Shocking contrasts : political responses to exogenous supply shocks / Ronald L. Rogowski.

Author/creator Rogowski, Ronald author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Descriptionxxii, 243 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesPolitical economy of institutions and decisions
Political economy of institutions and decisions. ^A235831
Contents How supply shocks arise and why political responses to them vary -- Who adjusts to a supply shock and who resists it: Three determining factors -- Why a technological solution does, or does not, emerge -- Exogenous loss of labor : the Black Death in fourteenth century Europe -- Exogenous gain of labor : railroads, reproduction, and revolution : the Russian population explosion between 1850 and 1914 -- Exogenous loss of land : blockade, hunger, and the Nazi pursuit of Lebensraum -- Exogenous increase of human capital : French Huguenots in German cities and principalities, 1685-1715 -- When the endogenous becomes exogenous : the printing press as a multiplier of human capital -- Conclusion : the role of other factors, including institutions, ideas, and human agency.
Abstract "Students of history, politics, economic change, social hierarchy, and even Fascism will view this book as provocative and indispensable. It illuminates how plagues, blockades, migrations, and such world-changing innovations as the invention of printing precipitate political and social revolutions in some societies but peaceful adaptation in others"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Rogowski, Ronald. Shocking contrasts Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009039444
LCCN 2023013803
ISBN9781316510704
ISBN1316510700
ISBN9781009017961 (paperback)
ISBN1009017969
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