Economic Backwardness In Historical Perspective
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What separates the industrialized world from those left behind — and why does that gap prove so stubbornly persistent? Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective presents a landmark collection of essays by one of the twentieth century's most incisive economic historians, arguing that late-developing nations do not simply follow the same path as early industrializers, but instead adopt fundamentally different institutional strategies to compensate for their relative backwardness. Gerschenkron chronicles the divergent trajectories of European economies — from Germany to Russia to Italy — demonstrating how the degree of a nation's backwardness at the onset of industrialization determines the very shape and character of its eventual development. Gerschenkron's prose is rigorous yet compellingly readable, weaving together economics, history, and political theory into a unified framework that overturned prevailing assumptions about modernization and growth. His now-famous relative backwardness thesis remains a touchstone in developmental economics and comparative history, having shaped decades of academic inquiry and policy debate. Whether you are a student of economic history or a seasoned scholar, this collection poses a question that quietly demands an answer: if backwardness itself can become an engine of transformation, what does that reveal about the nature of progress?
Author: Alexander Gerschenkron
Format: Paperback
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Spine
What separates the industrialized world from those left behind — and why does that gap prove so stubbornly persistent? Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective presents a landmark collection of essays by one of the twentieth century's most incisive economic historians, arguing that late-developing nations do not simply follow the same path as early industrializers, but instead adopt fundamentally different institutional strategies to compensate for their relative backwardness. Gerschenkron chronicles the divergent trajectories of European economies — from Germany to Russia to Italy — demonstrating how the degree of a nation's backwardness at the onset of industrialization determines the very shape and character of its eventual development. Gerschenkron's prose is rigorous yet compellingly readable, weaving together economics, history, and political theory into a unified framework that overturned prevailing assumptions about modernization and growth. His now-famous relative backwardness thesis remains a touchstone in developmental economics and comparative history, having shaped decades of academic inquiry and policy debate. Whether you are a student of economic history or a seasoned scholar, this collection poses a question that quietly demands an answer: if backwardness itself can become an engine of transformation, what does that reveal about the nature of progress?