Descript |
xi, 276 p. : maps ; 25 cm. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Space and politics -- Population, resources, and economic growth -- Formal and informal mechanisms for market development -- Warfare, location of manufacturing, and economic growth in China and Europe -- Credit markets and economic change -- Autocrats, war, taxes, and public goods -- Political economies of growth, 1500-1950 -- Conclusion: Findings, methods and implications. |
ISBN |
9780674057913 (hbk.) |
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0674057910 hbk.) |
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