Screen LibraryThe Economy of Modern Malta : From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century /
This book provides the first wide-ranging account of the Maltese economy in the modern era, from colonialism to European Union membership. It sets arguments about growth and development, and the impact and legacy of colonization, against detailed histories of agriculture, manufacturing and trade, an...
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Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Studies in Economic History
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56598-3 |
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This book provides the first wide-ranging account of the Maltese economy in the modern era, from colonialism to European Union membership. It sets arguments about growth and development, and the impact and legacy of colonization, against detailed histories of agriculture, manufacturing and trade, and different economic policy regimes. It is based on volumes of newly collected archival evidence and the latest thinking in economic history. By extending coverage up to the present, the book explains how one of the world's smallest nation-states achieved lasting economic development, quintupling |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XII, 384 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9781137565983 |
| Index Number: | HC |
| CLC: | F155.19 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction: Development in the Long Run -- 2. Agriculture, 1800-1964 -- 3. Trade and Industry, 1800-1938 -- 4. The State and the Economy, 1938-1986 -- 5. The Liberal Age, 1987-Present -- 6. Final Remarks. |