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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299644603321

Titolo

Agricultural Development in the World Periphery : A Global Economic History Approach / / edited by Vicente Pinilla, Henry Willebald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319660202

3319660209

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (507 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Economic History, , 2662-6500

Disciplina

338.17098

Soggetti

Agriculture - Economic aspects

Development economics

Economic history

International economic relations

Regional economics

Space in economics

Agricultural Economics

Development Economics

Economic History

International Economics

Regional and Spatial Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together analysis on the conditions of agricultural sectors in countries and regions of the world's peripheries, from a wide variety of international contributors. The contributors to this volume proffer an understanding of the processes of agricultural transformations and their interaction with the overall economies of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Looking at the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - the onset of modern economic growth - the book studies the relationship between agriculture and other economic



sectors, exploring the use of resources (land, labour, capital) and the influence of institutional and technological factors in the long-run performance of agricultural activities. Pinilla and Willebald challenge the notion that agriculture played a negligible role in promoting economic development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when the impulse towards industrialization in the developing world was more impactful. .