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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1182785636 Title: Reversals of fortune why the hierarchy of nations so often turns topsy-turvy Author: Ashok S Guha Publisher: London Routledge 2021 ISBN/ISSN: 9780367466046 036746604X 9780367819439 0367819430 OCLC:1182785636

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Reversals of fortune why the hierarchy of nations so often turns topsy-turvy

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Reversals of fortune why the hierarchy of nations so often turns topsy-turvy

Author:	Ashok S Guha
Publisher:	London Routledge 2021
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"Why has history so often turned the economic and political hierarchy of nations topsy turvy? This book examines the evidence of the last five hundred years to challenge the two dominant narratives on the answers to this question. It argues that the explanation lies neither in the quality of institutions that societies possess nor in their capacities for technological innovation. What matters for the economic and Read more...
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Subjects	Großmacht. Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Geschichte. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	History
Additional Physical Format:	Erscheint auch als Guha, Ashok S Reversals of fortune Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020 Online-Ausgabe (DLC)2020009304
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Ashok S Guha Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780367466046 036746604X 9780367819439 0367819430
OCLC Number:	1182785636
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description:	109 Seiten
Contents:	1. The Problem2. The Mysteries of Technological Progress3. Ocean Navigation and The Grand Reversal4. A Short Note on New World Reversals5. The First Industrial Nation and its Many Reversals Of Fortune6. Full Circle Epilogue References
Responsibility:	Ashok Sanjay Guha.

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"Why has history so often turned the economic and political hierarchy of nations topsy turvy? This book examines the evidence of the last five hundred years to challenge the two dominant narratives on the answers to this question. It argues that the explanation lies neither in the quality of institutions that societies possess nor in their capacities for technological innovation. What matters for the economic and political success of a country, it claims, is the interaction between current technological knowledge and global demand on the one hand and its geography and the population it inherits from its past on the other. Those societies succeed whose endowments best fit the requirements of current technology and world demand. It hardly matters who developed the technology. In the process of examining the patterns that inform the fates of nations over time, the book charts the economic histories of Western Europe and Asia from the sixteenth century to the present day. A compelling tour de force, this book reshapes and rethinks global history. The volume will be fascinating read for scholars of history, especially economic history, human geography, economics, and general readers alike."

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