The Reinterpretation of Italian Economic History: From Unification To The Great War - Softcover

Fenoaltea, Stefano

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110765808X ISBN 13: 9781107658080

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Post-unification Italy was part of a wider world within which men and money circulated freely; it developed to the extent that those mobile resources chose to locate on its soil. The economy's cyclical movements reflected conditions in international financial markets, and were little affected by domestic policies. State intervention restricted the internal and international mobility of goods, and limited Italy's development: it kept the economy weak, reduced Italy's weight in the comity of nations, and paved the way for the frustrations and adventurism that would plunge the twentieth century into world war.

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Review:

"This book brings together four decades of research on Italian industrialization by Stefano Fenoaltea." -EH.Net, Brian A'Hearn

Book Description:

This book argues that post-unification Italy developed to the extent that the world's mobile resources chose to locate on its soil. The variations in the economy's growth rate were due primarily to an international financial cycle, and not to domestic policy measures.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 110765808X
• ISBN 13: 9781107658080
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322