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

Laurent, Sylvie, Capital and Race: The History of a Modern Hydra. 320 pp. 2026:6 (Polity Pr., UK)
ISBN 978-1-5095-7190-1 hard ¥7,892.- (税込) US$ 35.00

1492: a year that captivated the world. Columbus's "discovery" of a new continent is widely remembered for revealing both the wonders of the earth and the unprecedented capacity of men to free themselves from boundaries. But the invention of America was actually a story untold: the consecration of a new relationship between nature and mankind, which saw capital and race unite irrevocably. Sylvie Laurent tells the story of racial capitalism as a "two-headed creature" forged by figures such as Daniel Defoe in Robinson Crusoe, Voltaire, Adam Smith, and Alexis de Tocqueville. Beneath these authors' fantasies of a free-market land of endless riches is the empire of racial capitalism. However powerful, this system has been identified and resisted by a long line of anti-colonial theorists, from Rosa Luxemburg to W. E. B. Du Bois. Against the backdrop of their thinking, and at a time when it is commonplace to oppose class struggles and racial demands, Laurent illuminates the rich and little-known intellectual tradition of overcoming the divide. It's about time, she argues, that Karl Marx and Martin Luther King Jr. get to talk to one another. Capital and Race: The History of a Modern Hydra is a timely and gripping intellectual history that will be of interest to historians and general readers alike.

J.Stobart他編　18世紀の世界におけるオークションと世帯－世界を横断する比較的視点　1700～1850年
Blonde, Bruno / Overkamp, Anne / Stobart, Jon (eds.), Auctions and Households in the Eighteenth-Century World: Comparative Perspectives from across the Globe, 1700-1850. (Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies) 284 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <765-308>
ISBN 978-1-032-73672-3 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

The long eighteenth century is often seen as a time when consumption was driven by novelty, fashion and an expanding world of goods. This book takes an innovative approach to the supply of and demand for consumer goods in this period by exploring the nature, organisation and experience of household sales: events where used goods re-entered the market.These sales took place in a wide variety of settings, from country houses to garrisons and from large cities to remote rural settlements. They were important economic and social events that offer new insights into the emergence of a modern consumer society and its relationship with material goods. In bringing together case studies from different settings across Europe, North America, the Caribbean and India, it offers a unique comparative perspective on an important and surprisingly neglected mechanism of economic exchange. Household sales played a vital role in the (re)circulation of household goods during this crucial period in the history of consumption. It reveals the common practices and shared desires that brought together auctions in diverse places, but also highlights how household sales were flexible events, shaped by local circumstances and priorities.Auctions and Households in the Eighteenth-Century World is aimed at scholars and students of economic history, material culture, and consumption studies, as well as anyone interested in the social and cultural dynamics of the eighteenth century.

Bloom, Peter, Nativism and Capitalism: From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures. (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy) 256 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-309>
ISBN 978-1-041-03395-0 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

Nativism and Capitalism: From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures offers a sweeping reappraisal of nativism as a central force within global capitalism rather than a simple reaction against it. Peter Bloom shows how the figure of the "native," inherited from colonial rule, continues to shape how capitalist modernity organizes scarcity, hierarchy, and belonging.From nineteenth-century empire to today's far-right populisms, the book traces how contemporary movements convert economic dispossession into racialized narratives of authenticity and exclusion. Bringing together political economy, decolonial thought, and cultural critique, the book reframes indigeneity as a global political horizon rooted in internationalist Indigenous politics that challenges both exclusionary nativism and neoliberal globalization. Drawing on Indigenous epistemologies, governance practices, ecological perspectives, and transnational movements, Bloom highlights alternative ways of imagining community, reciprocity, and planetary solidarity while also revealing how colonial legacies persist in shaping the present. The result is a pioneering work that offers new insights into the politics of belonging and outlines pathways toward more just and sustainable futures.It is essential reading for scholars in political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, and cultural studies, as well as policymakers and activists working on nationalism, migration, global justice, and Indigenous rights.

