Africa's Development in Historical Perspective
. Ed(s): Akyeampong, Professor Emmanuel Kwaku; Bates, Robert H.; Nunn, Nathan; Robinson, James
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, 2014
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This edited volume addresses the root causes of Africa's persistent poverty through an investigation of its longue duree history. Editor(s): Akyeampong, Professor Emmanuel Kwaku; Bates, Robert H.; Nunn, Nathan; Robinson, James. Num Pages: 539 pages, 9 b/w illus. 6 maps 40 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCM; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 860. . 2014. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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- Africa's Development in Historical Perspective
- Author
- . Ed(s): Akyeampong, Professor Emmanuel Kwaku; Bates, Robert H.; Nunn, Nathan; Robinson, James
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year
- 2014
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- New
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
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- 1107041155
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- 9781107041158
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Robert H. Bates is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University. His research focuses on the political economy of development, particularly in Africa, and on violence and state failure. Professor Bates has conducted field work in Zambia, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Colombia, and Brazil. He currently serves as a researcher and resource person with the Africa Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, and as a member of the Political Instability Task Force of the United States government. Among his most recent books are Analytic Narratives with Avner Greif, Margaret Levi, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, and Barry Weingast (1998); When Things Fell Apart (Cambridge University Press, 2008); and Prosperity and Violence (2009).
Nathan Nunn is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University. His primary research interests are in economic history, economic development, political economy, and international trade. He is an NBER Faculty Research Fellow, a Research Fellow at BREAD, and a Faculty Associate at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. He is also currently co-editor of the Journal of Development Economics.
James Robinson is the David Florence Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the co-author, with Daron Acemoglu, of the book Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, published by Cambridge University Press in 2006, which was awarded the 2007 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award by the American Political Science Association for 'the best book published in the United States during the prior year on government, politics, or international affairs'. He edited the book Natural Experiments in History with the geographer and ecologist Jared Diamond in 2010. His most recent book, also written with Daron Acemoglu, is entitled Why Nations Fail and was declared one of the ten best books of 2012 by the Washington Post and is already being translated into 23 languages, including Arabic and Mongolian. His main research interests are in political economy, comparative economic development, and economic history with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
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