The making of the modern world [electronic resource] : the Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature

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Creators/Contributors

Contributor: Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature.; Kress Collection of Business and Economics.; Seligman Collection (Columbia University); Yale University. Library.

Contents/Summary

Contents

Part 1. The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature, 1450-1850
Part II. 1851-1914
Part III.1890-1945.

Summary

Digital facsimiles of literature on economics and business published from the last half of the 15th century to the mid-19th century from the collections of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature at the University of London, England, and the Kress Collection of Business and Economics at the Harvard Business School; with supplementary materials from the Seligman Collection in the Butler Library at Columbia University, and from Sterling Library at Yale University. Collection contains materials on commerce, finance, social conditions, politics, trade and transport; documents the dynamics of Western trade and wealth; focuses on economics interpreted in the widest sense, including political science, history, sociology; special collections on banking, finance, transportation and manufacturing. Includes facsimiles of rare books and primary source materials such as political pamphlets and broadsides, government publications, proclamations, and a wide range of ephemera.

Subjects

Subjects: Economics > Early works to 1800.; Economics > History > Sources.
Genre: Electronic reference sources.
Database topics: British and Commonwealth History; Germanic Studies; French and Italian Studies; Language; American History; Economics and Business; Government Information: International and Foreign; Government Information: United States

Bibliographic information

Beginning date: 2004
Title variation: Also known as: MOMW; Subtitle on homepage, <Sept. 13, 2006>: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, 1450-1850; Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature
Former title: Making of the modern economy <Jan. 4, 2006>
Vol/date range: Began in 2004?
Note: Title from basic search page (viewed Sept. 13, 2006).
Access: Access limited to subscribers.
Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Included Work: Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature.