The growth of the Italian economy, 1820-1960 /
"This volume examines Italy's transformation from a largely rural state in the nineteenth century to today's industrial powerhouse. At the time of unification in 1861, much of the country was backward, poor and agrarian: few would have believed that a hundred years later Italy would b...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001
Cambridge ; New York : 2001 |
| Series: | New studies in economic and social history
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Table of Contents:
- Measuring change in the long run: the data
- The big picture: models of growth and structural change
- Modernization versus tradition: new views and old on agriculture
- Against all odds? The growth of industry and services
- Macroeconomic policy, institutions, and the balance of payments
- An economic miracle? Italy in the Golden Age, 1945-1960