Chapters of European economic history / / Tomás Evan ; proofread by Peter Kirk Jensen ; layout by Jan Serých

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787238203321
• Autore: Evan Tomás
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Prague, Czech Republic] : , : Karolinum, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 80-246-2829-5
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (181 p.)
• Disciplina: 940
• Soggetti: Europe History Economic aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""1. The world before the rise of the Global economy""; ""1.1 LOCAL AND REGIONAL MARKETS, AND SPECIALIZATION""; ""1.2 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPITALIST SOCIETY""; ""1.3 FROM MERCANTILISM TO LIBERALISM""; ""1.4 EUROPEAN COLONIALISM IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD""; ""1.5 THE INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS""; ""THE CHAPTER SUMMARY""; ""2. The Nature and Emergence of the Global Economy""; ""2.1 THE WORLD AFTER THE NAPOLEONIC WARS AND THE PAX BRITANNICA""; ""2.2 GLOBALIZATION THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE PHENOMENON""; ""2.3 THE FIRST WAVE OF GLOBALIZATION""; ""2.4 THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND END OF THE FIRST WAVE OF GLOBALIZATION""""THE CHAPTER SUMMARY""; ""3. The Post-War Development of the World Economy""; ""3.1 RECOVERY OF THE WORLD ECONOMY IN 1945""; ""3.2 THE ORIGIN OF WORLD FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THE BRETTON WOODS SYSTEM""; ""3.3 THE PAX AMERICANA AND THE SECOND WAVE OF GLOBALISATION""; ""3.4 DECOLONISATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WORLD ECONOMY""; ""3.5 EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN THE 1950's AND 60's""; ""3.6 THE WORLD ECONOMY BEFORE AND AFTER THE OIL CRISES IN THE 70's""; ""3.7 THE ORIGIN OF INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MOBILITY FROM BANKS TO MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND FDI""""THE CHAPTER SUMMARY""; ""4. The End of the Bipolar World""; ""4.1 EASTERN BLOC ; COUNTRIES BEFORE THE FALL OF COMMUNISM""; ""4.2 THE TRANSFORMATION OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE""; ""4.3 THE FINANCIAL CRISES IN THE 90's""; ""4.4 THE EUROPEAN UNION AND TRANSITION ECONOMIES""; ""THE CHAPTER SUMMARY""; ""5. Major Centres of the World Economy""; ""5.1 THE EUROPEAN CENTRE""; ""5.1.1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRE""; ""5.1.2 THE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION""; ""5.1.3 THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE WTO AN EXAMPLE OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY""""5.2 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA""; ""5.2.1 THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE USA""; ""5.2.2 THE USA AND NAFTA""; ""5.3 JAPAN""; ""5.3.1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF JAPAN""; ""5.3.2 JAPAN AND APEC""; ""5.4 THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA""; ""5.4.1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRC""; ""5.4.2 KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAST THREE DECADES""; ""5.4.3 CHINA IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE""; ""5.4.4 CHINA IN AFRICA""; ""THE CHAPTER SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""Name Index""; ""Geographical Index""; ""Subject Index""