Bankers in Renaissance. 189 pp. 2025:10 (Springer, GW) <754-324>
ISBN 978-3-032-00452-9 hard ¥30,092.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book deals with the typical commonalities and stories of the Florentine and European Renaissance. It is a work of economic and social history, which reconstructs the history of the Botti family, Florentine merchants, bankers and patrons in the Renaissance period. The family was active in some of the most important European cities as a part of a mixture of economic, social and cultural stimuli that characterized the Renaissance, and were spread throughout Europe. The general focus is on two prominent historiographic themes: (i) The 'commercial diaspora', networks of merchants who, maintaining connections to their home cities, operated in essence as cultural intermediaries. (ii) The intercultural exchange in Europe of the Sixteenth Century. The latter is discussed with an interdisciplinary approach focused on merchant's activity. This book is of great interest to historians and philosophers of the Renaissance.

Schottenhammer, Angela / Torck, Mathieu et al. (eds.), Seafaring, Trade, and Knowledge Transfer: Maritime Politics and Commerce in Early Middle Period to Early Modern China and South East & East Asia. (Crossroads - History of Interactions across the Silk Routes 9) 400 pp. 2025:9 (Brill, NE) <754-326>
ISBN 978-90-04-73055-7 hard ¥33,858.- (税込) EUR 135.00

Maritime politics changed over time, and so did local perceptions and activities. People involved in maritime commerce had to react to changes in government decrees or instructions. This volume introduces political decisions and their background, agents involved into maritime trade - from private merchants over pirates to government institutions, including military - and practical questions of seafaring (diets, navigation maps, etc.) and diplomacy, but also looks into archaeological evidence and local perceptions of the maritime world, covering the period from ca. 900 to 1800. Contributors are: Angela Schottenhammer, Kimura Jun, Mark Staniforth, Li Man, John Chaffee, Ma Guang, Elke Papelitzky, Mathieu Torck, Xu Zhexin, Cheng Weichung, Leonard Blusse, Ubaldo Iaccarino, Cai Xiangyu (Ellen), Wim De Winter, and Patrizia Carioti.

Tosco, Giorgio, Tuscan and Genoese Aspirations to Transoceanic Trade (17th Century). (European Expansion and Indigenous Response 48) 278 pp. 2025:10 (Brill, NE) <754-329>
ISBN 978-90-04-73509-5 hard ¥28,842.- (税込) EUR 115.00

Many small, early modern European states tried to follow in the footsteps of their bigger neighbours and expand beyond the oceans. Tuscan and Genoese Aspirations to Transoceanic Trade (17th Century) traces the little-known history of two of these states: the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Republic of Genoa. These two old and prestigious commercial centres found themselves gradually displaced over the 17th century as the centre of gravity of the European economy moved away from the Mediterranean. In an attempt to combat this, Florentine and Genoese elites collected information and reviewed projects, established joint-stock companies, and sent ships to East Asia and the Americas. While their plans failed, their vicissitudes illustrate the mechanisms that stood behind European expansion overseas, and how its results differed widely from expectations.

Wang, Shengqiao, Century of Shanghai Trade: Rethinking of Chinese Cultural Identity. 340 pp. 2025:10 (Springer, GW) <754-330>
ISBN 978-981-9687-00-8 hard ¥35,108.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book systematically reviews the over 100-year history of Shanghai's trade, tells the legend of Shanghai's century-old trade, summarizes the development of Shanghai's trade, extracts its trade characteristics, and promotes the urban spirit of Shanghai. This book analyzes the development of Shanghai's century-old trade as a process from being along the Huangpu River to being near the sea, and then towards the ocean, integrating into global trade. The book contains rich historical materials, precious photos and images, providing readers with valuable information about the development of Shanghai's trade over the past 100 years and has high academic and collection value. This book uses business associations, organizations, characters, events, stories, and phenomena as carriers and revolves around historical events through expert comments to draw the finishing touch and inspire readers to think. At the same time, the book also invites some characters who have experienced the development of Shanghai trade to narrate as first-hand witnesses, restoring the authenticity of history, making the book have good readability and interface experience.

