Population and Economy: From Hunger to Modern Economic Growth

ISBN-13: 9780198296539 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 512 str.

Bengtsson; I. Bengtsson; O. Saito

Opis

This book of collected essays--an outcome of an A-session held at the 12th International Congress of Economic History in Madrid, 1998--sets a new standard in an active and influential field of research. The contributors go beyond the conventional European and North American geographical boundaries, bringing out new empirical findings and developing new arguments.

Recenzje

With a brief introduction, this collection of scholarly essays offers both demographers and economic historians a wealth of new findings and insights.

O autorze

Tommy Bengtsson is Associate Professor of Economic History at Lund University. He is currently also Guest Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology. Osamu Saito is Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University.