Growth and fluctuations, 1870-1913 / W. Arthur Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, W. Arthur (William Arthur), 1915-1991.

Series:

Routledge revivals.

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--History.

Economic development.

Economic history--1750-1918.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2010, c1978.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this title, first published in 1978, Sir Arthur Lewis considers the development of the international economy in the forty years leading up to the First World War, with the adoption of the gold standard, a rapid growth in world trade, the opening up of the continents by the railways, vast emigration from Europe, India and China, and large-scale international investment.The book contrasts the relationship between prices, industrial fluctuations, agricultural output, and the stock of monetary gold, considering both the varying patterns of leading economies and then their net combined

Contents:

Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Preface; Contents; List of Tables in the Text; Chapter 1 Prospectus; Chapter 2 The Juglar Pattern; Chapter 3 The Kondratiev Price Swing; Chapter 4 The Check to Real Wages; Chapter 5 The British Climacteric; Chapter 6 The Rate of Growth; Chapter 7 Challenge; Chapter 8 Response; Chapter 9 Epilogue; Appendix I: British Statistics; Appendix II: Core Industrial Production; Appendix III: Miscellaneous Statistics; Appendix IV: World Supply of Wheat; Notes; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

First published in 1978 by George Allen & Unwin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-22989-9

1-135-22990-2

1-282-44406-9

9786612444067

0-203-09261-9

9780203092613

OCLC:

499083167