"It is a synthesis of Swedish economic growth, social change and modernization of the society from the turn of the century 1800 up to the present. The book highlights the determinants of long term growth, the role of innovations and entrepreneurs as well as the interplay between different...

"China's rise as an economic power has posed some challenging questions: how did China achieve GDP growth that was even faster than the Asian Tigers? Is the "Chinese model" superior? Why hasn't the rapid economic growth lead to democracy in the country as many observers expected? And can China...

1. Growth and transformation during two centuries -- 2. The transformation of agriculture and early industrialisation, 1790-1850 -- 3. Railway construction and expanded industrialisation, 1850-1890 -- 4. The breakthrough of industrial society, 1890-1930 -- 5. The peak of industrial society,...

1. Introduction: natural resources and economic development : what can we learn from history? / Henry Willebald, Marc Badia-Miro and Vicente Pinilla -- 2. From resource curse to rent curse : a theoretical perspective / Richard M. Auty -- 3. Scarcity, frontiers and the resource curse : a...