Argentine industrialization : an introduction -- Manufacturing productivity and concentration, 1895-1935 -- Argentina's investment in imported machinery, 1890-1930 -- Merchant finance groups in Argentine industrialization -- Manufacturing profits and strategies, 1904-1930 -- Political economy of...

This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world. In particular it explains why nationalism and economic development are closely linked, and why warfare plays a crucial role in the spread of the nation-state system. It is based on qualitative and quantitative...

Transport in Nineteenth-Century Brazil -- Railroad policy, finance, and expansion -- The direct gains from railroad freight services -- Railroad passenger benefits -- Railroads and Brazilian economic structure -- Dividing the surplus : subsidies, regulation, and profits

"China's rise as an economic power has posed some challenging questions: how did China achieve GDP growth that was even faster than the Asian Tigers? Is the "Chinese model" superior? Why hasn't the rapid economic growth lead to democracy in the country as many observers expected? And can China...