Chu, Angus C., Human Origins and Evolution in a Malthusian Economy. 164 pp. 2025:8 (World Scientific, SI) <754-168>
ISBN 978-1-80061-734-6 hard ¥12,377.- (税込) US$ 58.00 *

This book develops an economic theory of the entirety of human evolution, presenting a Malthusian growth-theoretic framework to explore the origins of the human species and the development of human society across the prehistoric, agricultural, industrial and modern eras.Early members of our genus Homo emerged over 2 million years ago, gradually evolving into Homo sapiens about 300,000 years ago. During most of their existence, early modern humans were hunter-gatherers and shared this planet with archaic humans, such as Neanderthals and Denisovans. So, how did Homo sapiens emerge? Why did other human species become extinct while early modern humans survived? Why do modern humans still carry DNA from archaic humans? What caused the transition of human society from hunter-gatherer tribes to agricultural settlements and the subsequent development from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy? And how has education affected the emergence of innovation and given rise to the progression from pre-industrial stagnation to economic growth in the modern era? By addressing these fundamental questions through an economic lens, the book reveals the manifold influences that have shaped the unique trajectory of our species.

Song, Chenzhu, "Red" Banks: The Contribution of Chinese Banks to the Economic Rise of China (1980-2020). (Studies in Critical Social Sciences 334 / New Scholarship in Political Economy 34) 225 pp. 2025:10 (Brill, NE) <754-192>
ISBN 978-90-04-74120-1 hard ¥34,108.- (税込) EUR 136.00

Have you ever wondered how China's banking sector powered the world's most dramatic economic transformation? This book opens the vault, revealing how policy banks, state-owned giants, and daring joint-stock institutions fueled China's rise from 1980 to 2020. You'll explore unpublished financial records and financed reforms to Belt and Road mega-projects. How did China's banks sidestep the pitfalls of Western systems? What made their approach to infrastructure and manufacturing uniquely explosive? This study bridges gaps in global finance research, challenging conventional narratives and exposing the symbiotic relationship between state strategy and real economic growth.

インドネシアの経済開発の政治経済　第1巻：文明の幕開けから新秩序時代まで　紀元前2000～紀元後1998年
Ramesh, Sangaralingam, The Political Economy of Indonesia's Economic Development. Volume I: The Dawn of Civilisation to a New Order Era: 2000BC to 1998AD. 427 pp. 2025:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <754-199>
ISBN 978-3-031-94349-2 hard ¥32,600.- (税込) EUR 129.99

Spanning over four millennia, this sweeping historical analysis traces Indonesia's economic journey from prehistoric agrarian societies to the democratic challenges of the 21st century. Integrating political economy, history, and development studies, the book offers a rich, multi-layered account of how geography, empire, trade, colonialism, revolution, and reform have shaped the world's largest archipelagic nation. The first volume charts Indonesia's transformation from early maritime kingdoms and colonial exploitation to the rise of the New Order and its dramatic collapse in the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis. It interrogates the interplay between power and production, foreign influence and domestic agency, and growth and inequality, laying bare the forces that have driven, distorted, and disrupted Indonesia's economic development. This book is essential reading for scholars, students, policymakers, and anyone interested in Southeast Asian development, global capitalism, and the long-term dynamics that shape emerging economies.

Shah, Sultan Nazrin (ed.), Chronicling Themes in the Economic and Social History of Malaysia. 450 pp. 2025:10 (World Scientific, SI) <754-200>
ISBN 978-981-9817-90-0 hard ¥27,315.- (税込) US$ 128.00
ISBN 978-981-9822-29-4 paper ¥12,377.- (税込) US$ 58.00

