International in scope and spanning all time periods of human history, this landmark work stands at the busy intersection of economic history and the social sciences. (900 entries)
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Advertising
An old business adage declared that “It pays to advertise.” It also costs to advertise.
Agriculture
This entry contains six subentries; a historical overview and discussions of technological change ; main tools and implements ; agricultural production systems ; propery
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Air Transportation
This entry contains three subentries, a historical overview and discussions of technological change and industrial organization and regulation .
Amsterdam
constitutional capital and largest city (pop. 1 million) of the Netherlands, a major port that is joined to the North Sea and Rhine River by canals.
Animal Husbandry
Domesticated animals today outnumber the ancestral creatures from which they were first tamed, and their existence is a major expression, perhaps the major expression, of
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Argentina
Its early growth and its later stagnation make Argentina one of the most interesting case studies in economic history.
Armenia
The Republic of Armenia (capital: Yerevan), along with the economically integrated Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (capital: Stepanakert), is situated in the northeastern part of the
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Australia
The central theme of Australian economic history during the past two centuries has been the expansion of European settlement subject to the maintenance of high and rising incomes.
Austria
This entry contains three subentries, on the economic history of Austria before 1867 , during the Austro-Hungarian Empire , and in modern times .
Baghdad
was founded in 762 ce , by Caliph Mansur the first of the Abbasid dynasty, on the west bank of the Tigris River.
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Accounting and Bookkeeping
Over the course of established human history, accounting information and business have had an interdependent relationship, in which each has influenced the progress of the other.
Adoption
Adoption involves the complete absorption of a child or an adult from the family of birth into a new family.
Afghanistan
See Central Asia .
Age Composition
An important aspect of population structure is its composition according to the size of each age group.
Agnelli Family
The origins of the Agnelli family can be traced to Villar Perosa , in Piedmont, where they were rich landowners from the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Agribusiness
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it became clear that more and more activities once essential to agriculture were carried on outside the farm.
Georgius Agricola
(1494–1555), German physician and writer on mining and metallurgy Known as the “father of metallurgy,” Agricola (Georg Bauer ) was born in Glauchau, Saxony, and
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