This book upturns many established ideas regarding the economic and social history of Quebec, the Canadian province that is home to the majority of its French population. It places the case of Quebec into the wider question of convergence in economic history and whether proactive governments...

Introduction -- Entrepreneurship and economic growth -- Regional variation in entrepreneurial activity -- Human capital and entrepreneurship -- Entrepreneurship and employment growth -- Summary and conclusions -- A formulation of entrepreneurship policy.

This book examines why the differences in comparative economic development across the world have a geographical pattern. It argues that there is a missing component in the geography versus institutions debate, namely the role of culture and its impact either directly on development or indirectly...