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This is a comprehensive long-run history of economic and political
change in the Iberian Peninsula. Beginning with the development of
the old medieval kingdoms, it goes on to explore two countries,
Portugal and Spain, which during the early modern period possessed
vast empires and played an essential role in the global economic
and political developments. It traces how and why both countries
began to fall behind during the first stages of industrialization
and modern economic growth only to achieve remarkable economic
development during the second half of the twentieth century.
Written by a team of leading historians, the book sheds new light
on all aspects of economic history from population, agriculture,
manufacturing and international trade to government, finance and
welfare. The book include extensive new data and will be an
essential work of reference for scholars of Portugal and Spain and
also of comparative European economic development.
This book offers a fascinating exploration of the evolution of the
Portuguese economy over the course of eight centuries, from the
foundation of the kingdom in 1143, when political boundaries began
to take shape in the midst of the Christian Reconquista of the
Iberian Peninsula, and the formation of an empire, to the
integration of the nation into the European Communities and the
Economic and Monetary Union. Through six chapters, the authors
provide a vibrant history of Portugal's past with a focus ranging
from the medieval economy and the age of globalization, to war and
recovery, the Atlantic economy, the rise of liberalism and patterns
of convergence. The book provides a unique long-term perspective of
change in a southern European country and its empire, which
responds to the fundamental broader questions about when, how and
why economies expand, stagnate or contract.
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