Today's wide economic gap between the postindustrial countries of the West and the poorer countries of the third world … is not new. Fifty years ago, the world economic order--two hundred years in the making--was already characterized by a … economic historian Jeffrey G. Williamson traces the great divergence between the third world and the West to this nexus of …

World War I to the quotas and bans introduced afterwards was the result of a combination of factors: public hostility …

Globalization is not a new phenomenon; nor is it irreversible. In Globalization and History, Kevin O'Rourke and Jeffrey … prior to 1914--the first great globalization boom. The book's originality lies in its application of the tools of open …-economy or single-sector models. The authors also keep a close eye on globalization debates of the 1990s, using history to inform …

In Globalization and the Poor Periphery before 1950 Jeffrey Williamson examines globalization through the lens of both … and early twentieth centuries. Williamson argues that industrialization in the core countries of northwest Europe and … of transportation integrated world commodity markets and caused a boom in trade between the core and the periphery. Rapid …

In Globalization and the Poor Periphery before 1950 Jeffrey Williamson examines globalization through the lens of both … and early twentieth centuries. Williamson argues that industrialization in the core countries of northwest Europe and … of transportation integrated world commodity markets and caused a boom in trade between the core and the periphery. Rapid …