World economic primacy : 1500 to 1990

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World economic primacy : 1500 to 1990

by Charles P. Kindleberger

Oxford University Press, c1996

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This book examines why certain countries have achieved, at some period in their history, economic superiority over all other countries. The author is particularly interested not only in the factors that lead to this primacy, but also the factors that cause the primacy to end. The study begins in 1350 with Italian city-states, and continues through Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, Great Britain, and the United States. Additional chapters treat France as a perennial challenger, Germany which twice waged war to attain primacy, and Japan.

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  • NCID
    BA26561663
  • ISBN
    • 0195099028
  • LCCN
    95010091
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 269 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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