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An Economic History of Europe: Knowledge, Institutions and Growth, 600 to the Present - Couverture souple

Persson, Karl Gunnar

 
9780521549400: An Economic History of Europe: Knowledge, Institutions and Growth, 600 to the Present
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 052154940X ISBN 13 : 9780521549400
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This concise and accessible introduction to European economic history focusses on the interplay between the development of institutions and the generation and diffusion of knowledge-based technologies. The author challenges the view that European economic history before the Industrial Revolution was constrained by population growth outstripping available resources. He argues instead that the limiting factor was the knowledge needed for technological progress but also that Europe was unique in developing a scientific culture and institutions which were the basis for the unprecedented technological progress and economic growth of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Simple explanatory concepts are used to explain growth and stagnation as well as the convergence of income over time whilst text boxes, figures, an extensive glossary and online exercises enable students to develop a comprehensive understanding of the subject. This is the only textbook students will need to understand Europe's unique economic development and its global context.

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À propos de l'auteur

Karl Gunnar Persson is a Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Copenhagen where he has been teaching comparative economic history and the history of globalization over the last thirty years. He is the author of Pre-Industrial Economic Growth: Social Organization and Technological Progress in Europe (1988) and Grain Markets in Europe 1500–1900: Integration and Deregulation (1999).

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
052154940X
ISBN 13 
9780521549400
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
270
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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