The Balkan Economies C.1800 1914: Evolution Without Development

By Michael R. Palairet and Michael Palairet

Book Overview

The Balkan Economies c. 1800-1914 is a strongly revisionist 1997 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521522560
• ISBN13: 9780521522564
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"