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A Medicated Empire
The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan
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CA$52.95
ISBN: 9781501779176
Pub Date: February 2025
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Winner of the 2022 Hagley Prize in Business HistoryFinalist of the 2023 International Convention for Asian Scholars Book Prize in the Social SciencesIn A Medicated Empire, Timothy M. Yang explores the...
Stalin's Quest for Gold
The Torgsin Hard-Currency Shops and Soviet Industrialization
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CA$43.95
ISBN: 9781501778940
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Stalin's Quest for Gold tells the story of Torgsin, a chain of retail shops established in 1930 with the aim of raising the hard currency needed to finance the USSR's ambitious industrialization program....
Improving Upper Canada
Agricultural Societies and State Formation, 1791-1852
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CA$90.00
ISBN: 9781487553531
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
This book presents a thorough analysis of agricultural societies and their purpose in Upper Canada.
Collective Courage
A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice
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CA$56.95
ISBN: 9780271097510
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Otter Skins, Boston Ships, and China Goods
Voices of the Maritime Fur Trade of the Northwest Coast, 1785-1841, Revised Edition
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CA$47.95
ISBN: 9780228007319
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
While previous studies have concentrated on the boom years of the fur trade before the War of 1812, James Gibson reveals how the maritime fur trade persisted into the 1840s. He explores Russian, British, Spanish, and American participation in the Northwest traffic, and describes the market in South China, outlining the evolution of the coast trade.
Empire of Commerce
The Closing of the Mississippi and the Opening of Atlantic Trade
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CA$43.95
ISBN: 9780813951249
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University of Virginia Press
A groundbreaking study situating the Mississippi River valley at the heart of the early American republic's political economy Shortly after the ratification of the US Constitution in 1789, twenty-two-year-old...
The Sheep Industry of Territorial New Mexico
Livestock, Land, and Dollars
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CA$65.95
ISBN: 9781646425464
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Colorado
The Sheep Industry of Territorial New Mexico offers a detailed account of the New Mexico sheep industry during the territorial period (1846-1912) when it flourished.
When Tobacco Was King
Families, Farm Labor, and Federal Policy in the Piedmont
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CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780813080567
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book examines the agriculture of the South's original staple crop in the Old Bright Belt—a diverse region named after the unique bright, or flue-cured, tobacco variety it spawned.
The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
New Deal Public Works, Modernization, and Colonial Reform
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CA$43.95
ISBN: 9781683404309
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book explores the history and impact of an important
New Deal program that improved living conditions across Puerto Rico in the wake
of destructive hurricanes and the Great Depression, while at the same time
resulting in a strengthened colonial relationship between the island and the
United States.
Engraved on Our Nations
Indigenous Economic Tenacity
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CA$29.95
ISBN: 9781772840643
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: University of Manitoba Press
This first-of-its-kind collection shares stories not only of entrepreneurial excellence and persistence but of savvy leadership, innovation, and reciprocity, providing hope to Indigenous business leaders, youth, and elected officials working on the front lines to improve economic conditions and achieve “a good life” for their communities.
Las construcciones suspendidas en español
Un paradigma en gramática del discurso
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CA$137.75
ISBN: 9783034347990
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers
Las construcciones suspendidas en español son un grupo de patrones sintácticos provenientes de los períodos causales, condicionales, consecutivos y comparativos en los que la apódosis o cláusula principal queda sustituida por un tonema final en anticadencia: como no me dijiste nada..., si te apetece un helado..., es un libro tan bueno...
Louis Wolowski (1810-1876)
A Biography
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CA$88.35
ISBN: 9783631910948
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers
The book presents the life and achievements of Louis Wolowski (1810-1876), a descendant of Polish Jewish (frankist) family, a Polish insurgent of 1830-1831 and a French liberal economist, banker (creator of the Crédit Foncier) and republican politician between 1831 and 1876 .
Banking in Oklahoma Before Statehood
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CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780806194189
Pub Date: February 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
This lively book takes Oklahoma history into the world of Wild West capitalism. It begins with a useful survey of banking from the early days of the American republic until commercial patterns coalesced in the East. It then follows the course of American expansion westward, tracing the evolution of commerce and banking in Oklahoma from their genesis to the eve of statehood in 1907.
