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European Economic History: the Contribution of the Periphery
| Resumo: | The economic history of Modern Europe is a moving target. As we see the consolidation of conclusions regarding older debates, such as the speed of change during the first industrial revolution or the contribution of technological innovation or foreign trade to 19th century economic growth, new questions keep emerging, such as those concerning the timing of the divergence of income per capita levels within the continent, or the impact of political borders in product or labour market integration.There was a time too when typologies abounded, but we now lack grand interpretations on causes of economic growth and retardation of the European nations, and we cannot even be sure that one is needed. Yet as both long-term and world economic history gain vigour, there seems to be an increasing concern with a general and coherent picture of the European economy during the period since industrialization begun. In fact, in global economic histories, Europe often shows up as a united entity, albeit of a complex type, and European industrialization often appears as a comprehensive concept in long-run development narratives.The lecture proceeds with a review of the main phases of the historical work on European economic history. Secondly, we will look at new findings on the diversity of experiences of growth and retardation in Europe, using the core-periphery framework of analysis. The final section concludes. |
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| Autores principais: | Lains, Pedro |
| Assunto: | Economic History Diversity of growth |
| Ano: | 2018 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | The economic history of Modern Europe is a moving target. As we see the consolidation of conclusions regarding older debates, such as the speed of change during the first industrial revolution or the contribution of technological innovation or foreign trade to 19th century economic growth, new questions keep emerging, such as those concerning the timing of the divergence of income per capita levels within the continent, or the impact of political borders in product or labour market integration.There was a time too when typologies abounded, but we now lack grand interpretations on causes of economic growth and retardation of the European nations, and we cannot even be sure that one is needed. Yet as both long-term and world economic history gain vigour, there seems to be an increasing concern with a general and coherent picture of the European economy during the period since industrialization begun. In fact, in global economic histories, Europe often shows up as a united entity, albeit of a complex type, and European industrialization often appears as a comprehensive concept in long-run development narratives.The lecture proceeds with a review of the main phases of the historical work on European economic history. Secondly, we will look at new findings on the diversity of experiences of growth and retardation in Europe, using the core-periphery framework of analysis. The final section concludes. |
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