LEADER 04331nam 22006854a 450 001 9910811983303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-262-30739-1 010 $a1-282-09893-4 010 $a9786612098932 010 $a0-262-27506-6 010 $a1-4294-7968-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472983 035 $a(EBL)3338720 035 $a(OCoLC)156908835 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000210086 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174316 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000210086 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10266456 035 $a(PQKB)11153565 035 $a(OCoLC)156908835$z(OCoLC)648325716$z(OCoLC)654497584$z(OCoLC)764480104$z(OCoLC)768694929$z(OCoLC)815776598$z(OCoLC)961538933$z(OCoLC)962663457$z(OCoLC)966180899$z(OCoLC)988524084$z(OCoLC)991921599$z(OCoLC)992012114$z(OCoLC)1037908869$z(OCoLC)1038655895$z(OCoLC)1055374267$z(OCoLC)1062857129$z(OCoLC)1081258578 035 $a(OCoLC-P)156908835 035 $a(MaCbMITP)4968 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338720 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10190465 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL209893 035 $a(PPN)170267121 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338720 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472983 100 $a20061003d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe new comparative economic history $eessays in honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson /$fedited by Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (431 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-262-08361-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : the new comparative economic history / Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor -- India in the great divergence / Robert C. Allen -- What made Britannia great? How much of the rise of Britain to world dominance by 1850 does the industrial revolution explain? / Gregory Clark -- Did European commodity prices converge during 1500-1800? / Suleyman Ozmucur and Sevket Pamuk -- Market integration and convergence in the world wheat market, 1800-2000 / Giovanni Federico and Karl Gunnar Persson -- Biological globalization : the other grain invasion / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode -- Other people's money : the evolution of bank capital in the industrialized world / Richard S. Grossman -- Education, migration, and regional wage convergence in U.S. history / William J. Collins -- Democracy and protectionism / Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor -- A dual policy paradox : why have trade and immigration policies always differed in labor-scarce economies? / Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson -- Breaking the fetters : why did countries exit the interwar gold standard? / Holger C. Wolf and Tarik M. Yousef -- Were Jews political refugees or economic migrants? Assessing the persecution theory of Jewish emigration, 1881-1914 / Leah Platt Boustan -- Inequality and poverty in Latin America : a long-run exploration / Leandro Prados de la Escosura -- The convergence of living standards in the Atlantic economy, 1870-1930 / George R. Boyer -- You take the high road and I'll take the low road : economic success and well-being in the longer run / Cormac O Grada -- Euro-productivity and Euro-jobs since the 1960s : which institutions really mattered? / Gayle J. Allard and Peter H. Lindert -- Afterword / Lawrence H. Summers. 330 $aEssays by internationally prominent economists examine long run cross-country economic trends from the perspective of New Comparative Economic History, an approach pioneered by Harvard economist Jeffrey G. Williamson. 606 $aEconomic history$y19th century 606 $aEconomic history$y20th century 615 0$aEconomic history 615 0$aEconomic history 676 $a330.9/034 701 $aWilliamson$b Jeffrey G.$f1935-$0123346 701 $aHatton$b T. J$0139662 701 $aO'Rourke$b Kevin H$0129163 701 $aTaylor$b Alan M.$f1964-$0119543 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811983303321 996 $aThe new comparative economic history$94004915 997 $aUNINA