Overview
- Develops a theoretical foundation for the optimal extension of empire
- Applies neoclassical general equilibrium theory to a series of historical episodes which all define or change a frontier
- Contains a survey of the most relevant conceptual and theoretical issues in the literature about frontiers
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This book deals with the economics of establishing a frontier by conquest or by peaceful settlement, the costs involved, and the optimum extension of the territory. The opening chapters discuss the most relevant literature about frontiers – conceptual, theoretical and empirical – and introduce the fundamental theoretical model for extending frontiers which is drawn on throughout the book. The authors use this theoretical apparatus by applying it to a number of historical cases. These include the division of the European territory between the Byzantine Empire, Islam and Western Europe, the creation and expansion of the Mongol Empire, the impact of the Black Death, the European discovery of the New World, the staples trade from 1870–1914, and the rise and fall of banditry in Brazil.
The Economics of the Frontier brings together a collection of essays which explore how economically optimal frontiers were founded from sixth-century Europe through to twentieth-century Brazil.
The Economics of the Frontier brings together a collection of essays which explore how economically optimal frontiers were founded from sixth-century Europe through to twentieth-century Brazil.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Ronald Findlay is Ragnar Nurkse Professor Emeritus of Economics at Columbia University, USA. His main research fields are international economics, development economics, economic history, and economic theory.
Mats Lundahl is Professor Emeritus of Development Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. His main research fields are development economics, international economics, economic history, history of economic doctrines, and agricultural economics.
Mats Lundahl is Professor Emeritus of Development Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. His main research fields are development economics, international economics, economic history, history of economic doctrines, and agricultural economics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Economics of the Frontier
Book Subtitle: Conquest and Settlement
Authors: Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60237-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-60236-7Published: 25 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95637-1Published: 27 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-60237-4Published: 16 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 448
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations
Topics: Economic History, Regional/Spatial Science