Adam Smith 
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations [PDF ebook] 

This thorough, comprehensive introduction to international financial management provides an expert guide to the workings of international capital markets, the financing of international business, the …

The study of financial history has never been more important. This volume focuses on theories about the relationship of financial markets to the rest of the economy. Searching out information on fina …

As the role of sport in society becomes ever more prominent and as sports organisations become increasingly influential members of the global community, so it has become more important than ever for …

Industrial production and consumption patterns rely heavily on the intensive use of both renewable and non-renewable resources and the consequences for the environment can be serious. Following a lon …

This comprehensive survey of continuity and change in trade unions looks at five primarily English-speaking countries: the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The authors consider the rec …

Political conditionality involves the linking of development aid to certain standards of observance of human rights and (liberal) democracy in recipient countries. Although this may seem to be an inn …

Investigating the process of agrarian change, this book analyzes costs and productivity under the main systems of primitive agriculture. The conclusion is that technical, economic and social changes …

Dealing with general economic theory, other than employment theory, the book discusses the theory of pure and monopolistic competition – with a special emphasis upon welfare aspects. Beginning with a …

First Published in 2005. This title studies the 1981 insurrection of the Spanish ”Guardia Civil”, motivated by political and economic factors. The politico-economic causes of the February incident …

First Published in 2005. The present volume is concerned with the beginnings of the English Tobacco trade, and therefore does not extend beyond the first few years of the eighteenth century or the ma …