| Titre : | Economic backwardness in historical perspective : a book of essays |
| Type de document : | Ouvrages |
| Année de publication : | 1966 |
| Format : | 456 p. / 23 cm |
| Note générale : |
Contient des articles de l'auteur écrits entre 1951 et 1961
Notes bibliogr. Index |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE [Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > situation économique [Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > situation économique > développement économique [Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > structure économique > économie > économie sociale [Eurovoc] GÉOGRAPHIE > Europe [Eurovoc] GÉOGRAPHIE > géographie économique > pays du Comecon > URSS [Eurovoc] INDUSTRIE |
| Tags : | economic history ; capital |
| Résumé : |
These fourteen essays covering a wide range of subjects of great current interest reflect the continuous evolution of the author’s thought from 1951 to 1961. Range and flexibility characterize Alexander Gerschenkron’s dynamic approach to Europe’s industrial history. Connecting evolution in individual countries with their degree of economic backwardness, he presents the industrialization of the continent as a “case of unity in diversity,” thus offering a cogent alternative, supported by case studies, to the traditional view of industrialization as monotonous repetition of the same process from country to country. Brought together for the first time, these essays were originally published in specialized periodicals in the United States and abroad.
Explaining and systematizing the elements of creative innovation in industrial history, Gerschenkron opens new paths of research and poses a number of pertinent questions for the problem of economic development in backward countries. His versatile analysis not only includes construction of ingenious industrial output indices and fruitful historical hypotheses on the index-number problem, but also original insights gleaned from a study of Soviet novels and a brilliant critique of Doctor Zhivago. |
| Note de contenu : |
Economic backwardness in historical perspective --
Reflections on the concept of "prerequisites" of modern industrialization -- Social attitudes, entrepreneurship, and economic development -- Notes on the rate of industrial growth in Italy, 1881-1913 -- Rosario Romeo and the original accumulation of capital -- Russia: patterns and problems of economic development, 1861-1958 -- Economic development in Russian intellectual history of the nineteenth century -Annex: Realism and Utopia in Russian economic thought, a review -- Some aspects of industrialization in Bulgaria, 1878-1939 -- Soviet heavy industry: a dollar index of output, 1927-1937 -- Notes on the rate of industrial growth in Soviet Russia -- Industrial enterprise in Soviet Russia -- A neglected source of economic information on Soviet Russia -- Reflections on Soviet novels -- Notes on Doctor Zhivago -- The approach to European industrialization: a postscript -- Appendix 1: Description of an index of Italian industrial development, 1881-1913 -- Appendix 2: Industrialization in Bulgaria, basic data and calculations -- Appendix 3: Problems of measuring long-term growth in income and wealth. |
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| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 005885 | B 148 | Livre | Centre de documentation du CERDI / Ecole d'Economie | Salle de lecture | Disponible |
