TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maddison,Angus
TI  - Contours of the world economy, 1-2030 AD: essays in macro-economic history 
SN  - 0199227209
AV  - HC21 .M282 2007
U1  - 330.9 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Economic history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. the Roman Empire and its economy -- 2. The resurrection of Western Europe and the transformation of the americas -- 3. The interaction between Asia and the West,2003 -- 4. The impact of Islam and Europe on African development: 2003AD -- 5. Political arithmeticians and historical demographers: the pioneers of macro-measurement -- 6. Modern macro-measurement: how far have we come? -- 7. The world economy in 2030 -- --; The contours of world development --; The history of macro-measurement --; The shape of things to come --; Contours of world development,2003AD -- --; 1; the Roman Empire and its economy --; Introduction --; Key characteristics accounting for Roman success in empire building --; Conquest of the Italian Peninsula,191BC --; The empire building process --; The disintegration of the empire --; Roman demography --; Roman income -- --; 2; The resurrection of Western Europe and the transformation of the americas --; Why and when did the west get rich? --; The driving forces that explain the acceleration in western growth since 1820 --; Changes in the structure of demand and employment --; The european transformation of the Americas,1820 -- --; 3; The interaction between Asia and the West,2003 --; European --; Asian interaction from 1500 to 1820 --; The impact of Asian trade on Europe,1820 --; The impact of Europe on Asia,1820 -- --; 4; The impact of Islam and Europe on African development: 2003AD --; Introduction --; The European impact on North Africa before the seventh century --; The Islamic conquest and its implications --; Egypt as Islamic state --; The Maghreb and the initiation of Trans-Saharan trade in gold and slaves --; The changing character of Moroccan dynasties and their interaction with Europe and Black Africa --; Black Africa and the impact of Islam --; The European encounter with Africa --; Africa from 1820 to 1960 --; Post-colonial Africa, 1960 onwards -- --; 5; Political arithmeticians and historical demographers: the pioneers of macro-measurement --; William Petty --; John Graunt: the first demographer --; Gregory King (1712) and Charles Davenant (1714) --; Patrick Colquhoun (1820) --; French political arithmetic,1707 --; Macro-measurement in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century -- --; 6; Modern macro-measurement: how far have we come? --; Development of macro-measurement as a tool of economic policy since 1950 --; Quantifying and interpreting world economic growth from 1820 onwards --; Economic performance in the merchant capitalist epoch:1820 --; The roots of modernity: 'takeoff' or long apprenticeship --; The shape of things to come -- --; 7; The world economy in 2030 --; Projections of population and changes in demographic characteristics --; Assumptions underlying the projections of per capita GDP --; The relationship between economic growth, energy consumption, carbon emissions, and global warming --; The impact of climate change --; The Kyoto Protocol --; The report of the House of Lords on climate change --; The Stern review of the economics of climate change --; Conclusions on global warming
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