In the Doorway to Development: An Enquiry Into Market Oriented Structural Changes in Norway Ca. 1750-1830

By Ragnhild Hutchison

Set within the growing literature on European economy in the late 18th and early 19th century, this book furnishes a "pre-history" to Norway's rapid structural transformation and accelerated economic growth after the mid-nineteenth century. It argues that Norway in the long 18th century benefitted from an export-led growth, which exploited its abundant natural resources. The income from exports fuelled a substantial increase in consumption among rural households, while "pluriactivity", a household strategy to balance market oriented production and consumption with self sufficiency in the insufficiently developed market succeeded in offering a "soft way" toward modern market society.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004214445
• ISBN13: 9789004214446
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.6"