, such as elections. We collect new data to document the presence of voluntary and social organizations and the history of …

World War I. Some, like the three Scandinavian economies, used industrialization to achieve a spectacular convergence on the …

its cause? The conventional wisdom in the world history literature offers globalization as the answer: it alleges that …This Paper documents the size and timing of the world intercontinental trade boom following the great voyages in the …

There are two contrasting views of pre-19th century trade and globalization. First there are the world history scholars … important events in recorded history. Second, there is the view that the world economy was still fragmented before the 19th … evidence that the Ages of Discovery and Commerce had the economic impact on the global economy the world historians assign to …