Economic History

In the middle of the 19th century, Korea was isolated from the rest of the world and unknown. Many attempts were made to open it.

In the final article in our series on Britain and Russia, Stuart Thompstone visits the long-lasting community of Britons in the Russian capital.

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.