The Balkan economies c. 1800-1914
Subtitle: evolution without development
By: Michael Palairet.
Series: Cambridge studies in modern economic history ;; 6
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: Balkan Peninsula -- Economic conditions
Description: The Balkan Economies c. 1800-1914 is a strongly revisionist book which compares the economic progress of Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro and Macedonia in the century before World War I. Michael Palairet draws heavily on native-language primary sources to argue that these territories probably experienced economic decline rather than growth, at least from the mid-nineteenth century. This comprehensive study of the economic evolution of the Balkans suggests that the Ottoman and Habsburg empires in providing a framework of order and property rights did more for agrarian and industrial development than succeeding regional and nationalist governments. Based on in-depth research, this book promises to be the definitive economic history of the Balkans.--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-394) and index.