Globalization and history : the evolution of a nineteenth-century Atlantic economy / / Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : MIT Press, c1999 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (356 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 337.11821 |
| Soggetto topico: | Capital movements - North Atlantic Region - History |
| Free trade - North Atlantic Region - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | North Atlantic Region Economic integration History |
| North Atlantic Region Emigration and immigration History | |
| Altri autori: |
WilliamsonJeffrey G. <1935->
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Globalization and history |
| ISBN: | 1-282-09985-X |
| 9786612099854 | |
| 0-262-28086-8 | |
| 0-585-07774-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828543403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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