Scandinavia and South America : a tale of two capitalisms : essays on comparative developments in trade, industrialisation and inequality since 1850 /: a tale of two capitalisms : essays on comparative developments in trade, industrialisation and inequality since 1850. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Svante Prado, Jorge E. Alvarez Scanniello.
• Editors: Prado, Svante, 1974-; Álvarez, Jorge (Jorge E. Álvarez Scanniello)
• Contents: 1. Introduction; Jorge Alvarez and Svante Prado.- Part 1. Latin America and Scandinavia.- 2. Latin American and Nordic countries: a renewed tradition of comparative studies; Jorge Álvarez, Luis Bértola and Jan Bohlin.- Part 2: Trade, industrialisation and growth.- 3. Foreign trade and economic growth in Scandinavia, Australasia and the Rio de la Plata region, 1870–1970; Jorge Álvarez, Luis Bértola and Jan Bohlin.- 4. Structural change, industrial growth and economic development in the Nordic and Southern Settler Societies, 1870–1970; Jorge Álvarez, Luis Bértola and Jan Bohlin.- 5. Long-term comparative levels of labour productivity in manufacturing, c. 1890–2010; Cecilia Lara and Svante Prado.- Part 3: Dimensions of inequality.- 6. Wage differentials, 1920–2010; Svante Prado, Thales Pereira and Jakob Molinder.- 7. Land-ownership systems and agrarian income distribution in Denmark, New Zealand and Uruguay during the First Globalisation Era; Jorge Álvarez and María de las Mercedes Menéndez.- 8. Democratisation and the rise of the welfare state; Erik Bengtsson and Marc Morgan.- 9. The role of education in modernisation drives in Brazil and in Sweden; Thomas Kang and Anders Nilsson.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 330.1220948; Capitalism -- Scandinavia; Capitalism -- South America; Comparative economics; Uruguay -- Economic conditions; Argentina -- Economic conditions; Sweden -- Economic conditions; Denmark -- Economic conditions; Norway -- Economic conditions; Finland -- Economic conditions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031091988
• Related ISBNs: 9783031091971
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