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The economic decline of empires /
The question of why empires decline and fall has attracted the attention of historians for centuries, but remains fundamentally unsolved. This unique collection is concerned with the purely economic aspects of decline. It can be observed of empires in the process of decline that their economies are...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2006.
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| Colección: | Economic history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The question of why empires decline and fall has attracted the attention of historians for centuries, but remains fundamentally unsolved. This unique collection is concerned with the purely economic aspects of decline. It can be observed of empires in the process of decline that their economies are generally faltering. Here the similarities in different cases of economic decline are identified, bearing in mind that individual histories are characterized by important elements of originality. In his introduction, Professor Cipolla points out that improvements in standards of living brou. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: London : Methuen,1970. Distributed in the U.S.A. by Barnes & Noble. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (280 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781135032425 1135032424 |