Contours of the world economy, 1--2030 AD : essays in macro-economic history / Angus Maddison.
Main Author: | Maddison, Angus |
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Format: | Book |
Publication: |
Oxford : University Press, 2007. |
Physical Description: | xii, 418 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Número de la Biblioteca del Congreso: |
2007017534 |
Signatura BC: |
HC21 |
Clasificación Dewey: |
330.9 |
Contenido: |
Introduction: The contours of world development -- The history of macro-measurement -- The shape of things to come -- Part I. Contours of world development, 1--2003AD: 1. The Roman Empire and its economy: -- Introduction -- Key characteristics accounting for Roman success in empire building -- Conquest of the Italian Peninsula, 396--191BC -- The empire building process -- The disintegration of the empire -- Roman demography -- Roman income -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- 2. The resurrection of Western Europe and the transformation of the americas: Why and when did the west get rich? -- The driving forces that explain the acceleration in western growth since 1820 -- Changes in the structure of demand and employment -- The european transformation of the Americas, 1500--1820 -- Endnotes -- References -- 3. The interaction between Asia and the West, 1500--2003: European-Asian interaction from 1500 to 1820 -- The impact of Asian trade on Europe, 1500--1820 -- The impact of Europe on Asia, 1500--1820 -- Endnotes -- References -- 4. The impact of Islam and Europe on African development 1-2003AD: Introduction -- The European impact on North Africa before the seventh century -- The Islamic conquest and its implications -- Egypt as Islamic state -- The Maghreb and the initiation of Trans-Saharan trade in gold and slaves -- The changing character of Moroccan dynasties and their interaction with Europe and Black Africa -- Black Africa and the impact of Islam -- The European encounter with Africa -- Africa from 1820 to 1960 -- Post-colonial Africa, 1960 onwards -- Appendix: The Crusades 1096-1270 -- Endnotes -- References -- Part II. Advances in macro-measurement since 1665: 5. Political arithmeticians and historical demographers: the pioneers of macro-measurement: William Petty (1623--87) -- John Graunt: the first demographer (1620--74) -- Gregory King (1648--1712) and Charles Davenant (1656--1714) -- Patrick Colquhoun (1745--1820) -- French political arithmetic, 1695--1707 -- Macro-measurement in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century -- Bibliography -- 6. Modern macro-measurement: how far have we come?: Development of macro-measurement as a tool of economic policy since 1950 -- Quantifying and interpreting world economic growth from 1820 onwards -- Economic performance in the merchant capitalist epoch: 1500--1820 -- The roots of modernity: 'takeoff' or long apprenticeship -- Appendices -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Part III. The shape of things to come: 7. The world economy in 2030: Projections of population and changes in demographic characteristics -- Assumptions underlying the projections of per capita GDP -- The relationship between economic growth, energy consumption, carbon emissions, and global warming -- The impact of climate change -- The Kyoto Protocol -- The report of the House of Lords on climate change -- The Stern review of the economics of climate change -- Conclusions on global warming. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Subjects: | |
Cursos: |
Donación Comunidad Jesuita Córdoba (abril 2018) |
ISBN: |
9780199227211 (hbk : alk. paper) 9780199227204 (pbk : alk. paper) |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The contours of world development
- The history of macro-measurement
- The shape of things to come
- Part I. Contours of world development, 1
- 2003AD: 1. The Roman Empire and its economy:
- Introduction
- Key characteristics accounting for Roman success in empire building
- Conquest of the Italian Peninsula, 396
- 191BC
- The empire building process
- The disintegration of the empire
- Roman demography
- Roman income
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- 2. The resurrection of Western Europe and the transformation of the americas: Why and when did the west get rich?
- The driving forces that explain the acceleration in western growth since 1820
- Changes in the structure of demand and employment
- The european transformation of the Americas, 1500
- 1820
- Endnotes
- References
- 3. The interaction between Asia and the West, 1500
- 2003: European-Asian interaction from 1500 to 1820
- The impact of Asian trade on Europe, 1500
- 1820
- The impact of Europe on Asia, 1500
- 1820
- Endnotes
- References
- 4. The impact of Islam and Europe on African development 1-2003AD: Introduction
- The European impact on North Africa before the seventh century
- The Islamic conquest and its implications
- Egypt as Islamic state
- The Maghreb and the initiation of Trans-Saharan trade in gold and slaves
- The changing character of Moroccan dynasties and their interaction with Europe and Black Africa
- Black Africa and the impact of Islam
- The European encounter with Africa
- Africa from 1820 to 1960
- Post-colonial Africa, 1960 onwards
- Appendix: The Crusades 1096-1270
- Endnotes
- References
- Part II. Advances in macro-measurement since 1665: 5. Political arithmeticians and historical demographers: the pioneers of macro-measurement: William Petty (1623
- 87)
- John Graunt: the first demographer (1620
- 74)
- Gregory King (1648
- 1712) and Charles Davenant (1656
- 1714)
- Patrick Colquhoun (1745
- 1820)
- French political arithmetic, 1695
- 1707
- Macro-measurement in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century
- Bibliography
- 6. Modern macro-measurement: how far have we come?: Development of macro-measurement as a tool of economic policy since 1950
- Quantifying and interpreting world economic growth from 1820 onwards
- Economic performance in the merchant capitalist epoch: 1500
- 1820
- The roots of modernity: 'takeoff' or long apprenticeship
- Appendices
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Part III. The shape of things to come: 7. The world economy in 2030: Projections of population and changes in demographic characteristics
- Assumptions underlying the projections of per capita GDP
- The relationship between economic growth, energy consumption, carbon emissions, and global warming
- The impact of climate change
- The Kyoto Protocol
- The report of the House of Lords on climate change
- The Stern review of the economics of climate change
- Conclusions on global warming.