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Global Economic History - Robert C. Allen

Global Economic History

A Very Short Introduction

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Buch | Softcover
160 Seiten
2026 | 2nd Revised edition
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-892183-7 (ISBN)
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The gap between the rich and the poor can be vast. Robert C. Allen considers the main factors that contribute to this gap, looking at the interconnections between economic growth, culture, technology, and income distribution. Exploring the historical processes that have created the unequal world of today, he takes a global look at wealth worldwide.
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Why are some countries rich, and some poor? Does this status persist throughout time, and if so, why? How can a country escape poverty?

In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen explores the interplay of geography, globalization, technological change, economic policy, and institutions, to show how they have determined the wealth and poverty of nations around the world. Using historical examples to analyse the factors that have influenced growth, he exposes what has caused the unequal world we live in today, focusing on recent changes in equality and world economic disruption.

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Robert C. Allen is Global Distinguished Professor of Economic History at New York University, Abu Dhabi, and a Senior Research Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. His books include Enclosure and the Yeoman: The Agricultural Development of the South Midlands, 1450-1850 (2009), and Farm to Factory: A Re-interpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution (2003).

1: The great divergence
2: The rise of the West
3: The Industrial Revolution
4: The ascent of the rich
5: The great empires
6: The Americas
7: Africa
8: The standard model and late industrialization
9: Big Push industrialization

Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.4.2026
Reihe/Serie Very Short Introductions
Zusatzinfo 19 black and white figures
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 111 x 174 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft Wirtschaft
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Makroökonomie
ISBN-10 0-19-892183-7 / 0198921837
ISBN-13 978-0-19-892183-7 / 9780198921837
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