Globalization and the colonial origins of the great divergence : : intercontinental trade and living standards in the Dutch East India Company's commercial empire, c. 1600-1800 / / by Pim de Zwart.
In Globalization and the Colonial Origins of the Great Divergence Pim de Zwart examines the Dutch East India Company’s intercontinental trade and its effects on living standards in various regions on the edges of the Indian Ocean in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Contrary to conventional...
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| Superior document: | Global economic history series ; v. 11 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016] |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Global Economic History Series
11. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Early Modern Globalization
- Prices and Consumption Patterns
- Wages and the Standard of Living
- Population, Households and Labour Markets
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Weights and Measures
- Appendix 2: Coins and Silver Values
- Appendix 3: Kcal and Protein
- Appendix 4: Creating the Price Series
- Appendix 5: An Alternative Method for Dealing with Gaps in the Price Data
- Appendix 6: The Wage Data
- Appendix 7: Estimating Population Trends for Ceylon
- Appendix 8: Occupational Structure of Ceylon
- Bibliography
- Index.