TY - BOOK AU - Allen,Robert C. TI - Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction T2 - Very Short Introductions SN - 9780191618802 AV - HG3881 U1 - 330.9 PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - OUP Oxford KW - Economic history -- 21st century KW - Globalization KW - International finance KW - International trade KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; List of tables; 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; Epilogue; References; Further reading; Index N2 - Why are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, the income differences were small, but they have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. Since then, the interplay between geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. The industrial revolution was Britain's path breaking response to the challenge of globalization. Western Europe and North America joined Britain to form a club of rich nations bypursuing four polices-creating a national market by abolishing internal tariffs and investing in transportation, er UR - http://www.du.se/proxy.aspx?url=https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/view/10.1093/actrade/9780199596652.001.0001/actrade-9780199596652 UR - http://ludwig.lub.lu.se/login?url=https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/view/10.1093/actrade/9780199596652.001.0001/actrade-9780199596652 ER -