World economic primacy, 1500 to 1990 / Charles P. Kindleberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kindleberger, Charles P., 1910-2003, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study examines how certain countries have achieved, at some period in their history, economic superiority over other nations. The author explores not only the factors that lead to this primacy, but also the circumstances that bring the primacy to an end.

Contents:

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The National Cycle; 3 Successive Primacies; 4 The Italian City-States; 5 Portugal and Spain; 6 The Low Countries; 7 France, the Perpetual Challenger; 8 Britain, the Classic Case; 9 Germany, the Latecomer; 10 The United States; 11 Japan in the Queue?; 12 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-256) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

9780197710760

019771076X

9780199880102

0199880107

9781280451577

1280451572

9780198025931

0198025939

9781602560680

1602560684

OCLC:

171571641