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The Rise and Fall of Britain's North American Empire : The Political Economy of Colonial America
Pollio, Gerald - 2022
Part I Introduction -- 1 Historical and Political Background -- Part II The Economy of Colonial America -- 2 Labour -- 2.1 Slave Labour -- 3 The Slave Trade and Britain’s Industrial Revolution -- 4 Economic Impact of Slavery -- 5 Industry -- 6 Land Values, Tenancy, and Private Ownership --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013386116
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How British Rule Changed India’s Economy : The Paradox of the Raj
Roy, Tirthankar - 2019
This Palgrave Pivot revisits the topic of how British colonialism moulded work and life in India and what kind of …Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The making of British India -- Chapter 3: The business of the cities -- Chapter 4 … legacy it left behind. Did British rule lead to India’s impoverishment, economic disruption and famine? Under British rule …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398419
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Modern Global Trade and the Asian Regional Economy
Shiroyama, Tomoko (ed.) - 2018
This volume undertakes the important task of envisioning a regional history of Asia based on its unique internal characteristics, going beyond the usual West/non-West dichotomy. The “regional trade zone of modern Asia” was debated in the 1980s. Since then, Japanese historians of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396750
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Government and Merchant Finance in Anglo-Gascon Trade, 1300–1500
Blackmore, Robert - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
The Late Middle Ages (c.1300–c.1500) saw the development of many of the key economic institutions of the modern unitary nation-state in Europe. After the ‘commercial revolution’ of the thirteenth century, taxes on trade became increasingly significant contributors to government finances,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012399224
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An Introduction to Latin American Economics : Understanding Theory Through History
McKinney, Scott - 2021 - 1st ed. 2021.
Chapter 1. The Land They Found -- Chapter 2. Adapting to a New World -- Chapter 3. Colonial Latin America -- Chapter 4. The First Century of Independence -- Chapter 5. Industrialization -- Chapter 6. Alternatives -- Chapter 7. The Commodity Boom of the 1970s -- Chapter 8. The Lost Decade of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012627261
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Historical Statistics of Korea
Cha, Myung Soo (ed.); Kim, Nak Nyeon (ed.); Park, Ki-Joo (ed.) - 2022 - 1st ed. 2022.
1 Environment and Geography (Myung Soo Cha, Junseok Hwang, and Heejin Park) -- 2 Population (Myung Soo Cha and Heejin Park) -- 3 Labor Force and Employment (Yitaek Park) -- 4 Wages (Myung Soo Cha, Junseok Hwang, and Wooyoun Lee) -- 5 Education (Sun Go and Ki-Joo Park) -- 6 Health (Suk Chul Hong)...
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Economic Development in the Twenty-first Century : Lessons for Africa Throughout History
Ocran, Matthew Kofi - 2019
Part I: General Background and Governing Issues -- Chapter 1: Why history is important in Africa’s economic development narrative -- Chapter 2: Economic development: Facts, theories and evidence -- Chapter 3: Case studies of development approaches -- Part II: European Growth and Development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398493
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The Creation of the East Timorese Economy : Volume 1: History of a Colony
Lundahl, Mats; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
1. ‘Where the Sandalwood Is Born’: East Timor until the Mid-Eighteenth Century -- 2. The Two Last Centuries of Portuguese Domination -- 3. The Indonesian Occupation -- 4. The Economy under Occupation -- 5. Launching a New State -- 6. Conclusions
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Imperialism and capitalism : historical perspectives, Volume 1
Basu, Dipak R.; Miroshnik, Victoria - 2020
capitalism and its reliance of colonialism, and is relevant to those interested in economics, development studies, international …, and previously she was Professor in Jindal Global University, New Delhi, India and Associate Professor in Tsukuba …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012399645
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International Business in Australia before World War One : Shaping a Multinational Economy
Ville, Simon P.; Merrett, David - 2022
Chapter 1: The international connections of the Australian colonies -- Chapter 2: Foreign investment before World War One -- Chapter 3: Hidden from view. The multinational enterprise in colonial Australia -- Chapter 4: Early entrants: MNEs in Australia, c.1820-70 -- Chapter 5: The Spread of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013386130