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Full-Text Articles in Economic History
Finance And Empire: 'Gentlemanly Capitalism' In Britain's Occupation Of Egypt, Jared Paul Iacolucci
Finance And Empire: 'Gentlemanly Capitalism' In Britain's Occupation Of Egypt, Jared Paul Iacolucci
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Toward the beginning of the nineteenth century, Egypt was being led by Mehmed Ali, a reformer eager to build his own dynastic state separate from the Ottoman Empire. Despite his achievements, by the end of the nineteenth century Egypt had been occupied by Great Britain for nearly two decades. This paper will examine the developments in Egypt and Great Britain that drew the two together, with particular emphasis on the growth and expansion of international finance into foreign government lending. As finance became an increasingly profitable career in Britain, financiers entered the gentlemanly class and socialized with the political elite. …
Yankee Whaling In The Caribbean Basin: Its Impact In A Historical Context, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Yankee Whaling In The Caribbean Basin: Its Impact In A Historical Context, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Six Titans Of The Cambridge School: A Review Article, Harvey Gram
Six Titans Of The Cambridge School: A Review Article, Harvey Gram
Publications and Research
Six volumes in the Great Thinker in Economics Series were chosen by the Editors for this review, which focuses on The Cambridge School of Economics, so very different from the mainstream theory of general economic equilibrium which gives formal expression to Lionel Robbins’ famous definition of the subject as the allocation of scarce means among alternative uses. In recognition of a distinct Cambridge School, the authors of these volumes present a variety of arguments within which three overlapping themes can be discerned: the relationship between ethics and economics; the role of stocks and flows in economic analysis; and the epistemic …
Chasing Fools’ Gold: Whaling In Nineteenth And Twentieth Century Bermuda, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Chasing Fools’ Gold: Whaling In Nineteenth And Twentieth Century Bermuda, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
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No abstract provided.
Between War And Poverty: Whaling In Eighteenth Century Bermuda, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Between War And Poverty: Whaling In Eighteenth Century Bermuda, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
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No abstract provided.
History Of Caribbean Whaling Is Being Written In Arkansas, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
History Of Caribbean Whaling Is Being Written In Arkansas, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
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No abstract provided.
Historical Perspective On Performance Budgeting: Performance Budgeting In The United States Before 1960, Dan Williams
Historical Perspective On Performance Budgeting: Performance Budgeting In The United States Before 1960, Dan Williams
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With the assistance of A. E. Buck, Herbert Hoover coined the term Performance Budget in 1949 to rebrand cost data budgeting. Cost data budgeting originated in 1912 in Richmond County (Staten Island), New York. It is strongly associated with the National Commission on Municipal Standards and the Committee on Uniform Street Sanitation Records, which are both direct derivatives of Clarence Ridley’s original work in making sense of performance measurement under the title Means of Measuring Municipal Government, his 1927 dissertation at Syracuse University. Ridley subsequently led the International City Managers Association for nearly 30 years. He teamed with A. E. …
‘More Private Gain Than Public Good’: Whale And Ambergris Exploitation In 17th-Century Bermuda, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
‘More Private Gain Than Public Good’: Whale And Ambergris Exploitation In 17th-Century Bermuda, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
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No abstract provided.