Our book’s eighteen authors investigate eight major applications of economic warfare and sanctions, set out in a common framework. We cover the Anglo-French wars of the long eighteenth century, the American Civil War, Britain versus Germany in two World Wars, the interwar sanctions on Italy, interwar sanctions followed by economic warfare against Japan, trade and […]
General audiences are accustomed to imagining medieval culinary practices through those of the elites — in shows, films, and novels, where little attention is given to the habits of common people. Perhaps as a contrast to the material wealth of aristocrats, society tends to picture ordinary individuals from the Middle Ages as dirty and uncivilised, […]
The aim of this book is to find some precision and a point of origin for the concept of capital and by doing that, therefore capitalism. It also challenges the merchant based London centric interpretation of the financial revolution, and argues that the socially and geographically broad based financial development it describes allowed industrialisation to […]
Last year, the Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.” While the citation may sound almost trite in the abstract, it reflects a major intellectual achievement. Thanks in part to their groundbreaking work there now exists a broad […]
Fair trade has become a household name for many shoppers who encounter certified products on supermarket shelves. But behind those labels lies a complex global movement with a rich history. Based on my book “Fair Trade: Humanitarianism in the Era of Postcolonial Globalization,” here are five insights that reveal why it is worth exploring the […]
Migration of the Serbs, by Serbian painter Paja Jovanović Security concerns often necessitate the establishment of specialized institutions in border regions that diverge from the norm in civilian territories. Scholars discuss how those residing in these frontier zones frequently endure unique challenges, a consequence of the state’s dual pursuit of safeguarding the periphery and subjugating […]
The evil moneylender exploiting the vulnerable borrower is a recurring genre in popular fiction. Oliver Twist depicts moneylenders as crooked gangsters operating illegal businesses and luring impoverished groups into crippling debt arrangements. Indian cinema told similar stories, proselytizing villainy of moneylenders and stirring compassion for deprived borrowers. Mother India, released in 1957, is a classic […]
Food shortages were a fact of life throughout Europe during the Second World War, and a daily struggle for most consumers. In France a children’s board game, the “Jeu de rutabaga” (Rutabaga Game, 1942), replicated the adult frustrations in shopping for food. Players rolled two dice to determine which square they would go to, in […]
Our book’s eighteen authors investigate eight major applications of economic warfare and sanctions, set out in a common framework. We cover the Anglo-French wars of the long eighteenth century, the American Civil War, Britain versus Germany in two World Wars, the interwar sanctions on Italy, interwar sanctions followed by economic warfare against Japan, trade and […]
General audiences are accustomed to imagining medieval culinary practices through those of the elites — in shows, films, and novels, where little attention is given to the habits of common people. Perhaps as a contrast to the material wealth of aristocrats, society tends to picture ordinary individuals from the Middle Ages as dirty and uncivilised, […]
The aim of this book is to find some precision and a point of origin for the concept of capital and by doing that, therefore capitalism. It also challenges the merchant based London centric interpretation of the financial revolution, and argues that the socially and geographically broad based financial development it describes allowed industrialisation to […]
Last year, the Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.” While the citation may sound almost trite in the abstract, it reflects a major intellectual achievement. Thanks in part to their groundbreaking work there now exists a broad […]
Fair trade has become a household name for many shoppers who encounter certified products on supermarket shelves. But behind those labels lies a complex global movement with a rich history. Based on my book “Fair Trade: Humanitarianism in the Era of Postcolonial Globalization,” here are five insights that reveal why it is worth exploring the […]
Migration of the Serbs, by Serbian painter Paja Jovanović Security concerns often necessitate the establishment of specialized institutions in border regions that diverge from the norm in civilian territories. Scholars discuss how those residing in these frontier zones frequently endure unique challenges, a consequence of the state’s dual pursuit of safeguarding the periphery and subjugating […]
The evil moneylender exploiting the vulnerable borrower is a recurring genre in popular fiction. Oliver Twist depicts moneylenders as crooked gangsters operating illegal businesses and luring impoverished groups into crippling debt arrangements. Indian cinema told similar stories, proselytizing villainy of moneylenders and stirring compassion for deprived borrowers. Mother India, released in 1957, is a classic […]
Food shortages were a fact of life throughout Europe during the Second World War, and a daily struggle for most consumers. In France a children’s board game, the “Jeu de rutabaga” (Rutabaga Game, 1942), replicated the adult frustrations in shopping for food. Players rolled two dice to determine which square they would go to, in […]
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