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UNINA9910779930603321 |
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Titolo |
The Mediterranean response to globalization before 1950 / / edited by Sevket Pamuk and Jeffrey G. Williamson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-59209-4 |
1-134-59210-8 |
0-429-23251-9 |
1-280-40365-9 |
0-203-46475-3 |
0-203-24930-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (449 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge explorations in economic history ; ; 18 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PamukSevket |
WilliamsonJeffrey G. <1935-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Globalization |
International trade |
Mediterranean Region Economic conditions |
Mediterranean Region Economic policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-416) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Globalization challenge and economic response in the Mediterranean; Long-run growth: a comparative assessment; How poor was the European periphery before 1850? The Mediterranean vs Scandinavia; Real wages and relative factor prices around the Mediterranean, 1500 1940; European economic development: the core and the southern periphery, 1870 1910; Long-run growth: country studies; Growth and retardation in Ottoman Macedonia, 1880 1910 |
The choice of technology: Spanish, Italian, British and US cotton mills compared, 1830 60Trade, transport and domestic production in the century before World War II; Specialization in the international market for olive oil before World War II; International competition and the development of the dried-fruit industry, 1880 1930; International |
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shipping in the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea: Istanbul as a maritime centre, 1870 1910; Pre-1914 policy choices and the political economy of growth; Much Ado About Nothing? Italian trade policy in the late nineteenth century |
What slowed down the mass emigration from Spain before World War II? A comparison with ItalyInterwar policy choices and the political economy of growth; Intervention during the Great Depression: another look at Turkish experience; Egyptian commodity markets in the age of economic liberalism; Twentieth-century Palestine; Economic growth and external trade in Mandatory Palestine: A special Mediterranean case; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The studies in this exceptional volume explore the challenges and opportunities presented by globalization events prior to 1950, and identify how countries around the Mediterranean responded to them. In addition to comparative assessments of regional performance, the volume offers detailed case studies of Spain, Italy, the Balkans, Turkey, Israel and Egypt. |
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