Title The Long Process of Development : Building Markets and States in Pre-industrial England, Spain and their Colonies

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (460 pages) Contents Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of tables and figures; Monarchs, 1037-1833; Introduction; Absorbing the Meaning of "Time" in Development; Understanding the Mechanisms of Change; The Need to Recognize Different Levels of Development; Operationalizing the Importance of Informal Institutions in Light of Max Weber's Insights; The Importance of the State in Development and the Collective Action Analysis of Mancur Olson; Douglass North's New Emphasis on the Dominant Coalition; 1 The Collective Action Difficulties of Creating an Effective State The Maintenance of the Rules of the Game: Social Contract or NormsDouglass North's Institutions and the Functioning of the Economy; Douglass North and the State; Introducing Dynamics into the Analysis: Max Weber and the Evolution from Personalistic to Impersonal Norms; Introducing Dynamics into the Analysis: Mancur Olson and His Collective Action Theory; 2 The Pre-State of England and Spain; The Problem of the Pre-Nation-State; England Prior to the Formation of the City-State of London; Castile from 800 to 1262: "A Society Organized for War"; The Consolidation of the Spanish City-States Castile after 1262: A Society "Disorganized by War"Geography in Economic Development: A Collective Action Analysis; 3 The Early State in England and Spain; The City-State of London; The Hanseatic League as a Key Member of Edward III's Dominant Coalition; The English King and the Lords of the Interior; Isabella's Creation of an Early Corporate State; The Early State of the Hapsburg Dynasty, 1521-1700; The Return of Court Politics in Spain; 4 The Minimally Effective State; Henry VII's and Henry VIII's Destruction of Military Feudalism and the Construction of a Minimally Effective State Elizabeth I's Building of a Merchant Marine and the Problem of Silver in Trade with Asia and the AmericasThe Development of Illegal Trade with the New World; Charles I's Marketization of Legal Colonial Trade; The Rules of Colonial Trade and the Consequences of the Shift to Sugar Production in the Caribbean; 5 Spanish Colonial Policy and the Transition to the Minimally Effective State; The Origins of the Castilian Colonial System; The Non-Decision on Commodity Production; The Bourbon Reforms inside Spain and the Transition to a Minimally Effective State The Bourbon Reforms in Mexico: An OverviewAdministrative and Tax Reforms; Trade Liberalization; 6 A Dominant Coalition in Transition; The Evolution toward a Market Economy and a Rational-Legal Worldview in the 1600s; Religion and Socioeconomic Turmoil in the 1600s; James I and the Dominant Coalition in Transition; Charles I, the Dominant Coalition, and the Civil War of the 1640s; The Central Role of the Restoration; The Glorious Revolution; Parliament, Bureaucratic Specialization of Labor, and the Policy Process; 7 The English Colonies; The Deliberately Disunited English Colonies Summary This groundbreaking book examines the history of Spain, England, the United States, and Mexico to explain why development takes centuries Notes The Governance of the Colonial City-States Prior to 1750 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject State, The -- Philosophy Political development. Economic development -- United States -- History -- 18th century Economic development -- Mexico -- History -- 18th century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. British colonies Economic development Colonies -- Administration Political development Politics and government Spanish colonies State, The -- Philosophy SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056872 Spain -- Politics and government -- To 1479. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126152 Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration Subject America Great Britain Mexico Spain United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Grier, Robin ISBN 9781316073513 1316073513 9781107479838 1107479835 9781316075883 1316075885

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