Economic Development in the Americas since 1500: Endowments and Institutions (Nber Series on Long-term Factors in Economic Development)

Stanley L., Engerman L.

ISBN 10: 0521251370 / ISBN 13: 9780521251372

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Synopsis:

Examines differences in the rates of economic growth in Latin America and mainland North America since the seventeenth century.

About the Authors: Stanley L. Engerman is John H. Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History at the University of Rochester. He is the author of Slavery, Emancipation, and Freedom: Comparative Perspectives (2007), Naval Blockades in Peace and War (with Lance Davis, 2007) and Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development (with Philip T. Hoffman, Kenneth L. Sokoloff and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Cambridge University Press, 2003). He is a co-editor of the three-volume Cambridge Economic History of the United States (with Robert E. Gallman) and The Cambridge World History of Slavery (with Keith Bradley, Paul Cartledge and David Eltis).

Kenneth L. Sokoloff (1952–2007) was a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Among his many publications, he co-authored Human Capital and Institutions: A Long-Run View (with David Eltis and Frank D. Lewis, Cambridge University Press, 2009) and Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development (with Stanley L. Engerman, Philip T. Hoffman and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Cambridge University Press, 2003).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Economic Development in the Americas since ...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good