'Two roads to the transportation revolution. Early corporations in the United Kingdom and United States' in D Costa & N R Lamoreaux (eds), Understanding Long Run Economic Growth. Geography, institutions, and the knowledge economy

Details:

Author(s) Bogart, Dan, & John Majewski
Publication type Chapter
Year published 2011
Pages pp177-204
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Place Published Chicago IL

Topics:

Name Comparative international studies

Countries:

United States

Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Groups:

Economic history texts

Notes:

Explores the reasons why the USA overtook Britain as a global economic leader by the end of the 19th century, focusing on factor endowment and political institution issues analysed through the lens of differing transportation organisation development