The Economics of the Frontier: Conquest and Settlement

by Mats Lundahl and Ronald Findlay

Book Overview

Introduction: Frontiers and Empires.- 1. Frontiers and Empires in Historical Perspective.- 2. Modeling Global Interdependence: Centers, Peripheries and Frontiers.- 3. Towards a Model of Territorial Expansion and the Limits of Empire.- 4. Demographic Shocks and the Factor Proportions Model: From the Plague of Justinian to the Black Death.- 5. The First Globalization Episode: The Creation of the Mongol Empire or the Economics of Chinggis Khan.- 6. Towards...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349956376
• ISBN13: 9781349956371
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"