Bouley, Bradford A., The Barberini Butchers: Meat, Murder, and Warfare in Early Modern Italy. 277 pp. 2026:5 (U. Pennsylvania Pr., US) <765-310>
ISBN 978-1-5128-2945-7 hard ¥16,912.- (税込) US$ 75.00

近世世界における食品の生産とジェンダー
Calaresu, Melissa / Manzanares Mileo, Marta (eds.), Food Production and Gender across the Early Modern World. (Food Culture, Food History before 1900) 242 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-311>
ISBN 978-90-485-5941-1 hard ¥43,274.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00

This collection of nine essays presents new research exploring the significance and forms of labour involved in food production across the early modern world from c. 1500 to 1800.Ranging from the Netherlands to the Mediterranean basin and from the Pacific and Atlantic worlds, the volume opens up new directions in research on various activities which have received little attention such as preserving, grinding, curing, and frying. These essays uncover historical actors engaged in the processing of different foodstuffs, whose embodied knowledge and work are often obscured in the historical record, and rendered even less accessible when performed by women.By interpreting genre paintings, revisiting well-known documents, and engaging in hands-on reconstruction research, the essays provide a more nuanced and fuller understanding of food production in and out of the kitchen, and advance long-standing historiographical debates on gender, food, and work in meaningful ways.

スペインの工業化の経済史
Catalan, Jordi / Prat, Marc (eds.), An Economic History of Spanish Industrialization. (Routledge Explorations in Economic History) 320 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-312>
ISBN 978-1-032-77216-5 hard ¥46,365.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00

Spain belongs to the group of European peripheral economies where the diffusion of the British Industrial Revolution failed during the 19th century, as Professor Jordi Nadal underlined half a century ago.This book presents the analysis of leading economic historians on the long-term economic development problems which made Spain a backward economy before industrialization later took hold. The book begins by revisiting the thesis of the failure of the First Industrial Revolution with updated data and methods and analysing the modernization of key manufacturing activities, with contributions from specialists in the history of these industries. By contrast, the next sections of the book explore the Second Industrial Revolution in Spain which appears to have been a remarkable success during the 1914-1973 period. The contributors in this section look to explain the reasons why the experience of industrialization was so different this time around. The book explores the reasons why Spain again lagged behind during the Third Technological Revolution, albeit with mixed experiences in different manufacturing industries. Finally, the last part of the book focuses on the reasons for the Spanish performance during the ICT era and the challenges for 21st century economic development in a country with a very uneven path of industrial growth.This book will be of great interest to readers in economic history, business history, economics, economic sociology, political science, industrial development, and Spanish history more broadly.

南欧におけるIMFと世界銀行－政策、経済、制度的転換　1950～80年代
Coppolaro, Lucia / Petrini, Francesco / Tedoldi, L. (eds.), The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Southern Europe: Policy, Economy, and Institutional Transformation, 1950s-1980s. (Routledge Studies in Modern European History) 252 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-313>
ISBN 978-1-041-16467-8 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

Offering an interdisciplinary analysis of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank's (WB) interventions in Southern Europe during a transformative period in the 20th century and focusing on Southern Europe as its geographical frame, this volume brings together leading scholars from international history, economics and economic history to examine how these international financial institutions influenced, and were influenced by, economic and political developments in the region.Written by specialists in the field, the volume presents national case studies in order to analyze the role of the IMF/WB in Southern Europe during key historical moments such as post-World War II reconstruction, the economic boom of the 1950s and 1960s, the crises of the 1970s, the collapse of the Bretton Woods system, and the transitions from authoritarian regimes to democracy. It examines both the institutional evolution of the IMF and the WB, and the role of member states, thereby providing a more comprehensive understanding of how these organizations operated within a regional and international context.The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Southern Europe: Policy, Economy, and Institutional Transformation, 1950s-1980s for a broad academic audience, including scholars, researchers, and students in the fields of history, economics, international political economy, international relations, and political science.