Sultan Nazrin Shah brings together highly distinguished researchers to explore issues in the economic, administrative, and social history of modern Malaysia.The challenge of the plural society - with large 'Malay', 'Chinese', and 'Indian' blocs - is investigated from many angles, particularly the way governments have handled economic inequalities. Both the dangers and the achievements of the New Economic Policy (emerging in 1969-1971) are examined, as are developments in education policy - which today requires invigoration of science and mathematics training if Malaysia is to escape the 'middle-income trap'.Some chapters throw new light on such turning-point episodes as the Japanese occupation (1941-1945) and the communist Emergency (1948-1960). As well as focusing on major cities, other essays investigate the role of small towns in Malaysia's urbanization. We hear the voices of 'poor gardeners, farmers, and hawkers' as well as elite leaders in Malaysia's transition to modernity. Not all change was for the better. In empowering women, for instance, we read that Westernized governmental approaches offer less than the pre-modern Malay heritage.Although the chapters move in many directions, the creative role of government in modern Malaysia - going back to the colonial period - is a dominant narrative. The country's engagement in the global economy - through tin and rubber - was underpinned by establishing law and order, with secure property rights, and the building of a communications and bureaucratic framework. The post-independence government Malayanized British assets, boosted GDP per head of population, addressed the sharp economic disadvantages of the Malay/Bumiputra community, and reoriented the national economy towards 'export-oriented industrialization'. Today, Malaysia is heavily urbanized, with world-leading electrical and electronics hubs in Penang and the Klang Valley.

タイ王国の米政策　1932～60年
Nung Wong, Pak / Chongstitvatana, Suchitra et al. (eds.), Rice Policies of the Kingdom of Thailand, 1932 - 1960. 216 pp. 2025:11 (Routledge, UK) <753-434>
ISBN 978-1-041-04905-0 hard ¥42,267.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book is a historical study of the rice policies of the government in the Kingdom of Thailand between the years from 1932 to 1960 in the context of the rice shortage World War II. It examines the production and trading policies of the government, including the effects of such policies. While initially the move proved favourable, the book shows how the policy aimed at increasing production by expanding planting areas rather than developing agricultural technology led to a decline in rice production and was one of the causes of the economic problems experienced by the Thai farmers later. This book will be of interest to the historians, researchers, students and policy-makers in the fields of Southeast Asian studies, international history, international political economy and security studies as well as public policy.

R.C.アレン著『なぜ豊かな国と貧しい国が生まれたのか』第2版
Allen, Robert C., Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction. 2nd ed. (Very Short Introductions) 160 pp. 2026:4 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <753-532>
ISBN 978-0-19-892183-7 paper ¥1,969.- (税込)

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Why are some countries rich, and some poor? Does this status persist throughout time, and if so, why? How can a country escape poverty? In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen explores the interplay of geography, globalization, technological change, economic policy, and institutions, to show how they have determined the wealth and poverty of nations around the world. Using historical examples to analyse the factors that have influenced growth, he exposes what has caused the unequal world we live in today, focusing on recent changes in equality and world economic disruption. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Atuguba, Raymond A., The Political Economy of Policing in Ghana, 1830-2005. (African Histories and Modernities) 297 pp. 2025:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <753-533>
ISBN 978-3-031-91921-3 hard ¥35,108.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book is a testament to the importance of historical institutional analysis for understanding the reform of Africa's institutions. As an entry point, Raymond Atuguba examines the regulations of public order and alcohol by the police in Ghana, outlining an interplay of changing ideological and interest formations on the one hand and changing institutional forms on the other. The study reveals not only new forms of oppressive institutional orderings that descend from colonialism; but also new institutional forms that produce possibilities and countervailing technologies of power, capable of meeting and assailing the ways in which the power of post-modern colonialism mobilizes itself. In sum, this book explores the themes of institutional continuities, hegemonic practices, and institutional reform. It discusses how the British political, economic and legal infrastructure penetrated and disrupted pre-existing regulation of public order and alcohol that was conducive to a particular political economy and various social practices. It emphasizes the enduring character of the new institutions created around public order and alcohol, and how they crystallized at independence and were perpetuated in the post-independence era.

