Growth and Interaction in the World Economy: The Roots of Modernity

by Angus Maddison

2020-12-29 22:25:48

In this study, Angus Maddison explores the causes of the West''s economic growth over the last 2,000 years and contrasts it with the economic history of the rest of the world. Maddison explores the impact of Western conquest on the Americas and analy... Read more
In this study, Angus Maddison explores the causes of the West''s economic growth over the last 2,000 years and contrasts it with the economic history of the rest of the world. Maddison explores the impact of Western conquest on the Americas and analyzes the indigenous and external forces that hindered advance in Asia and Africa. He debunks the notion that the Western ascension originated in the industrial revolution in England in the late eighteenth century. His unique analysis suggests that Western Europe overtook Chinese levels of per-capita income in the fourteenth century, in sharp contrast to the prevailing scholarship asserting that China was ahead of Europe until 1800. Growth and Interaction in the World Economy provides guidance on the broad contours of development, which complements qualitative analysis that, on its own, cannot clearly identify the timing and scope of economic changes. Less

Book Details

File size8.64 X 5.59 X 0.31 in
Print pages93
PublisherAei Press
Publication date December 28, 2005
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780844771731
Angus Maddison was Emeritus Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Groningen. Known for his pioneering work in the field of the quantification of economic growth in the global and histor...

Compare Prices

Store Availability Book Format Condition Price
Indigo Books & Music In Stock Paperback Paperback Buy CAD 20.00
Indigo Books & MusicIn Stock
Format
Paperback
Condition
Paperback
Buy CAD 20.00
Available Discount
No Discount available

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free