Frangipane, Marcella / Mori, Lucia, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Economies of Mesopotamia: 4th and 3rd Millennia BCE. (Elements in Ancient and Pre-modern Economies) 75 pp. 2026:5 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <765-314>
ISBN 978-1-009-67072-2 hard ¥17,000.- (税込) GB￡ 55.00
ISBN 978-1-009-33296-5 paper ¥5,563.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00

The Element reconstructs economic developments in the crucial phase of State formation in Mesopotamia, from the 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE, trying to understand how interrelating environmental, social, economic, and political factors in the two main areas of Mesopotamia profoundly changed the structures of societies and transformed the relations between social components, giving rise to increasing inequality and strengthening political institutions. The interrelation between economic changes and state formation and urbanization is analyzed. Mesopotamia represents a foundational case study to understand the processes that transformed the function of economy from being an instrument to satisfy community needs to become a means of producing "wealth" for privileged categories. These processes varied in characteristics and timescales depending on environmental conditions and organizational forms. But wherever they took place, far-reaching changes occurred resulting in emergent hierarchies and new political systems. Reflecting on these changes highlights phenomena still affecting our societies today.

Herrero, Rolando, On the Path to the Fifth Industrial Revolution. (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine) 225 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-315>
ISBN 978-1-032-96862-9 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

presents the evolution of industrial revolutions by combining relevant technological and scientific concepts with historical context, examining the transition from the current fourth and future fifth industrial revolutions, both reliant on cyber-physical systems but differing mainly in the nature of the computational systems used to deploy them.

なぜヨーロッパか？－大分岐と西洋のグローバルな支配への台頭
Hoffman, Philip T., Why Europe?: The Great Divergence and the West's Rise to Global Predominance. (New Approaches to Economic and Social History) 250 pp. 2026:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <765-316>
ISBN 978-0-521-50961-9 hard ¥24,728.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00
ISBN 978-0-521-73844-6 paper ¥7,727.- (税込) GB￡ 25.00

Economic growth transformed the world. It freed us from a world where nearly everyone was mired in poverty and half of all children died before reaching adulthood. However, these benefits have not been felt everywhere, nor by everyone. In this groundbreaking new account of the divergence between east and west, Philip T. Hoffman uncovers the ultimate causes of economic growth and the reasons why it originated in seventeenth-century western Europe. He examines the relative impacts of a wide range of economic, political, and social factors, from high wages, cheap capital, and financial institutions to political fragmentation, porous borders, and interstate warfare. Through accessible economic principles and fascinating case studies, he demonstrates why growth began in Britain, why it spread so unevenly elsewhere, and why inequality inhibits growth.

Patel, Kiran Klaus (ed.), Between Collapse, Integration and Co-Transformation: Universalist and Particularist Economic Ideas and Practices in Europe since the 1970s. 191 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-318>
ISBN 978-1-041-31123-2 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

This book comprises a collection of essays that delves into the economic history of Europe since the 1970s, offering a fresh perspective on the period by examining the interplay between universalist and particularist claims to validity. By exploring how these claims were constructed, justified, and contested, the book sheds new light on the ways they shaped political and social change in contemporary European history. Through a critical analysis of the economy as a dynamic field, the essays uncover the complexities of universalist and particularist concepts, their interactions, and the tensions they generate, providing a nuanced understanding of their role in shaping modern Europe.Focusing on the intersection of economic history, political theory, and social change, this book will appeal to students, scholars and readers interested in European history, economic thought, and the evolution of contemporary political ideologies. It is particularly relevant for those studying the historical roots of current debates on globalization, identity, and the challenges to universalist ideals in an increasingly fragmented world.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the European Review of History.

1800年以降のフランス資本主義の政治経済
Cogneau, Denis, Empire on the Cheap: The Political Economy of French Colonialism Since 1800. 498 pp. 2026:5 (Polity Pr., UK) <765-326>
ISBN 978-1-5095-6333-3 hard ¥10,147.- (税込) US$ 45.00

In the nineteenth century, France embarked on the colonization of whole swathes of Africa and Asia. What drove this policy, and what methods did it use to establish and enforce French domination? What disruptive effects did this have on the colonized societies, and what did it mean for their economic and social development? Today, can we say they have been completely decolonized? Empire on the Cheap offers new answers to these ever-controversial questions.Drawing on extensive archival work and statistical analysis, Denis Cogneau offers a richly detailed description of the colonial states and how they functioned, with a particular focus on issues of taxation, military recruitment, capital flows and inequalities. He shows that the empire cost France little until the wars of independence following World War II, and that capital from France did not trickle down to the colonies. The French Republic proclaimed its "civilizing mission", but its rule did not lead to the development of the occupied countries, and instead established violent colonial regimes with ambiguous and sometimes conflicting goals. Such regimes mainly benefited a small minority of French colonists and capitalists. Yet, even after winning independence, nationalist elites in the former colonies most often maintained an authoritarian and inegalitarian state order.Examining both the evolution of the colonized societies and what has become of them after independence, Cogneau makes a major contribution to our understanding of imperialism, past and present.

