A Strong Supporting Cast

A Strong Supporting Cast
Author: F. M. G. Willson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2015-11-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 1474241379

Drawing upon a wide range of private papers, this family biography recreates the social and domestic setting of an ambitious family which had been part of the highest levels of political leadership in Britain for almost 150 years, throwing important light upon public and private centres of power and influence from the late 18th to the early 20th century.

Historical Foundations of Globalization

Historical Foundations of Globalization
Author: James Foreman-Peck
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 968
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Thirty-two contributions, several of them previously published and reproduced directly from original sources, discuss the historical underpinnings of contemporary economic globalization. Topics include: the technology of 19th century globalization; trade, prices and globalization; the monetary system of globalization, capital market integration and foreign debt; business and globalization; migration and globalization; deglobalization between the wars; and the political economy of globalization. Name index only. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR