Globalization and history : the evolution of a nineteenth-century Atlantic economy / Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Rourke, Kevin H.

Contributor:

Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital movements--North Atlantic Region--History.

Capital movements.

Free trade--North Atlantic Region--History.

Free trade.

North Atlantic Region--Economic integration--History.

North Atlantic Region.

North Atlantic Region--Emigration and immigration--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA ; London : MIT Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 great globalization boom, which anticipated the experience of the last fifty years.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

1 Globalization and History

2 Convergence in History

3 Transport Revolutions and Commodity Market Integration

4 Were Heckscher and Ohlin Right?

5 The Politics of Free Trade: Repeal of the Corn Laws

6 Globalization Backlash: Tariff Responses

7 Mass Migrations: Why They Moved

8 Mass Migrations: Impact on Labor Markets, Home and Abroad

9 Globalization, Relative Factor Price Convergence and Inequality

10 Globalization Backlash: Migration Policy Gets Restrictive

11 Forging and Breaking Global Capital Markets

12 International Capital Flows: Causes and Consequences

13 Trade and Factor Flows: Substitutes or Complements?

14 Lessons from History

Appendix: Trade Theory and Computable General Equilibrium Models

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-09985-X

9786612099854

0-262-28086-8

0-585-07774-6

OCLC:

614536356