Natural experiments of history / edited by Jared Diamond, James A. Robinson.
Natural experiments of history / edited by Jared Diamond, James A. Robinson.
Natural experiments of history / edited by Jared Diamond, James A. Robinson.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N907.2/227
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Language
English
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Physical content
278 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents
Controlled comparison and Polynesian cultural evolution / Patrick V. Kirch -- Exploding wests : boom and bust in nineteenth-century settler societies / James Belich -- Politics, banking, and economic development : evidence from New World economies / Stephen Haber -- Intra-island and inter-island com...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
Edition
1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
This book consists of eight comparative studies drawn from history, archeology, economics, economic history, geography, and political science. The studies cover a spectrum of approaches, ranging from a non-quantitative narrative style in the early chapters to quantitative statistical analyses in the later chapters. The studies range from a simple t...
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Natural experiments of history / edited by Jared Diamond, James A. Robinson.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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N907.2/227
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74Vv6JNzGgrO
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ISBN
9780674060197 (pbk.)
9780674035577 (alk. paper)
0674035577 (alk. paper)
DDC
907.2
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991006811709702626
