The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia : Institutional Origins of Social Change and Stagnation.

Why, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of sustained economic growth, while others stagnated? This text looks at the kind of institutions that are required in order for change to take place, and Ringmar concludes that for sustained development to be possible, ch...

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Author / Creator: Ringmar, Erik.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: London : Taylor & Francis Group, 2005.
Series:Routledge Explorations in Economic History Ser.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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