The Long Process of Development: Building Markets and States in Pre-industrial England, Spain and their Colonies
@inproceedings{Hough2014TheLP, title={The Long Process of Development: Building Markets and States in Pre-industrial England, Spain and their Colonies}, author={Jerry F. Hough and Robin Grier}, year={2014} }
1. Introduction 2. The collective-action difficulties of creating an effective state 3. The pre-state of England and Spain: the importance of man-made geography 4. The early state in England and Spain 5. The minimally effective state 6. The truly effective state 7. English and Spanish colonial policies 8. The English colonies 9. Colonial Mexico 10. The collective-action problems of the formation of the United States 11. The collective-action problems of the formation of Mexico 12. The…
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