Carl Mosk

Carl Mosk is Professor of Economics in the University of Victoria. He specializes on the economic and population history of Asia, especially on the economic and demographic histories of Japan and China.

His most recent research concerns the development of nationalism,the nation-state system and modern economic development. In his book "Nationalism and Economic Development in Modern Eurasia" (Routledge, 2013) he studies the development of nationalism and its interaction with technological and instittutional change in Great Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Yugoslavia, Japan and China over the period 1600 to 2000. His theory emphasizes the importance of military technology and the relative cost of lethality.

The author lives on Pender Island in British Columbia, Canada. He enjoys taking walks on the tree lined roads of Pender Island, drawing, stacking wood and listening to the music of Bob Dylan.