Stefano Fenoaltea

The Reinterpretation of Italian Economic History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the economic development of post-Unification Italy in its international context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 677g
• ISBN-13: 9780521192385
• ISBN-10: 0521192382
• Artikelnr.: 28517760

Autorenporträt

Stefano Fenoaltea obtained his PhD in economics at Harvard University, where he studied under Alexander Gerschenkron and John R. Meyer. He has taught extensively at leading colleges and universities in the United States, and is now serving in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Rome (Tor Vergata). He has published widely in academic journals, and is best known for his work on slavery, medieval agriculture, and Italian development. He has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a consultant to the Istituto Centrale di Statistica and to the Bank of Italy; he is listed in Who's Who in the World.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The time series and the interpretations
2. The investment cycle
3. The consumption cycle and the 'crisis' of the 1880s
4. Protection and migration
5. Railways
6. North and south
7. The state of play
Appendices: tariffs, trade, migration and growth.