An Economic History of Europe

ISBN: 978-0-521-54940-0
Materia: Historia económica
Autor: Gunnar Persson, K.
Editorial: Cambridge University Press
Edición: 2010
Páginas: 270
PVP: 23,25 €

Reseña:
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.

Índice:
List of tables
List of figures
List of maps
List of boxes
Introduction What is economic history? 1
1 The making of Europe 10
2 Europe from obscurity toeconomic recovery 21
3 Population, economic growth and resource constraints 42
4 The nature and extent of economic growth in the pre-industrial epoch 60
5 Institutions and growth 74
6 Knowledge, technology transfer and convergence 92
7 Money, credit and banking 129
8 Trade, tariffs and growth by Karl Gunnar Persson and Paul Sharp 154
9 International monetary regimes in history by Karl Gunnar Persson and Paul Sharp 171
10 The era of political economy: from the minimal state to the Welfare State in the twentieth century 185
11 Inequality among and within nations: past, present, future 206
12 Globalization and its challenge to Europe 221
Appendix Freight rates and globalization 239
Glossary by Karl Gunnar Persson and Marc P. B. Klemp