中国の数量史
Chen, Zhiwu / Campbell, Cameron / Ma, Debin (eds.), Quantitative History of China: State Capacity, Institutions and Development. (Studies in Economic History) 347 pp. 2025:9 (Springer, GW) <753-534>
ISBN 978-981-9682-71-3 hard ¥12,536.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This Open Access book marks the beginning of a new era in the study of Chinese history. Since the beginning of the computer age, quantitative techniques have been increasingly used to study specific topics like family, population, and living standards in China's past. However, sample sizes have usually been small due to either historical archives' availability constraints or limited human processing capacity. With much increased computing power and machine-assisted reading/processing capacity, many big historical databases have become available, offering quantitative historians and social scientists great opportunities to study China's past development experience. This volume showcases a collection of new findings concerning China's political, social, and economic history and typically based on newly constructed large historical datasets. Most of the work has involved an interdisciplinary team of economists, sociologists, political scientists, historians and econometricians, demonstrating how new big data and quantitative methods may be brought to bear on some of the biggest questions related to China's development over the past three millennia and on the implications of distant past events on contemporary China. Topics covered range from the roles of war, state formation, religion, culture, finance and institutions in long-run development and technological innovations, to regicide history, to the organization and capacity of the bureaucracy. Contributors include leading figures in the quantitative study of China's long-run socioeconomic and political history. This volume will be of value to anyone with an interest in Chinese economic, political, social and/or institutional history as well as anyone interested in quantitative history more generally.

Dumetz, Jerome / Akcaoglu, Emin (eds.), The Role of Culture in Economic Development: Case Studies from Former Empires. 130 pp. 2025:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <753-535>
ISBN 978-3-031-94490-1 hard ¥45,140.- (税込) EUR 179.99

This book draws together interdisciplinary perspectives from economic history, cultural economics and cross-cultural management to analyse the impact of culture on the economic trajectories of former empires. Chapters in the book explore the role of cultural values in shaping the institutional frameworks influencing economic development, focusing on a global selection of case studies that share a common imperial heritage. The empires reviewed consist of: The Netherlands, the Ashanti, Spain, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Turkey, France, Great-Britain, Japan and Russia. The focus on former empires enables the book to provide fascinating comparative and historical analysis of the ways in which different countries gained, justified and lost imperial power over time, and the ways in which their global influences remain today. Each contribution draws on the Steyr Intercultural Management Model (SIMM) to analyse cultural values in their broadest sense, while maintaining awareness of the limitations in defining 'culture' in different historical periods and nations. The volume also offers a unique integration of historical and cultural economic approaches that will be of interest to scholars across a range of fields.

第一次世界大戦における鉄道　第1巻
Giuntini, Andrea / Jacolin, Henry (eds.), Railways in the First World War. Volume 1. (Routledge Studies in Modern History) 350 pp. 2025:10 (Routledge, UK) <753-536>
ISBN 978-1-032-72067-8 hard ¥42,267.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book, the first 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.

Gouzi, Vincent, L'industrialisation de la Grece: la creation d'une industrie moderne: 1950-2014. (Historiques. Serie Travaux) 287 p. 2025:6 (L'Harmattan, FR) <753-537>
ISBN 978-2-336-51697-4 paper ¥7,524.- (税込) EUR 30.00

20世紀の欧州におけるツーリズムの目的地と政策
Larrinaga, Carlos / Strangio, Donatella (eds.), Tourism Destinations and Policies in Europe During the 20th Century: Evolution, Strategies and Markets. (Contributions to Economics) 139 pp. 2025:9 (Springer, GW) <753-538>
ISBN 978-3-031-88446-7 hard ¥37,616.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book analyzes key aspects of European tourism development in the 20th century, focusing on the development of tourist destinations, as well as tourism policies that were created to shape these destinations. The book also examines the private sector, which has traditionally played a determining role in European tourism development. While doing so, this volume presents case studies of Western European and Eastern European countries, such as Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain and Yugoslavia. This book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of economics and business in general, and economic history and tourism studies in particular, interested in a better understanding of the development of tourism destinations and tourism policies in Europe during the 20th century.

