Early globalization and the economic development of the United States and Brazil / John DeWitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeWitt, John, 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

United States--Economic conditions.

United States.

Economic conditions.

Brazil--Economic conditions.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

xxi, 178 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Contents:

1. The Mother Countries: World Power and Vassal State; Mercantilism Dominates Colonial Policies 1

2. Atlantic Ocean Circulation Systems, Early Settlements, and Land Distribution Systems 17

3. Plantation Agriculture Creates a New World Civilization 41

4. Engines of Economic Development (Part I): Fishing, Whaling, and Ship Construction 59

5. Engines of Economic Development (Part II): Trade, Commerce, and Family Farm Agriculture 75

6. 1808: "Economic Fault Line" and "Line of Demarcation"; Protectionism and Free Trade as Development Strategies 95

7. Global Economy Relationships between Core and Noncore States 113

8. Nineteenth-Century Transformations 129

9. From the Colonial Era to the Gilded Age and the Belle Epoque 155.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-173) and index.

ISBN:

0275971996

OCLC:

48032526