Title Unintended consequences : the impact of factor endowments, culture, and politics on long run economic performance / Deepak Lal

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (x, 287 pages) : illustrations Series The Ohlin lectures ; 7 Ohlin lectures ; 7. Contents Preface -- Introduction -- 1. On culture -- 2. The ancient civilizations I: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Judea -- 3. The ancient civilizations II: India and China -- 4. Islam -- 5. The rise of the West -- 6. The course of individualism -- 7. India and China in modern times -- 8. The far East -- 9. The West and the rest -- 10. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index Notes "A somewhat expanded version of the Oklin Memorial Lectures ... delivered at the Stockholm School of economics in the autumn of 1995"--Preface Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-275) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Economic history -- Congresses Social history -- Congresses Individualism -- Congresses Applied anthropology -- Congresses Economic history -- Congresses Social history -- Congresses Individualism -- Congresses Applied anthropology -- Congresses POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History. Applied anthropology Economic history Individualism Social history Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book ISBN 058507786X 9780585077864 9780262277877 0262277875

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