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A History of the global economy : from 1500 to the present / edited by Joerg Baten.

by Baten, Joerg, editor., International Economic History Association, sponsoring body.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

xiv, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Introduction: A history of the global economy : the "why" and the "how" / Joerg Baten -- North-western Europe / Jan Luiten van Zanden : The great divergence in the world economy: long-run trends of real income / Stephen Broadberry ; International financial regulation and supervision / Catherine Schenk -- Southern, eastern and central Europe / Joerg Baten : The Sputnik shock, the Pisa shock: human capital as a global growth determinant / Joerg Baten ; State finances during civil wars / Pablo Martín-Aceña ; Property rights in the Russian Empire / Irina Potkina -- The United States and Canada / Price Fishback : The Great Depression of the 1930s and the world economic crisis after 2008 / Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke ; Multi-divisional firms and managerial capitalism / Franco Amatori ; Business history and innovation / Knut Sogner ; Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.: the man behind modern business history / Franco Amatori -- Latin America / Luis Bértola and José Antonio Ocampo : Was there a 'curse of natural resources'? / Joerg Baten ; Latin America 1500-1800: early contact, epidemics and numeracy development / Joerg Baten ; The economic consequences of independence in Latin America / Salomón Kalmanovitz -- Japan / Osamu Saito : Japanese industry during the Second World War / Tetsuji Okazaki -- China / Debin Ma : International expositions and East Asia's participation in the modern era / Ma Min ; Trade and poverty 1820-1913: when the third world fell behind / Jeffrey Williamson -- Middle East, north Africa and central Asia / Rima Ghanem and Joerg Baten : Women in global economic history / Sarah Carmichael, Selin Dilli and Auke Rijpma ; Imperial expansion of the Ottoman Empire and its cultural determinants / Rima Ghanem and Joerg Baten -- South Asia / Tirthankar Roy : Human stature as a health indicator in colonial empires / Joerg Baten and Kris Inwood ; Did brain-drain from India cause underdevelopment?: numeracy of Indian migrants and the Indian population, seventeenth to twentieth century / Joerg Baten -- Southeast Asia and Australia/New Zealand / Martin Shanahan : Pre-history, ancient and classical periods of Southeast Asia / Martin Shanahan ; Institutional development in world economic history / Joerg Baten -- Sub-Saharan Africa / Gareth Austin : Why was Ethiopia not colonized during the late-nineteenth-century 'Scramble for Africa'? / Marjolein 't Hart -- Conclusion / Joerg Baten.

"Why are some parts of the world poor today, while others are rich? At which point in time did they diverge, and what were the reasons? These core questions are addressed in a concise and accessible introduction to global economic development since 1500. Leading economic historians from across the globe provide overviews of major world regions together with global comparison chapters and case studies highlighting key themes, individuals, processes and events. Utilising a set of common developmental indicators, the chapters address crucial issues such as how international trade and migration, institutions and flows of physical and human capital impacted economic growth. Richly illustrated with informative figures, maps, tables and charts, A History of the Global Economy summarises the key economic findings, debates and ideas, and provides students and the interested public with an up-to-date and engaging introduction to the origins and evolution of today's global economy."-- Back cover.

"In co-operation with the International Economic History Association."

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