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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Myths and Paradoxes Paul Bairoch. quite different in the nineteenth century and during the first half of the twentieth . During this period the developed world even exported energy to the Third World and was almost totally self ...
Myths and Paradoxes Paul Bairoch. quite different in the nineteenth century and during the first half of the twentieth . During this period the developed world even exported energy to the Third World and was almost totally self ...
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Myths. and. Unnoticed. Turning. Points. The final part of this book differs from the other three in at least two aspects . The first is obvious from its title , since we will be exploring not only myths but also some unnoticed ...
Myths. and. Unnoticed. Turning. Points. The final part of this book differs from the other three in at least two aspects . The first is obvious from its title , since we will be exploring not only myths but also some unnoticed ...
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Myths and Paradoxes Paul Bairoch. million during the entire European slave trade period . The Islamic slave trade is certainly not unknown , but it has generally been grossly underestimated , even by Africans .
Myths and Paradoxes Paul Bairoch. million during the entire European slave trade period . The Islamic slave trade is certainly not unknown , but it has generally been grossly underestimated , even by Africans .
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Contents
Was there Free Trade in the Rest of the World? | 30 |
Has Protectionism Always had a Negative Impact? | 44 |
Major Myths on the Role of the Third World in Western | 57 |
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| Title | Economics and World History: Myths and Paradoxes |
| Author | Paul Bairoch |
| Publisher | Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993 |
| ISBN | 074500654X, 9780745006543 |
| Length | 184 pages |
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