The world economy: history & prospect
Contents
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Table of Contents
- Frontmatter
- List of Tables page xvi
- List of Charts page xxviii
- Preface page xxxv
- Introduction page xxxix
- PART ONE. THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION page 1
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PART TWO. GROWTH SINCE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: AN OVERALL VIEW
page 45
- 5. Industrial Growth and Its Diffusion page 47
- 6. Growth and Structural Change page 55
- 7. International Trade and Its Changing Distribution page 65
- 8. Prices page 81
- 9. Relative Prices and the Terms of Trade page 91
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PART THREE. TREND PERIODS
page 101
- 10. Balanced and Unbalanced Growth page 103
- 11. 1790-1815 page 111
- 12. 1815-1848 page 123
- 13. 1848-1873 page 146
- 14. 1873-1920 page 163
- 15. 1920-1936 page 203
- 16. 1936-1951 page 230
- 17. 1951-1972 page 247
- 18. The Price Revolution of 1972-1976 page 287
- 19. Trend Periods Summarized page 299
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PART FOUR. BUSINESS CYCLES
page 305
- 20. Cycles: Another Result of Unbalanced Growth page 307
- 21. Cycles in the Eighteenth Century: 1700-1783 page 311
- 22. Cycles in the Classic Era: 1783-1914 page 314
- 23. Interwar Cycles: 1919-1939 page 331
- 24. Cycles in Growth Rates: 1945-1973 page 338
- 25. Inflation: The Price of Full Employment page 349
- 26. Stagflation: 1974-1976 page 358
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PART FIVE. STAGES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH: TWENTY COUNTRIES
page 363
- 27. Aggregate and Sectoral Analysis of Growth page 365
- 28. Great Britain page 373
- 29. The United States page 384
- 30. France page 394
- 31. Germany page 401
- 32. Sweden page 409
- 33. Japan page 416
- 34. Russia-USSR page 426
- 35. Italy page 438
- 36. Canada page 448
- 37. Australia page 456
- 38. Argentina page 466
- 39. Turkey page 475
- 40. Brazil page 481
- 41. Mexico page 491
- 42. Iran page 500
- 43. India page 509
- 44. China page 522
- 45. Taiwan page 538
- 46. Thailand page 547
- 47. South Korea page 552
- 48. Four Conclusions page 561
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PART SIX. THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD ECONOMY
page 569
- 49. Are There Limits to Growth? page 571
- 50. Population and Food page 582
- 51. Energy page 591
- 52. Raw Materials page 610
- 53. Pollution and the Environment page 619
- 54. Political Economy in the Fifth Kondrateiff Upswing page 625
- 55. Tasks of International Cooperation page 644
- Appendix A. Index of World Industrial Production, 1700-1971 page 659
- Appendix B. The Volume and Distribution of World Trade, 1720-1971 page 663
- Appendix C. The Size of the United States Motor Vehicle Sectoral Complex, Early 1970's page 670
- Appendix D. Sources for Charted Data, Part Five page 676
- Notes page 717
- Author Index page 813
- Subject Index page 820
Reviews
- JEH: 38.4 (Dec. 1978): 1041-1043
- AHR: 84.2 (Apr. 1979): 414-415
- JEL: 17.2 (Jun. 1979): 554-556
- EHR: 32.3 (Aug. 1979): 432-434
- IA: 55.4 (Oct. 1979): 604-605
- EHR: 95.374 (Jan. 1980): 188-189
Catalog record
| Title | The world economy : history & prospect / W. W. Rostow. |
|---|---|
| Author | Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003 |
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| E-Distribution Information | MPublishing, University of Michigan Library Ann Arbor, Michigan Permission must be received for any subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please contact info@hebook.org for more information. |
| Source Version | The world economy : history & prospect / W. W. Rostow. Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003 Austin: University of Texas Press, c1978. |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.03280.0001.001 |
| Subject Headings | • Economic history • Economic forecasting |
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