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The Economics of the Frontier

Conquest and Settlement

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Authors:
  1. Ronald Findlay

    1. Department of Economics, Columbia University , New York, USA

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  2. Mats Lundahl

    1. Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics and Institute of Latin American Studies Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

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  • Develops a theoretical foundation for the optimal extension of empire
  • Applies neoclassical general equilibrium theory to a series of historical episodes which all define or change a frontier
  • Contains a survey of the most relevant conceptual and theoretical issues in the literature about frontiers

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: Frontiers and Empires

    • Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl
    Pages 1-26

  3. Frontiers and Empires in Historical Perspective

    • Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl
    Pages 27-94

  4. Modeling Global Interdependence: Centers, Peripheries and Frontiers

    • Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl
    Pages 95-104

  5. Towards a Model of Territorial Expansion and the Limits of Empire

    • Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl
    Pages 105-124

  6. Demographic Shocks and the Factor Proportions Model: From the Plague of Justinian to the Black Death

    • Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl
    Pages 125-172

  7. The First Globalization Episode: The Creation of the Mongol Empire, or the Economics of Chinggis Khan

    • Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl
    Pages 173-221

  8. Towards a Factor Proportions Approach to Economic History: Population, Precious Metals and Prices from the Black Death to the Price Revolution

    • Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl
    Pages 223-260

  9. International Trade and Factor Mobility with an Endogenous Land Frontier: Some General Equilibrium Implications of Christopher Columbus

    • Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl
    Pages 261-281

  10. Natural Resources, ‘Vent-for-Surplus’ and the Staples Theory

    • Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl
    Pages 283-314

  11. Resource-Led Growth—A Long-Term Perspective: The Relevance of the 1870–1914 Experience for Today’s Developing Economies

    • Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl
    Pages 315-366

  12. Lampião and the Colonels: On the Political Economy of Banditry

    • Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl
    Pages 367-415

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 417-448
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About this book

This book deals with the economics of establishing a frontier by conquest or by peaceful settlement, the costs involved, and the optimum extension of the territory. The opening chapters discuss the most relevant literature about frontiers – conceptual, theoretical and empirical – and introduce the fundamental theoretical model for extending frontiers which is drawn on throughout the book. The authors use this theoretical apparatus by applying it to a number of historical cases. These include the division of the European territory between the Byzantine Empire, Islam and Western Europe, the creation and expansion of the Mongol Empire, the impact of the Black Death, the European discovery of the New World, the staples trade from 1870–1914, and the rise and fall of banditry in Brazil.

The Economics of the Frontier brings together a collection of essays which explore how economically optimal frontiers were founded from sixth-century Europe through to twentieth-century Brazil.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, Columbia University , New York, USA

    Ronald Findlay

  • Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics and Institute of Latin American Studies Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

    Mats Lundahl

About the authors

Ronald Findlay is Ragnar Nurkse Professor Emeritus of Economics at Columbia University, USA. His main research fields are international economics, development economics, economic history, and economic theory.
Mats Lundahl is Professor Emeritus of Development Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. His main research fields are development economics, international economics, economic history, history of economic doctrines, and agricultural economics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Economics of the Frontier

  • Book Subtitle: Conquest and Settlement

  • Authors: Ronald Findlay, Mats Lundahl

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60237-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-60236-7Published: 25 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95637-1Published: 27 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-60237-4Published: 16 November 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 448

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Economic History, Regional/Spatial Science

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