Economic History Of A Divided Europe Av Ivan T. Berend

<P>This book presents the sharp regional diff erences within the integrating European continent. Four regions ¿ Northwestern Europe, Southern Europe, Central Europe, and Eastern-Southeastern Europe ¿ represent high, medium, and relatively less-developed levels of economic advancement. These disparities have emerged as a result of historical diff erences that produced and reinforced cultural and behavioral diff erences.</P><br/><br/><P>The author examines the distinctions between the regions, looks at how these differences transpired and became so retrenched, and answers the question of why some countries were able to elevate to higher levels of economic development while others could not. This book is unique in that it provides a timely historical analysis of the main causes of the most pressing conflicts in Europe today. Readers will come away from this book with a deeper understanding of the sharp divergence in economic standing between the four different regions of Europe, as well a

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