The Age of Equality : : The Twentieth Century in Economic Perspective /

The Age of Equality : : The Twentieth Century in Economic Perspective / / Richard Pomfret.

In 1900 the global average life expectancy at birth was thirty-one years. By 2000 it was sixty-six. Yet, alongside unprecedented improvements in longevity and material well-being, the twentieth century also saw the rise of fascism and communism and a second world war followed by a cold war. This boo...

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Pomfret, Richard,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011]
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 2 maps, 3 graphs, 15 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1. The Age of Liberty
  • CHAPTER 2. War and Depression
  • CHAPTER 3. The Soviet Economic Model
  • CHAPTER 4. Multilateralism and Welfare State in the First World
  • CHAPTER 5. Decolonization and Cold War
  • CHAPTER 6. The Conservative Reaction in the West
  • CHAPTER 7. The Collapse of Central Planning
  • CHAPTER 8. The End of the Third World
  • CHAPTER 9. From the Age of Equality to the Age of Fraternity
  • Glossary and Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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