Economic History

Merle Ricklefs seeks clues for the future of the troubled archipelago nation in its distant past.

F.G. Stapleton examines the momentous social and political consequences of Germany's spectacular economic growth.

Louise Curth, Gareth Shaw and Andrew Alexander explain how the British supermarket was born.

Though the Euro may seem modern, its roots go back to the 9th century. Simon Coupland introduces the single European currency of Louis the Pious.

Angela V. John looks at the uncomfortably long and close links between slavery and the cocoa trade.

Harold Perkin discusses the role of the extraction and distribution of surplus production in historical change, from Ancient Egypt to the 21st century.

Roger Spalding examines the continuing controversy that surrounds one of the key figures in the history of the Labour Party.

F.G. Stapleton defends the record of Italian governments from 1861 to 1914.

Richard Overy argues that the lesson Hitler Drew from 1914-18 was not that a major war should be avoided, but that Germany should prepare more systematically so that, next time, she would win.