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

Allard, Amelie, Community Politics of the Fur Trade: Relationships, Mobility, and Landscapes of Possibility. 250 pp. 2026:3 (U. Pr. Florida, US) <766-275>
ISBN 978-0-8130-7956-1 hard ¥20,097.- (税込) US$ 90.00

Reinterpreting the Great Lakes fur trade as a dynamic interplay of ambition, alliances, and evolving identitiesThe North American fur trade was more than a system of economic exchange. In this book, Amelie Allard examines the Great Lakes region as a dynamic landscape where European traders and Indigenous peoples negotiated clashing perspectives with the common purpose of trade and establishing relationships. Allard portrays the interactions between these groups as community politics and community building, highlighting both cooperation and contentious power imbalances during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.Drawing on archaeological evidence including trading posts and wrecked canoes and historical documents such as traders' journals and memoirs, Allard unravels the social complexities of this world. She demonstrates how processes of place-making-through foodways, the built environment, and place-naming-as well as both waterborne and overland mobility shaped the identities and relationships of Euro-Canadian, metis, and Indigenous peoples. Community Politics of the Fur Trade challenges traditional narratives of colonialism by suggesting that for many Indigenous peoples such as the Anishinaabeg and Dakota, the fur trade era represented a moment of possibility rather than an inevitable path to subjugation.

1900年以降の信用とオーストラリアのデパート
Dickenson, Jackie, Credit and the Australian Department Store Since 1900. (Palgrave Pivot) 192 pp. 2026:3 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <766-276>
ISBN 978-3-032-16611-1 hard ¥10,556.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book provides a timely examination of the role that consumer credit has played in maintaining inequality, at a time when the gap between the rich and the rest is increasing in the political west. It does so through the prism of the Australian department store, using archival material from across the twentieth century to trace how large retailers used class and status hierarchies, technological innovation, and loyalty programs to embroil the Australian masses in credit culture. Increasing numbers of Australians enthusiastically embraced retail credit, but their experiences of the 'democratisation' of credit varied greatly. Hierarchies of credit are as strong in Australia today as they have ever been and, despite the growing use of debit cards and BNPL, most of us still carry a credit card and the threat of indebtedness that entails.

6世紀のビザンツにおける金融ロビイング－ユスティニアヌスの狡猾な銀行家たち
Rockwell, David, Financial Lobbying in Sixth-Century Byzantium: Justinian's Conniving Bankers. (Oxford Studies in Byzantium) 400 pp. 2026:12 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <766-279>
ISBN 978-0-19-791467-0 hard ¥38,362.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00

古代世界における長距離交易－ネットワークの歴史
Seland, Eivind Heldaas, Long-Distance Trade in the Ancient World: A Network History. (Palgrave Studies in Ancient Economies / Palgrave Pivot) 136 pp. 2026:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <766-280>
ISBN 978-3-031-90854-5 hard ¥10,556.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book presents a novel perspective on long-distance trade in the ancient world that integrates network theory and environmental analysis into our understandings of production, movement and exchange in the so-called Long Classical Millennium (c.300 BCE - 900 BCE). This approach departs from traditional Eurocentric perspectives that have tended to focus primarily on empires and imperial agency as the dominant analytical category, arguing instead that environmental factors played a much greater role in influencing the formation of trade routes during this period. Written in an accessible style, chapters seek to integrate and synthesise recent developments from global history, network studies, economic history and critical geography, offering new ways for scholars to examine the growth of this proto-globalised economic system. By examining the networks of people, places, animals, and things that came together in order to connect ancient Africa and Eurasia, the author de-centers any one group or region to instead foreground the environmental dynamics of ancient trade. This book will be a fascinating resource for scholars and students of ancient and global history, as well as ancient economic and environmental historians, archaeologists, and more.

スペイン史におけるビジネスの軌跡
Vazquez-Farinas, Maria / Cabrera-Gallardo, Francisco (eds.), Business Trajectories in the History of Spain: Sectors, Figures and Transformations. (Frontiers in Economic History) 148 pp. 2026:3 (Springer, GW) <766-281>
ISBN 978-3-032-16213-7 hard ¥39,596.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This edited volume offers a fresh look at how business in Spain has evolved from the 18th century to today. It examines how entrepreneurs, families, foreign investors, and public institutions shaped the country's shift from a rural economy to an industrialized society. Through detailed case studies, from steel and coal to tourism and agriculture, it shows how business decisions were influenced by politics, social change, and global capital. The book challenges the idea of Spanish economic "backwardness" by highlighting innovation, resilience, and strategic adaptation. It blends economic history and business studies to provide a rich, multidimensional view of Spain's business landscape. The book will appeal to scholars, students, and researchers of economics, business studies, and economic and business history, as well as to anyone interested in how historical business practices inform today's economic challenges.

近世・近現代中国経済の測定－データ、方法、限界
Peng, Kaixiang / Liu, Ziang (eds.), Measuring the Early Modern and Modern Chinese Economy: Data, Methods, and Limits. 369 pp. 2026:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <766-285>
ISBN 978-3-032-10113-6 hard ¥44,876.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This is a comprehensive guide to measuring the performance of the Chinese economy in historical context, bridging the gap between economic methods and economic history to showcase the cutting edge of quantitative Chinese economic history research. The book brings together contributions from active scholars working in the area, integrating perspectives and methods from economics, history, and the digital humanities. It shows how Chinese economic history has become an increasingly interdisciplinary field over the past two decades, one that has increasingly adopted economic concepts and methodologies while maintaining a strong qualitative research tradition. The book sheds light on new data sources, methodologies and debates in Chinese economic history research while spanning core topics including taxation, land property, rural economy, population, gross domestic product, wage, lineage, and urbanisation. Chapters survey with unprecedented depth and breadth in current literature how economic data in Chinese history were generated, processed, and utilized byboth the state and the private sector. This volume is expected to help students better identify emerging types of historical data, how to make meaningful use of them, and gain deeper insights into the early modern and modern economic history of China.

峯陽一著　開発協力のオーラルヒストリー－日本とそのパートナーの経験
Mine, Yoichi, An Oral History of Development Cooperation: Experiences of Japan and its Partners. 289 pp. 2026:4 (Springer, GW) <766-180>
ISBN 978-981-9554-78-2 hard ¥13,196.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This Open Access book offers a comprehensive oral history of Japan's development cooperation, based on nearly 300 interview narratives collected in Indonesia, Chile, Tanzania, Malaysia, Thailand, Costa Rica, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Jordan, Brazil, Cambodia, and Japan. Unlike most books on development cooperation, which are written from the perspective of aid providers, this book gives voice to local actors - referred to as 'counterparts' - in aid recipient countries. In an era of geopolitical polarisation and parochialism, the book compellingly presents alternative ways of development cooperation founded on mutually respectful relationships between foreign experts and their partners. The case studies cover primary and manufacturing industries, infrastructure, education, health, migration, environmental sustainability, and peace. The book invites readers to rethink how development cooperation can be reimagined in our divided world. In this era when development cooperation undergoes drastic transformation, it is crucial for us to learn from past experience to inform future strategies. Japan's approach has focused on teaching people how to fish rather than giving them fish, thereby fostering unbreakable bonds of trust with local people. This book vividly depicts how these trusting relationships enabled development projects to overcome unforeseen challenges and crises. By sharing narratives of those involved, the book also reveals their expectation, frustration, and a shared sense of accomplishment. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the future direction of global efforts in development cooperation. Akihiko Tanaka, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Groutel, Anne, The Two Irelands and the Diaspora: The Politics and Economics of a Self-Serving Attachment. 323 pp. 2026:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <766-182>
ISBN 978-3-032-12354-1 hard ¥31,676.- (税込) EUR 119.99

At the intersection of economic and political history, this book explores the pivotal role of the Irish diaspora in the development of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It examines the strategies their respective authorities used to harness it. While post-partition efforts were limited, from the 1950s onward both Irelands successfully engaged diaspora business elites to attract investment and stimulate growth. Highlighting the discreet yet decisive influence of powerful Irish-American businessmen, the study analyses their complex interactions with Irish policymakers. Marked by mutual interests, strategic collaboration, and subtle power dynamics, these relationships played a crucial role at key moments in Ireland's economic history. Drawing on a century of previously unpublished archival sources from Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the United States, including government records, parliamentary papers, and contemporary press, this book provides fresh comparative insights into the economic policies of the two Irelands and the enduring impact of the diaspora on Ireland-US relations. Offering a rigorous and engaging analysis, this book demonstrates how the entrepreneurial networks of the Irish diaspora have been instrumental in shaping modern Ireland. It is essential reading for scholars in economic and business history, Irish history, and diaspora studies.