Scarcity and frontiers: how economies have developed through natural resource exploitation/ Edward B. Barbier.
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TextPublication details: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011Description: xviii, 748 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780521877732; 9780521701655 (pbk.)Subject(s): Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- History | Natural resources | Scarcity | Economic developmentDDC classification: 333.7 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 333.7 BAR/S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P18081 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : scarcity and frontiers -- The agricultural transition (from 10,000 BC to 3000 BC) -- The rise of cities (from 3000 BC to 1000 AD) -- The emergence of the world economy (from 1000 to 1500) -- Global frontiers and the rise of Western Europe (from 1500 to 1914) -- The Atlantic economy triangular trade (from 1500 to 1860) -- The golden age of resource-based development (from 1870 to 1914) -- The age of dislocation (from 1914 to 1950) -- The contemporary era (from 1950 to the present) -- Epilogue : the age of ecological scarcity?
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