Scarcity and Frontiers : How Economies Have Developed Through Natural Resource Exploitation
Edward B. Barbier
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2011
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (768 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: scarcity and frontiers; 2 The Agricultural Transition (from 10,000 BC to 3000 BC); 3 The Rise of Cities (from 3000 BC to 1000 AD); 4 The Emergence of the World Economy (from 1000 to 1500); 5 Global Frontiers and the Rise of Western Europe (from 1500 to 1914); 6 The Atlantic Economy Triangular Trade (from 1500 to 1860); 7 The Golden Age of Resource-Based Development (from 1870 to 1914); 8 The Age of Dislocation (from 1914 to 1950). - 9 The Contemporary Era (from 1950 to the present)10 Epilogue: the Age of Ecological Scarcity?; Index. - A fascinating account of the contribution that natural resource exploitation has made to economic development in world history.
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| Emner | Agriculture - Economic aspects - History
Economic development. Natural resources. Scarcity. Vis mer... Agricultural Economics
Business & Economics Economic Theory Knapphet Landbruk Naturressurser Samfunnsøkonomi naturressurser landbruk økologi økonomi |
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| ISBN | 9780521701655. - 9780521877732
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