ABSTRACT
This text is widely acknowledged to be the best available introduction to the study of the international economy as a mechanism for diffusing modern economic growth between nations. Updating the story to the present day, this edition covers the latest developments in international economics. Significant new additions include:
* globalization and the world economy
* the growth of regional trading blocs
* globalization and financial crisis in Asia
* transition to the market in post-communist economies
Packed with new references and data, The Growth of the International Economy is an indispensable guide to the world economy as it enters the new millennium.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I The international economy, 1820–1913
chapter |28 pages
International aspects of economic growth in the nineteenth century
part |2 pages
Part II The interwar years
part |2 pages
Part III The post-1945 international economy