Author: Henry Brougham Brougham and VauxPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
An Inquiry Into the Colonial Policy of the European Powers
Author: Henry Brougham Brougham and VauxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
An Inquiry Into the Colonial Policy of the European Powers ...
Author: Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and VauxPublisher:
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Category : Colonies
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
An Inquiry Into the Colonial Policy of the European Powers
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Author: Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and VauxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
An Inquiry Into the Colonial Policy of the European Powers
Author: Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and VauxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colonies
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Why Nations Fail
Author: Daron AcemogluPublisher: Currency
ISBN: 0307719227
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence? Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities. The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutions—with no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories. Based on fifteen years of original research Acemoglu and Robinson marshall extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including: - China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West? - Are America’s best days behind it? Are we moving from a virtuous circle in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority? - What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? More philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning the hard-won lessons of Acemoglu and Robinson’s breakthrough ideas on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions? Why Nations Fail will change the way you look at—and understand—the world.
Scandal of Colonial Rule
Author: James EpsteinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110700330X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
A dramatic history of the British public's confrontation with the iniquities of nineteenth-century colonial rule. James Epstein uses the trial of the first governor of Trinidad for the torture of a freewoman of color to reassess the nature of British colonialism and the ways in which empire troubled the metropolitan imagination.
The Economic History of Colonialism
Author: Leigh GardnerPublisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1529207665
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Debates about the origins and effects of European rule in the non-European world have animated the field of economic history since the 1850s. This pioneering text provides a concise and accessible resource that introduces key readings, builds connections between ideas and helps students to develop informed views of colonialism as a force in shaping the modern world. With special reference to European colonialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in both Asia and Africa, this book: • critically reviews the literature on colonialism and economic growth; • covers a range of different methods of analysis; • offers a comparative approach, as opposed to a collection of regional histories, deftly weaving together different themes. With debates around globalization, migration, global finance and environmental change intensifying, this authoritative account of the relationship between colonialism and economic development makes an invaluable contribution to several distinct literatures in economic history.
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