『ヨーロッパの奇跡』他－E.L.ジョーンズ記念論集
Magee, Gary B. / Deng, Kent (eds.), The European Miracle and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Professor E. L. Jones. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 279 pp. 2025:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <753-539>
ISBN 978-3-031-90247-5 hard ¥50,156.- (税込) EUR 199.99

This edited volume presents a set of essays honouring the agricultural, environmental and world economic historian, Eric L. Jones. Drawing insights from contributors spanning the social sciences, it highlights how Jones' approach was ahead of its time, illuminating the benefits of studying economic history from a long-run, comparative perspective. In the spirit of Jones' path-breaking book The European Miracle, this volume is divided into two parts. The first part takes the intellectual contributions of Eric Jones as its focus, closely considering Jones' contributions to the development of a non-Eurocentric perspective of world history, our understanding of long-term social processes and Eliasian sociology, and the study of the urban built environment. The second part of the book changes tack, offering a series of detailed studies on historical and contemporary themes. Each essays in this part explicitly draws its influence and inspiration from Jones' work. These 'applied' chapters, written by leading experts, make important and novel contributions to an array of important questions: the Great Divergence, economic performance in Song China, the rise of Nazi Germany, the evolution of modern China's economic links with Australia, and the likely effect on international politics of China and Russia's current growing alliance. This book provides a wide-ranging introduction to the works of Eric Jones, one of the most influential economic historians of the twentieth century, and illustrates not only the ongoing relevance of Jones' work, but, crucially, how contemporary researchers can learn from his approach to studying long-run change.

市場操作と卵の価格－自由市場と人為的な価格のミクロヒストリー
Ress, David, Market Manipulation and The Price of Eggs: A Microhistory of Free Markets and Artificial Prices. (Palgrave Pivot) 147 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <753-544>
ISBN 978-3-031-87170-2 hard ¥10,028.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This Palgrave Pivot presents a microhistory of an important but little-known incident of futures trading. The case in question concerns an incident in the futures market operated by the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) in 1968, where an individual trader David Henner was able to set an unusually (and, ultimately unjustified) high closing price for delivery of eggs in six months. By examining the legal and economic theoretical context of this incident, the book argues that the definition of market manipulation is not straightforward, and has been complicated by a reluctance among regulators to accept the idea that ordinary market dynamics can produce a false price. Unlike most other cases of financial market manipulation, the finding here did not involve a market corner or some form of insider trading, but instead suggested that the inherent dynamics of an open outcry market could produce an unreal price. As narrative history, it offers scholars and practitioners of financial market regulation and operation a valuable way of looking at why otherwise inexplicable breaks in prices occur. This book will be valuable reading for those interested in law and economics, financial regulation, and the history of commodities and futures trading.

紀元前500年から今日までのユーラシアにおけるイノベーションと経済開発－分岐のルーツ
Van Leeuwen, Bas / Didenko, Dmitry / Calabrese, M. et al., Innovation and Economic Development in Eurasia, 500 BCE-Present: The Roots of Divergence. (Frontiers in Economic History) 408 pp. 2025:9 (Springer, GW) <753-546>
ISBN 978-3-031-97042-9 hard ¥32,600.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book explores the long-term economic growth of three key regions: China, Central Eurasia, and Western Europe. It discusses why some areas experienced faster, and more sustained growth than others by focusing on how new ideas are created (innovation), how different countries use these ideas (adoption), and how these factors influence long-term economic differences and similarities (divergence/convergence). These key drivers are examined across time and throughout different regions, considering factors like state involvement, urbanization, the development of specific resources (e.g., fertile land), labor relations, and prices and wages. The book presents new research, connects chapters with recurring themes, and offers combined explanations. Without getting stuck in purely theoretical or historical discussions, it thus goes beyond the various theories to study how the nations caught up, fell behind, and forged ahead in GDP and immaterial well-being. Finally, the book highlights that, while there is value in understanding various existing theories, it is important to acknowledge the complexities in each region's specific historical and regional context.

18世紀の中国・英国茶貿易とデザインの文化交流
Zhang, Chi, Beyond the Teacup: 18th Century Sino-British Tea Trade and Design Cultural Exchange. 192 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <753-547>
ISBN 978-981-9776-90-0 hard ¥30,092.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book focuses on tea-ware design exchanges between China and the UK since the middle of 17th Century, and explores how design encouraged trade and how the market demand influenced the development of design. The spirit of Chinese tea came to Britain alone with tea itself, and enriched the design of tea-ware, as well as British tea culture. During this process, tea-related oriental aesthetics evolved into an aesthetic image mechanism and developed as aesthetic concept, which infiltrated from private space to social space.

