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Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy
ASU Main Stacks: HF1373 .P75 2009

Encyclopedia of Global Economy: a guide for students and researchers
ASU Reference: HF1359 .O28 2006 (2 vols.)
Provides over 150 topical entries, primary sources, and a databank of world statistics.

Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450
ASU Reference: JV22 .E535 2007 (3 vols.)
Includes information about such economic concepts and ideas, explorations and migrations, industries, organizations and institutions, people and peoples, religions, scientific and cultural practices, and wars and conflicts.

Renaissance and Reformation
ASU Reference: CB359 .R455 2007
Six volume set organized by theme, such as "Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture," "Daily Life," "Politics and Economics," or "Wars and Battles."

• The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History is international in scope and spanning all time periods of human history.  With more than 5,000 entries by an international group of eminent historians, this is the standard research tool on 1,100 years of Byzantine history. 
• Encyclopedia of world trade: from ancient times to the present records the historical and contemporary interaction of trade, commerce and culture complete with alphabetical headings, images and entries on people important to the study.
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World from 1750 to the present, providing special attention to social, economic, cultural and political topics applicable to the time.
• The Oxford Companion to World Exploration covers all aspects of global exploration from Antarctica to the North Pole, The Oxford Companion to World Exploration includes biographies, national expeditions, and navigational and marine sciences.
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History covers the history of seafaring, from ancient Egyptian shipbuilders to the nuclear submarines and supertankers of today.
• Pre-modern European economy: one thousand years (10th-19th centuries) is divided by sub-topics including: population, energy, agriculture, trade, industry, output and demand, and a chapter about pre-modern economies.
  
• Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation and Capitalism's Final Crisis
  How the capital-labor relation has evolved during the neoliberal era.
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