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The new comparative economic history essays in honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson / edited by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, |
| Description | x, 417 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile HSS Monographs |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935- |
| Other author/creator | Hatton, T. J. |
| Other author/creator | O'Rourke, Kevin H. |
| Other author/creator | Taylor, Alan M., 1964- |
| Contents | Introduction : the new comparative economic history / Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor -- India in the great divergence / Robert C. Allen -- What made Britannia great? How much of the rise of Britain to world dominance by 1850 does the industrial revolution explain? / Gregory Clark -- Did European commodity prices converge during 1500-1800? / Süleyman Özmucur and Şevket Pamuk -- Market integration and convergence in the world wheat market, 1800-2000 / Giovanni Federico and Karl Gunnar Persson -- Biological globalization : the other grain invasion / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode -- Other people's money : the evolution of bank capital in the industrialized world / Richard S. Grossman -- Education, migration, and regional wage convergence in U.S. history / William J. Collins -- Democracy and protectionism / Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor -- A dual policy paradox : why have trade and immigration policies always differed in labor-scarce economies? / Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson -- Breaking the fetters : why did countries exit the interwar gold standard? / Holger C. Wolf and Tarik M. Yousef -- Were Jews political refugees or economic migrants? Assessing the persecution theory of Jewish emigration, 1881-1914 / Leah Platt Boustan -- Inequality and poverty in Latin America : a long-run exploration / Leandro Prados de la Escosura -- The convergence of living standards in the Atlantic economy, 1870-1930 / George R. Boyer -- You take the high road and I'll take the low road : economic success and well-being in the longer run / Cormac Ó Gráda -- Euro-productivity and Euro-jobs since the 1960s : which institutions really mattered? / Gayle J. Allard and Peter H. Lindert -- Afterword / Lawrence H. Summers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006032219 |
| ISBN | 9780262083614 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0262083612 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |