Chapters of European economic history / Tomás Evan ; proofread by Peter Kirk Jensen ; layout by Jan Serých.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evan, Tomás, author.

Contributor:

Jensen, Peter Kirk, proofreader.

Serých, Jan, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--History--Economic aspects.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Prague, Czech Republic] : Karolinum, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Contents""; ""1. The world before the rise of the Global economy""; ""1.1 LOCAL AND REGIONAL MARKETS, AND SPECIALIZATION""; ""1.2 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPITALIST SOCIETY""; ""1.3 FROM MERCANTILISM TO LIBERALISM""; ""1.4 EUROPEAN COLONIALISM IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD""; ""1.5 THE INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS""; ""THE CHAPTER SUMMARY""; ""2. The Nature and Emergence of the Global Economy""; ""2.1 THE WORLD AFTER THE NAPOLEONIC WARS AND THE PAX BRITANNICA""; ""2.2 GLOBALIZATION THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE PHENOMENON""; ""2.3 THE FIRST WAVE OF GLOBALIZATION""

""2.4 THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND END OF THE FIRST WAVE OF GLOBALIZATION""""THE CHAPTER SUMMARY""; ""3. The Post-War Development of the World Economy""; ""3.1 RECOVERY OF THE WORLD ECONOMY IN 1945""; ""3.2 THE ORIGIN OF WORLD FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THE BRETTON WOODS SYSTEM""; ""3.3 THE PAX AMERICANA AND THE SECOND WAVE OF GLOBALISATION""; ""3.4 DECOLONISATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WORLD ECONOMY""; ""3.5 EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN THE 1950's AND 60's""; ""3.6 THE WORLD ECONOMY BEFORE AND AFTER THE OIL CRISES IN THE 70's""

""3.7 THE ORIGIN OF INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MOBILITY FROM BANKS TO MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND FDI""""THE CHAPTER SUMMARY""; ""4. The End of the Bipolar World""; ""4.1 EASTERN BLOC COUNTRIES BEFORE THE FALL OF COMMUNISM""; ""4.2 THE TRANSFORMATION OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE""; ""4.3 THE FINANCIAL CRISES IN THE 90's""; ""4.4 THE EUROPEAN UNION AND TRANSITION ECONOMIES""; ""THE CHAPTER SUMMARY""; ""5. Major Centres of the World Economy""; ""5.1 THE EUROPEAN CENTRE""; ""5.1.1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRE""; ""5.1.2 THE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION""

""5.1.3 THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE WTO AN EXAMPLE OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY""""5.2 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA""; ""5.2.1 THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE USA""; ""5.2.2 THE USA AND NAFTA""; ""5.3 JAPAN""; ""5.3.1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF JAPAN""; ""5.3.2 JAPAN AND APEC""; ""5.4 THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA""; ""5.4.1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRC""; ""5.4.2 KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAST THREE DECADES""; ""5.4.3 CHINA IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE""; ""5.4.4 CHINA IN AFRICA""; ""THE CHAPTER SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""Name Index""; ""Geographical Index""

""Subject Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed January 8, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

80-246-2829-5

OCLC:

900886837