Colonialism, inequality, and long-run paths of development

Understanding Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Engerman, Stanley L ^a   Sokoloff, Kenneth L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Americas; Colonies; Economic development; Education; European colonization; Suffrage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919619565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0195305191.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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