Nation, State and the Economy in History

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511497575

Originally published in 2003, this book addresses the rarely explored subject of the reciprocal relationships between nationalism, nation and state-building, and economic change. Analysis of the economic element in the building of nations and states cannot be confined to Europe, and therefore these diverse yet interlinked case-studies cover all continents. Authors come to contrasting conclusions, some regarding the economic factor as central, while others show that nation-states came into being before the constitution of a national market. The essays leave no doubt that the nation-state is an historical phenonemon and as such is liable to 'expiry' both through the process of globalisation and through the development of a 'cyber-society' which evades state control. By contrast, developments in southeastern Europe, the former USSR, and parts of Africa and the Far East show that building the nation-state has not run its course.

"...the editors and authors deserve praise for delivering a lively, clearly written discussion of an important theme, a significant addition to our understanding of fundamental social relationships and a model for future research." Business History Review

"In general, as the authors are eminent economic historians they are aware that economies change over time." Journal of World History, Frank B. Tipton, University of Sydney

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of figures
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List of tables
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List of contributors
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Acknowledgements
pp xvi-xvi
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Introduction
pp 1-8
- By Alice Teichova, Professor of Economic History, University of East Anglia; Fellow Girton College, Cambridge, Herbert Matis, Professor of Economic History, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration; Member Austrian Academy of Sciences
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PART I
pp 9-10
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1 - Political structures and grand strategies for the growth of the British economy, 1688–1815
pp 11-33
- By Patrick K. O'Brien, Professor of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science
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2 - Economic factors and the building of the French nation-state
pp 34-55
- By François Crouzet, Professor of Modern History, University of Paris-Sorbonne
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3 - Nation building in Germany: the economic dimension
pp 56-79
- By Gerd Hardach, Professor of Social and Economic History, University of Marburg
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4 - The harmony liberal era, 1845–1880: the case of Norway and Sweden
pp 80-95
- By Göran B. Nilsson, Professor, Linköping University
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5 - Nationalism in the epoch of organised capitalism – Norway and Sweden choosing different paths
pp 96-112
- By Francis Sejersted, Professor of Economic History, Senter for teknologi og menneskelige verdier (TMV) of the University of Oslo
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6 - Economic development and the problems of national state formation: the case of Spain
pp 113-130
- By Clara Eugenia Núñez, Professor of Economic History, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia in Madrid, Gabriel Tortella, Professor of Economic History, Universidad de Alcala in Madrid
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PART II
pp 131-132
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7 - The state and economic development in Central and Eastern Europe
pp 133-158
- By David F. Good, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota
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8 - Concepts of economic integration in Austria during the twentieth century
pp 159-180
- By Ernst Bruckmüller, Professor, Institute of Social and Economic History of the University of Vienna, Roman Sandgruber, Professor of Economic History, Institute of Social and Economic History at the Johannes-Kepler-University, Linz
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9 - The economy and the rise and fall of a small multinational state: Czechoslovakia, 1918–1992
pp 181-196
- By Václav Průcha, Professor, at the Institute of Economic History, Economics University, Prague
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10 - Economic retardation, peasant farming and the nation-state in the Balkans: Serbia, 1815–1912 and 1991–1999
pp 197-218
- By Michael Palairet, Reader, Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Edinburgh
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11 - National and non-national dimensions of economic development in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russia
pp 219-236
- By Peter Gatrell, Professor at the Department of History, University of Manchester, Boris Anan'ich, Academician, Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow
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PART III
pp 237-238
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12 - Nation without a state and state without a nation: the case of Africa south of the Sahara
pp 239-250
- By Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Professor of Economic History, University of Paris-7–Denis-Diderot; Professor, Binghamton University
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13 - The economic foundation of the nation-state in Senegal
pp 251-269
- By Ibrahima Thioub, Associate Professor at the History Department, Cheikh Anta Diop University at Dakar-Fann, Senegal
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14 - From the Jewish national home to the state of Israel: some economic aspects of nation and state building
pp 270-288
- By Jacob Metzer, Professor of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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PART IV
pp 289-290
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15 - Economic change and the formation of states and nations in South Asia, 1919–1947: India and Pakistan
pp 291-307
- By B. R. Tomlinson, Professor of Economic History, University of Strathclyde
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16 - State transformation, reforms and economic performance in China, 1840–1910
pp 308-331
- By Kent G. Deng, Reader, London School of Economics and Political Science
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17 - Japan's unstable course during its remarkable economic development
pp 332-346
- By Hidemasa Morikawa, Professor, Toyohashi University in Japan
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PART V
pp 347-348
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18 - The state and economic growth in Latin America: Brazil and Mexico, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
pp 349-372
- By Carlos Marichal, Professor, Centro de Estudios Historicos, El Colegio de Mexico, Steven Topik, Professor of History, University of California, Irvine
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