Economics and World History: Myths and ParadoxesWe cherish many myths about our histories. Not the least of these myths are those about economic history: such as the roots of depressions, the causes of growth and the reasons behind nations' different stages of economic development. Paul Bairoch sets out in this book to demolish 18 such myths and to reveal generally unnoticed but economically important turning points in modern economic history. |
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... African slaves that reached their destinations amounted to 9.5-10 million , with some 6 million during the eighteenth century alone . But if an estimate is made of the number of slaves that were taken out of Africa , the number is ...
... African slaves that reached their destinations amounted to 9.5-10 million , with some 6 million during the eighteenth century alone . But if an estimate is made of the number of slaves that were taken out of Africa , the number is ...
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... Africa to the Muslim world totalled 14-15 million , of which some 8-8.5 million were from 1500 to 1890. Thus the number of slaves shipped from sub - Saharan Africa to the Muslim world and to the European colonies may have been of the ...
... Africa to the Muslim world totalled 14-15 million , of which some 8-8.5 million were from 1500 to 1890. Thus the number of slaves shipped from sub - Saharan Africa to the Muslim world and to the European colonies may have been of the ...
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... Africa , one of the main export regions , and the near - disappearance of the net oils and fats export surplus , as well as that for sugar , for the Third World market economies taken as a whole . Let us consider these two cases . The ...
... Africa , one of the main export regions , and the near - disappearance of the net oils and fats export surplus , as well as that for sugar , for the Third World market economies taken as a whole . Let us consider these two cases . The ...
Contents
The 1929 Crash and the Great Depression | 1 |
Was there a Golden Era of European Free Trade? | 16 |
Was there Free Trade in the Rest of the World? | 30 |
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