Michalopoulos, Constantine, Greek Foreign Trade and Finance: The Mixed Blessings of Economic Dependence. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 152 pp. 2025:7 (Springer, GW) <753-288>
ISBN 978-3-031-92103-2 hard ¥32,600.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book examines the role of international trade and finance in the Greek economy since the beginnings of the Greek state two centuries ago to the present day. It focuses on the benefits and challenges of Greece's economic dependence on the larger and higher income countries of Western Europe, and in particular the European Union, have played in its economic development. The volume begins by examining Greece's links to Europe in the 19th century and its desultory participation in the Latin Monetary Union. Its main focus is the post- World War II period, starting with Greece's efforts to establish sustainable economic growth, at a time when the country was facing severe foreign exchange constraints and relied on assistance from the US under the Marshall Plan. It then examines relations between Greece and the European Community, particularly on its efforts to integrate into the European Union, the debt crisis and the reforms and recovery in its aftermath. The book details in accessible and engaging style how the story of Greece's economic integration in Europe has involved both successful development but also failures by Greek, Eurozone and IMF policymakers. With valuable historical insights, this book will be of interest to academics and policymakers in Greece, the EU and emerging economies weighing economic integration. It will also be of interest to economic historians and political economists more broadly.

J.L.ニューウェル著　世界の経済のグローバル化－歴史的入門
Newell, James L., The Globalization of the World's Economies: A Concise Historical Introduction. (Europa Introduction to...) 224 pp. 2025:11 (Routledge, UK) <753-389>
ISBN 978-1-041-06196-0 hard ¥42,267.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

The world is standing at a crossroads. On the one hand, economic globalization has brought unprecedented levels of prosperity. It has lifted millions out of poverty; it has massively enhanced education and skills development; and it has increased the potential for the exercise of power from below, for the complexity of global supply chains renders them highly vulnerable to disruption by the protests of small groups of people in far-flung places. On the other hand, neoliberal globalization has brought rising inequality; the emergence, in the developed world, of the so-called left behind; refugee crises; and increasingly problems related to health and the climate, which the institutions of global governance have struggled to deal with, thus undermining their authority and fuelling the growth of populist nationalism.In order to get a sense of whether economic globalization will in future take a positive or a negative path, it is essential to look at the past. It is only through gaining an understanding of how we have come to be where we are that we will be better placed to see where we are going and, most importantly, to take the action needed to enable us to face the future with optimism rather than with fear.This volume provides a comprehensive overview in historical perspective of the development and current state of globalization, offering a wealth of information to students, professionals and researchers alike.

Manuel, Jeffrey T. / Rogers, Thomas D., Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels. 328 pp. 2025:10 (U. Oklahoma Pr., US) <753-409>
ISBN 978-0-8061-9601-5 hard ¥7,458.- (税込) US$ 34.95

Though ethanol, a liquid fuel made from agricultural byproducts, has generated controversy in recent years - good or bad for the environment? a big-ag boon or boondoggle? - its use goes back more than a century. Tracing the little-known history of this promising and contentious fuel, Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels reveals the transnational nature of ethanol's development by its two biggest producers, the U.S. and Brazil. By drawing the connections between the shifting fortunes of ethanol in these two countries, the book presents the first full picture of the long history of this renewable fuel that from the beginning offered an imperfect alternative to oil. Though generally presented as parallel stories, the histories of ethanol in the U.S. and Brazil are inextricably linked. Authors Jeffrey T. Manuel and Thomas D. Rogers show how policies in one country shaped those in the other. Brazil patterned its mid-century development on the U.S. model, adopting an automobile- and highway-focused transportation system and a fossil fuel-intensive agricultural sector. U.S. policymakers in turn took note when Brazil responded to the 1970s oil shocks by distributing ethanol nationwide, replacing half of its gasoline consumption. In the 2000s, the nations' leaders worked together to dramatically expand ethanol production. Today, as a new generation of biofuels meant to power aviation and fight climate change again connects Brazilian and U.S. ethanol, Manuel and Rogers explain how the fuel's future, like its history, is complicated by technical, scientific, economic, and social questions - about how to calculate carbon emissions, agricultural land use, national security and sovereignty, and the balance between government regulation and market forces. Understanding the future of biofuels demands a reckoning with this extensive, shared history - a reckoning that Manuel and Rogers's far-reaching, deeply researched book brings into view.

