The reinterpretation of Italian economic history from unification to the great war
This book examines the economic development of post-Unification Italy in its international context.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38421604*spi |
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- Cover; The Reinterpretation of Italian Economic History: From Unification to the Great War; The take-off of the Giolitti years; Title; Copyright; Dedication; The Reinterpretation of Italian Economic History: From Unification to the Great War; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. Of failure and success; 2. The transformation of post-Unification Italy; 3. The debates in the literature; 1: The Time Series and the Interpretations; 1. The stages of growth; 2. Gerschenkron's index and interpretation; 3. The Istat and Vitali series.
- 4. Romeo's interpretation5. A new index of industrial production; 6. The "cyclical" interpretation; 7. Bonelli, Cafagna, and the consensus that never was; 8. The evolution of the time series: industry; 9. The evolution of the time series: total product; 10. The evolution of the literature; 1A: The Measurement of Production Movements; 1. Methodology: the measurement of "real" product; 2. Methodology: estimating "unknown" series; 3. The production series: Gerschenkron, Istat, and Vitali; 4. The production series: the author, Carreras, and Maddison; 5. The new production series: industry.
- 6. The new production series: agriculture, services, and GDP7. The new production series: trends and cycles; 2: The Investment Cycle; 1. The "political cycle": birth, death, and life after death; 2. The Kuznets cycle in the world and in Italy; 3. The Italian cycle: demographic flows; 4. The Italian cycle: financial flows; 5. The Italian cycle: the causes of the trade deficits; 6. The Italian cycle: the causes of capital flows; 7. The Italian cycle: the supply of foreign capital; 8. The world cycle: the relative supply of British capital; 9. The Italian cycle: the reinterpretation.
- 10. The evolution of the literature3: The Consumption Cycle and the "Crisis" of the 1880s; 1. Conditions in the 1880s; 2. The construction of the "crisis"; 3. The inferences of the "pessimists"; 4. The path of consumption; 5. The path of nominal wages; 6. The path of real wages, consumption, and income; 7. The evolution of the literature; 4: Protection and Migration; 1. The evolution of trade policy and protection; 2. The issues: protection in general; 3. The tariff on textiles and "manchesterian" growth; 4. The tariff on steel and the engineering industry.
- 5. The tariff on grain and the paradox of ricardian trade6. The tariff on grain and real wages; 7. The tariff on grain and migration: ricardian trade and the standard approach; 8. The tariff on grain and migration: the trade model and relative mobility; 9. The tariff on grain and migration: ricardian growth; 10. The evolution of the literature; 5: Railways; 1. The railway in history and in the literature; 2. The development of the railways; 3. Railways and the demand for industrial products; 4. The limits of railway transportation; 5. The production cost of railway transportation.
