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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778886503321

Autore

O'Rourke Kevin H

Titolo

Globalization and History : the Evolution of a Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Economy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : The MIT Press, 2001

ISBN

1-282-09985-X

9786612099854

0-262-28086-8

0-585-07774-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsonJeffrey G

Disciplina

337.11821

Soggetti

Free trade - North Atlantic Region - History

Capital movements - North Atlantic Region - History

North Atlantic Region Economic integration History

North Atlantic Region Emigration and immigration History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Kevin O'Rourke and Jeffrey Williamson present a coherent picture of trade, migration, and international capital flows in the Atlantic economy in the century prior to 1914-the first great globalization boom, which anticipated the experience of the last fifty years.