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Cambridge History of Capitalism: Volume 1, The Rise of Capitalism: From Ancient Origins to 1848
The first volume of The Cambridge History of Capitalism provides a comprehensive account of the evolution of capitalism from its earliest beginnings. Starting with its distant …
Trade and Poverty
How the rise of globalization over the past two centuries helps explain the income gap between rich and poor countries today.Today's wide economic gap between the postindustrial …
Balance Between Industry and Agriculture in Economic Development
This volume of papers from the Eighth World Congress deals with changes in proportions and growth rates of sectors of the economy in relation to economic development. It includes a …
Global Migration and the World Economy
World mass migration began in the early nineteenth century, when advances in transportation technology and industrial revolutions at home enabled increasing numbers of people to …
Globalization and History
Kevin O'Rourke and Jeffrey Williamson present a coherent picture of trade, migration, and international capital flows in the Atlantic economy in the century prior to 1914-the first …
Age of Mass Migration
About 55 million Europeans migrated to the New World between 1850 and 1914, landing in North and South America and in Australia. This mass migration marked a profound shift in the …
Mediterranean Response to Globalization before 1950
The studies in this exceptional volume explore the challenges and opportunities presented by globalization events prior to 1950, and identify how countries around the Mediterranean …
Unequal Gains
A book that rewrites the history of American prosperity and inequalityUnequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a …
Globalization in Historical Perspective
As awareness of the process of globalization grows and the study of its effects becomes increasingly important to governments and businesses (as well as to a sizable opposition), …
Cambridge History of Capitalism: Volume 2, The Spread of Capitalism: From 1848 to the Present
The second volume of The Cambridge History of Capitalism provides an authoritative reference on the spread and impact of capitalism across the world, and the varieties of responses …
Did British Capitalism Breed Inequality?
First Published in 2005. This thirteen-chapter title is divided into three parts and concludes with five appendices, references, and index. The first part focuses on income …
Globalization and the Poor Periphery before 1950
A leading authority on economic globalization argues that industrialization in the core countries of northwest Europe and its overseas settlements combined with a worldwide …