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  • Making the European Monetary Union

    by Harold James ...
    Europe’s financial crisis cannot be blamed on the Euro, Harold James contends in this probing exploration of the whys, whens, whos, and what-ifs of European monetary union. The current crisis goes deeper, to a series of problems that were debated but not resolved at the time of the Euro’s invention.Since the 1960s, Europeans had been looking for a way to address two conundrums simultaneously: the ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Krupp

    A History of the Legendary German Firm

    by Harold James ...
    A history of the steel and arms maker that came to symbolize the best and worst of modern German historyThe history of Krupp is the history of modern Germany. No company symbolized the best and worst of that history more than the famous steel and arms maker. In this book, Harold James tells the story of the Krupp family and its industrial empire between the early nineteenth century and the present ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Seven Crashes

    The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization

    by Harold James ...
    A leading economic historian presents a new history of financial crises, showing how some led to greater globalization while others kept nations apartThe eminent economic historian Harold James presents a new perspective on financial crises, dividing them into "good" crises, which ultimately expand markets and globalization, and "bad" crises, which result in a smaller, less prosperous world. ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The War of Words

    A Glossary of Globalization

    by Harold James ...
    A timely call for recovering the true meanings of the nineteenth-century terms that are hobbling current political debatesNationalism, conservatism, liberalism, socialism, and capitalism are among the most fiercely debated ideas in contemporary politics. Since these concepts hark back to the nineteenth century, much of their nuanced meaning has been lost, and the words are most often used as ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The End of Globalization

    Lessons from the Great Depression

    by Harold James ...
    "Globalization" is here. Signified by an increasingly close economic interconnection that has led to profound political and social change around the world, the process seems irreversible. In this book, however, Harold James provides a sobering historical perspective, exploring the circumstances in which the globally integrated world of an earlier era broke down under the pressure of unexpected ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • The Creation and Destruction of Value

    The Globalization Cycle

    by Harold James ...
    Harold James examines the vulnerability and fragility of processes of globalization, both historically and in the present. This book applies lessons from past breakdowns of globalization—above all in the Great Depression—to show how financial crises provoke backlashes against global integration: against the mobility of capital or goods, but also against flows of migration. By a parallel ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • The Roman Predicament

    How the Rules of International Order Create the Politics of Empire

    by Harold James ...
    Modern America owes the Roman Empire for more than gladiator movies and the architecture of the nation's Capitol. It can also thank the ancient republic for some helpful lessons in globalization. So argues economic historian Harold James in this masterful work of intellectual history.The book addresses what James terms "the Roman dilemma"--the paradoxical notion that while global society depends ... Read more

    $45.09 CAD

  • Europe Contested

    From the Kaiser to Brexit

    by Harold James ...
    Series series Longman History of Modern Europe
    Europe Contested analyses the failures and achievements of an astonishing era of economic advance and political chaos, from the First World War up to the present day.Beginning with the Great War, the book goes on to examine connections between the self-destruction of liberal democracy, market economics, and the international political and security framework in the interwar period. It then ... Read more

    $107.99 CAD

  • Making a Modern Central Bank

    The Bank of England 1979–2003

    by Harold James ...
    Series series Studies in Macroeconomic History
    Making a Modern Central Bank examines a revolution in monetary and economic policy. This authoritative guide explores how the Bank of England shifted its traditional mechanisms to accommodate a newly internationalized financial and economic system. The Bank's transformation into a modern inflation-targeting independent central bank allowed it to focus on a precisely defined task of monetary ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Financial Innovation, Regulation and Crises in History

    by Harold James ...
    Series series Banking, Money and International Finance
    With contributions from world-renowned figures such as Niall Ferguson and Adair Turner, this volume investigates how financial institutions and markets have undergone or reacted to past pressures, and the regulatory responses that emerged as a result. ... Read more

    $86.99 CAD

  • Honest Faith for Our Time

    Truth-telling about the Bible, the Creed, and the Church

    by Jay Harold Ellens, John (Jack) R. Miles, James M. Robinson, F. Morgan Roberts ...
    This volume is a biblical theological critique of the Apostles' Creed and a development of the role of the Holy Spirit in the church, the world, and the personal experience of Christian faith. It addresses the creed as a historic document, an artifact of early Christian theological development, and a long-standing guide for the form and content of that faith tradition. This book is an appreciation ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Voyageur Modern Canadian Literature 5-Book Bundle

    The Silence on the Shore / Combat Journal for Place d'Armes / The Donnellys / In This Poem I Am / Canadian Exploration Literature

    by Germaine Warkentin, James Reaney, Hugh Garner, Scott Symons, Robin Skelton ...
    Series series Voyageur Classics
    Voyageur Classics is a series of special versions of Canadian classics, with added material and new introductions. In this bundle we find five classic works of twentieth century fiction, drama and poetry, a period when Canada’s literary identity was shaped. Originally published in 1962, The Silence on the Shore is considered by many critics to be renowned Hugh Garner’s best, most ambitious novel. ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD