Economic Development in the Americas since 1500

by Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff

Book Overview

This book brings together a number of previously published articles by Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. Its essays deal with differences in the rates of economic growth in Latin American and mainland North America, specifically the United States and Canada. It demonstrates how relative differences in growth over time are related to differences in the institutions that developed in different economies. This variation is driven by differences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107009553
• ISBN13: 9781107009554
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"