The Balkan economies c. 1800-1914 : evolution without development

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    • Palairet, M. R. (Michael)

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The Balkan economies c. 1800-1914 : evolution without development

Michael Palairet

(Cambridge studies in modern economic history, 6)

Cambridge University Press, 1997

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The Balkan Economies c. 1800-1914 is a strongly revisionist 1997 book which compares the economic progress of Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro and Macedonia in the century before World War I. Michael Palairet draws heavily on native-language primary sources to argue that these territories probably experienced economic decline rather than growth, at least from the mid-nineteenth century. This comprehensive study of the economic evolution of the Balkans suggests that the Ottoman and Habsburg empires in providing a framework of order and property rights did more for agrarian and industrial development than succeeding regional and nationalist governments. Based on in-depth research, this book promises to be the definitive economic history of the Balkans.

Table of Contents

  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Part I. The Balkan Economies during the Ottoman Period to 1878: 1. Balkan population 1790-1914
  • 2. The Balkans under the Ottomans 1800-1860s: institutional change and economic progress
  • 3. Agriculture and industry in Ottoman Bulgaria in the twilight of Ottoman rule
  • 4. Serbia 1815-75: institutions, resources and market forces
  • 5. Bosnia and Montenegro before 1878
  • 6. The Ottoman Balkans and free Serbia: economic conditions and 'renascence'
  • Part II. Economic Decline and Political Freedom 1878-1914: 7. Bulgaria after 1878: origins of productive decline
  • 8. Bosnia and Montenegro: political change and economic development 1878-1914
  • 9. The Balkan textile industries 1878-1914: markets, technology, labour
  • 10. Serbia and Bulgaria 1878-1914: modernization and productive decline
  • 11. Economic change in Macedonia and Thrace 1878-1914
  • 12. Summary and conclusions
  • Bibliography.

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