A Concise Economic History of the World

From Paleolithic Times to the Present
5. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-998976-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

A Concise Economic History of the World offers a broad sweep of economic history from prehistoric times to the present. Comprehensive and now even more global in scope, the fifth edition examines the ongoing effects of globalization on both past civilizations and our current global economy. With illustrations, maps, charts, and a fully updated annotated bibliography, this unique work remains an invaluable, lively, and accessible text for both undergraduate and graduate students of general economic history, the history of globalization, and world development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neal, Larry

Cameron, Rondo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- List of Figures

- List of Tables

- Preface

- Chapter 1. Introduction: Economic History and the Global Economy

- Chapter 2. Economic Development in Ancient Times

- Chapter 3. Economic Development in Medieval Eurasia

- Chapter 4. Economic Response to the Medieval Crisis

- Chapter 5. Europe's Recovery and Discovery of the Rest of the World

- Chapter 6. Economic Nationalism and Imperialism

- Chapter 7. The Dawn of Modern Industry

- Chapter 8. The Global Economy Confronts British Capitalism

- Chapter 9. Institutions Adjust (or not) to Modern Economic Growth

- Chapter 10. European Economies Adjust (or not) to Modern Economic Growth

- Chapter 11. The Growth of the World Economy, 1848-1914

- Chapter 12. The Spread of Development in Europe, 1848-1914

- Chapter 13. The Spread of Development Beyond Europe, 1848-1914

- Chapter 14. International Economic Disintegration, 1914-1945

- Chapter 15. Rebuilding the World Economy, 1945-1989

- Chapter 16. Overview of the World Economy, 1914-2014

- Annotated Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Larry Neal is Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Rise of Financial Capitalism (1991) and The Economics of the European Union and the Economies of Europe (OUP, 1998). He was the editor of Explorations in Economic History from 1991 to 1998.

Rondo Cameron was the William Rand Kenan Professor of Economics and History at Emory University. He was the 1991 recipient of the Editor's Award for Exceptional Books for the first edition of A Concise Economic History of the World. He authored or co-authored several books, including The European World (1970) and Civilizations: Western and World (1975), and was the coeditor of International Banking 1870-1914 (OUP, 1991).