An Economic History of the Iberian Peninsula, 700–2000

An Economic History of the Iberian Peninsula, 700–2000
by: Pedro Lains (Editor),Leonor Freire Costa (Editor),Regina Grafe (Editor),Alfonso Herranz-Loncán (Editor),David Igual-Luis (Editor), Vicente Pinilla (Editor),Hermínia Vasconcelos Vilar (Editor)&5more
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2024/2/29
Language: English
Print Length: 808 pages
ISBN-10: 1108488323
ISBN-13: 9781108488327
Book Description
This is a comprehensive long-run history of economic and political change in the Iberian Peninsula. Beginning with the development of the old medieval kingdoms, it goes on to explore two countries, Portugal and Spain, which during the early modern period possessed vast empires and played an essential role in the global economic and political developments. It traces how and why both countries began to fall behind during the first stages of industrialization and modern economic growth only to achieve remarkable economic development during the second half of the twentieth century. Written by a team of leading historians, the book sheds new light on all aspects of economic history from population, agriculture, manufacturing and international trade to government, finance and welfare. The book includes extensive new data and will be an essential work of reference for scholars of Portugal and Spain and also of comparative European economic development.
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This is a comprehensive long-run history of economic and political change in the Iberian Peninsula. Beginning with the development of the old medieval kingdoms, it goes on to explore two countries, Portugal and Spain, which during the early modern period possessed vast empires and played an essential role in the global economic and political developments. It traces how and why both countries began to fall behind during the first stages of industrialization and modern economic growth only to achieve remarkable economic development during the second half of the twentieth century. Written by a team of leading historians, the book sheds new light on all aspects of economic history from population, agriculture, manufacturing and international trade to government, finance and welfare. The book includes extensive new data and will be an essential work of reference for scholars of Portugal and Spain and also of comparative European economic development. Read more