東南アジアにおける経済成長－1870年以降の貿易、グローバル化、開発
Huff, Gregg, The Economic Growth of Southeast Asia: Trade, Globalization and Development since 1870. 660 pp. 2026:10 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <765-330>
ISBN 978-1-108-48742-9 hard ¥40,183.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-108-72026-7 paper ¥13,600.- (税込) GB￡ 44.00

This is the first comprehensive analysis of Southeast Asian globalization and development since 1870. Interpreting over 150 years of Southeast Asian economic history, Gregg Huff traces the impact of a first period of globalisation from the 1870s to 1929, the effects of Japanese occupation during World War II and its aftermath, and a second wave of globalisation since the late 1960s. He uses vent-for-surplus, dual economy and plural society concepts and argues that the response of those in Southeast Asia to periods of transport revolutions, innovation and opportunity in the world economy translated into rapid export-led growth. Recent swift growth enabled Southeast Asia to start to 'catch up' with the world's leading countries for the first time in its history. Achievements include industrialization, genuine social progress and numerous large urban regions. Nevertheless, the book contends that Southeast Asian development in its 'miracle economies' remains incomplete.

Rupprecht, Tobias, The Tragedy of Soviet Market Economists: The Failed Quest to Civilise Russia, 1972-2022. 372 pp. 2026:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <765-190>
ISBN 978-1-009-73697-8 hard ¥30,910.- (税込) GB￡ 100.00
ISBN 978-1-009-73698-5 paper ¥9,891.- (税込) GB￡ 32.00

In this pathbreaking history, Tobias Rupprecht offers a revisionist account of Russia's post-Soviet marketisation from the perspective of the advisors and ministers who oversaw this transformation. Based on extensive interviews with economists and research in state and private archives, he uncovers a significant minority of economic liberals from late Soviet academic and dissident circles who sought to chart a new path, believing free prices and private property were the foundations of a 'civilised country'. This provides a vital challenge to the dominant narrative that neoliberal advisors and organisations imposed harmful reforms on Russia after the collapse of Communism. Liberal reformers faced a profound dilemma - one for which Western advisors had no solution either: Should they commit to democratic political activism and risk irrelevance, or align themselves with those in power and be co-opted by an authoritarian state determined to re-assert its imperial strength?

Das, Amarendra / Das, Keshab / Mishra, D. K. et al. (eds.), Trajectories of Development: Odisha@100. 506 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-222>
ISBN 978-1-041-01488-1 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

Trajectories of Development: Odisha@100 offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and interpretative analysis of Odisha's tryst with the economic, social and governance challenges through policy and parastatal initiatives since the state's formation in 1936 to the present day. Positioned within the global debates on uneven regional growth, the volume examines Odisha's recent economic resurgence while probing its distributional, ecological and social implications.The book traces the Indian state's historical antecedents-marked by colonial exploitation and disparate functioning of the myriad princely states-and its transformation into a formally unified subnational entity. Sector-specific chapters analyse agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and services, complemented by district-level insights. The volume explores developments in education, health, and demography, and examines possibilities of emerging frontiers of tourism, and tribal economy. Additional chapters assess poverty, unemployment, food security, fiscal management, disaster governance, neglect of natural resources, displacement, distress migration, unfolding of media, and roles of private and civil society actors.This volume will benefit scholars of development studies, economics, political economy, regional planning, and public policy, as well as practitioners and administrators of development. Readers will gain a nuanced, empirically grounded understanding of Odisha's developmental journey and a forward-looking roadmap as the state approaches its centenary in 2036.