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The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
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CA$38.95
ISBN: 9781647123970
Pub Date: February 2024
The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt lawUnlike individuals or corporations that become insolvent, nations do not have access to bankruptcy protection...
A Research Outline of the Tang-Song Social Transformation
Price:
CA$149.45
ISBN: 9781636670898
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers
The book outlines the "Tang–Song social transformation" and "society of moneyed elite" in ancient China to examine the social changes that took place in the Tang and Song dynasties.
Economic terms in the news during the Great Recession
A diachronic sentiment and collocational analysis
Price:
CA$70.15
ISBN: 9783034347785
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers
By using a unique combination of methods and tools, including sentiment analysis and usage fluctuation analysis, this book sheds light on the interplay between language and socio-economic dynamics, showing how the sentiment of specialized terms in the economic/financial domain fluctuates diachronically following major economic events.
A Medicated Empire
The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan
CA$52.95
ISBN: 9781501779176
Pub Date: February 2025
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Stalin's Quest for Gold
The Torgsin Hard-Currency Shops and Soviet Industrialization
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9781501778940
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Improving Upper Canada
Agricultural Societies and State Formation, 1791-1852
CA$90.00
ISBN: 9781487553531
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Collective Courage
A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice
CA$56.95
ISBN: 9780271097510
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Otter Skins, Boston Ships, and China Goods
Voices of the Maritime Fur Trade of the Northwest Coast, 1785-1841, Revised Edition
CA$47.95
ISBN: 9780228007319
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Empire of Commerce
The Closing of the Mississippi and the Opening of Atlantic Trade
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9780813951249
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University of Virginia Press
The Sheep Industry of Territorial New Mexico
Livestock, Land, and Dollars
CA$65.95
ISBN: 9781646425464
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Colorado
When Tobacco Was King
Families, Farm Labor, and Federal Policy in the Piedmont
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780813080567
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
New Deal Public Works, Modernization, and Colonial Reform
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9781683404309
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
This book explores the history and impact of an important New Deal program that improved living conditions across Puerto Rico in the wake of destructive hurricanes and the Great Depression, while at the same time resulting in a strengthened colonial relationship between the island and the United States.
Engraved on Our Nations
Indigenous Economic Tenacity
CA$29.95
ISBN: 9781772840643
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: University of Manitoba Press
This first-of-its-kind collection shares stories not only of entrepreneurial excellence and persistence but of savvy leadership, innovation, and reciprocity, providing hope to Indigenous business leaders, youth, and elected officials working on the front lines to improve economic conditions and achieve “a good life” for their communities.
Las construcciones suspendidas en español
Un paradigma en gramática del discurso
CA$137.75
ISBN: 9783034347990
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers
Louis Wolowski (1810-1876)
A Biography
CA$88.35
ISBN: 9783631910948
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers
The book presents the life and achievements of Louis Wolowski (1810-1876), a descendant of Polish Jewish (frankist) family, a Polish insurgent of 1830-1831 and a French liberal economist, banker (creator of the Crédit Foncier) and republican politician between 1831 and 1876 .
Banking in Oklahoma Before Statehood
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780806194189
Pub Date: February 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
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The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
CA$38.95
ISBN: 9781647123970
Pub Date: February 2024
A Research Outline of the Tang-Song Social Transformation
CA$149.45
ISBN: 9781636670898
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers
The book outlines the "Tang–Song social transformation" and "society of moneyed elite" in ancient China to examine the social changes that took place in the Tang and Song dynasties.
Economic terms in the news during the Great Recession
A diachronic sentiment and collocational analysis
CA$70.15
ISBN: 9783034347785
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers
By using a unique combination of methods and tools, including sentiment analysis and usage fluctuation analysis, this book sheds light on the interplay between language and socio-economic dynamics, showing how the sentiment of specialized terms in the economic/financial domain fluctuates diachronically following major economic events.