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Autore |
O'Rourke Kevin H |
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Titolo |
Globalization and history : the evolution of a nineteenth-century Atlantic economy / / Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson |
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Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : MIT Press, c1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-09985-X |
9786612099854 |
0-262-28086-8 |
0-585-07774-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (356 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WilliamsonJeffrey G. <1935-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Capital movements - North Atlantic Region - History |
Free trade - North Atlantic Region - History |
North Atlantic Region Economic integration History |
North Atlantic Region Emigration and immigration History |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Globalization and History -- 2 Convergence in History -- 3 Transport Revolutions and Commodity Market Integration -- 4 Were Heckscher and Ohlin Right? -- 5 The Politics of Free Trade: Repeal of the Corn Laws -- 6 Globalization Backlash: Tariff Responses -- 7 Mass Migrations: Why They Moved -- 8 Mass Migrations: Impact on Labor Markets, Home and Abroad -- 9 Globalization, Relative Factor Price Convergence and Inequality -- 10 Globalization Backlash: Migration Policy Gets Restrictive -- 11 Forging and Breaking Global Capital Markets -- 12 International Capital Flows: Causes and Consequences -- 13 Trade and Factor Flows: Substitutes or Complements? -- 14 Lessons from History -- Appendix: Trade Theory and Computable General Equilibrium Models -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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