| Description |
xviii, 543 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Modern economic growth -- Modern economic growth -- Economic determinism and the twentieth-century experience -- The general and the particular in modern economic growth -- Agrarian societies and capitalism -- Traditional agrarian society -- A different path -- The phenomenon of antiquity -- Capitalism and the rise of Europe -- The trajectory of Russia's development -- Particular features of Russia's economic development -- The collapse of an empire -- Major issues of the postindustrial world -- The post-socialist crisis and recovery growth -- The dynamics of population and international migration -- The state burden on the economy -- The formation and crisis of systems of social safeguards -- The evolution of education and healthcare systems -- The transformation of the system for manning the armed forces -- On the stability and flexibility of political systems -- Epilogue -- Bibliographical references -- Index. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Economic history.
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Russia (Federation) -- Economic conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bouis, Antonina W.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780262017411 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780262305303 (electronic bk.) |
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