Natural experiments of history
2010
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Main title:
Natural experiments of history / edited by Jared Diamond, James A. Robinson.
Imprint:
Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
Collation:
278 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Controlled comparison and Polynesian cultural evolution / Patrick V. Kirch -- Exploding wests : boom and bust in nineteenth-century settler societies / James Belich -- Politics, banking, and economic development : evidence from New World economies / Stephen Haber -- Intra-island and inter-island comparisons / Jared Diamond -- Shackled to the past : the causes and consequences of Africa's slave trades / Nathan Nunn -- Colonial land tenure, electoral competition, and public goods in India / Abhijit Banerjee and Lakshmi Iyer -- From ancien regime to capitalism : the spread of the French Revolution as a natural experiment / Daron Acemoglu, Davide Cantoni, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson -- Afterword. Using comparative methods in studies of human history / Jared Diamond and James A. Robinson.
ISBN:
97806740355770674035577
Dewey class:
907.2
Language:
English
BRN:
167579
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 907.2 NAT | Available |