宗教的ツーリズムとイタリア経済　1870～1950年
Semeraro, Riccardo / Maffi, Luciano / Gregorini, Giovanni, Religious Tourism and the Italian Economy, 1870-1950: The Development of Catholic Pilgrimages as a Mass Phenomenon. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History) 249 pp. 2025:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <753-219>
ISBN 978-3-031-94323-2 hard ¥32,600.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book addresses a little-studied area of the history of tourism, religious tourism, and pilgrimage and introduces a comprehensive economic analysis of their development from elite pursuits to a mass phenomenon. Focusing on Rome, Lourdes, and the Holy Land as destinations, the book showcases religious tourism as a key precursory factor in mass tourism in Italy and Europe. Departing from conventional historiographical timeframes, the authors demonstrate that the surge in tourism during the Italian "economic miracle" did not arise ex novo at that time but was part of a longer process of transformation originating prior to the Second World War. Diverse factors are discussed such as the social and economic role of the Catholic Church, its relationship to tourism, revolutions in transport technologies, rising wages, and increasing leisure time. Key questions are explored regarding religious travel (who, when, how) and how it gained momentum in the first half of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished sources, many from the Vatican Archives, the book uncovers new religious, social, and cross-cultural perspectives and contexts for studying the economic history of tourism.

Cleaver, Laura / Magnusson, Danielle et al. (eds.), The Pre-Modern Manuscript Trade and its Consequences, ca. 1890-1945. (Collection Development, Cultural Heritage, and Digital Humanities) 490 pp. 2025:6 (Arc Humanities Pr., UK) <752-261>
ISBN 978-1-80270-257-6 paper ¥10,187.- (税込) GB￡ 34.95

EECにおけるアイルランドの初期
Keogh, Aoife, The Early Years of Ireland in the European Economic Community: Managing Membership. (Routledge Studies in Modern European History) 186 pp. 2025:10 (Routledge, UK) <752-263>
ISBN 978-1-032-02614-5 hard ¥42,267.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Ireland's accession to the European Economic Community in 1973 provided great opportunities, as well as significant challenges to its relatively small civil service. This research traces Ireland's internal adaptation to managing membership. The long wait for accession to the EEC had instigated administrative and management patterns during negotiations which were difficult for Ireland to untangle and alter afterwards. There was friction between departments on how to approach relations with the EEC in some policy areas after membership. At times, this effectively slowed and even hampered Ireland's adaptation to membership. At the same time, the EEC provided an important new frame of reference for Irish society. Discussions on social progress drew from that wider context and challenged Ireland in new ways. This volume explores this development through an analysis of empirical files from the National Archives of Ireland and the Historical Archives of the European Union, newspapers and secondary sources.This book is intended for scholars and students of Irish history, European Studies, political science, diplomatic studies, and administrative history.

東欧における大恐慌
Richter, Klaus / Mandru, Anca / Nithammer, Jasmin (eds.), The Great Depression in Eastern Europe. 364 pp. 2025:5 (Central European U. Pr., HU) <752-264>
ISBN 978-963-386-894-2 hard ¥38,769.- (税込) GB￡ 133.00

As the centenary of the Great Depression approaches, this book offers a historical study of its impact on Eastern Europe. Due to its agricultural dominance this region was particularly hard hit. The volume focuses on ten states of the interwar period that had emerged from the Ottoman, Romanov, Habsburg, and Hohenzollern empires and where national sovereignty was particularly contested. The contributing authors apply an integrative approach that uses economic change as a starting point for analysing socio-institutional changes and political realignments. They review the main responses that the respective countries have made to try to mitigate the impact of the crises, such as economic protectionism or the construction of welfare states. The contributions also examine the profound impact of the Depression on the relationship between societies and states, between genders, between social classes, and between different nationalities. By moving the study of economic nationalism from economic history to the center of social and political history, the volume contributes to a much better understanding of states, societies and nationalism in Eastern Europe in the 1930s.