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4. Political Centralization and Urban Primacy: Evidence from National and Provincial Capitals in the Americas
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Sebastian Galiani
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. Once Upon a Time in the Americas: Land and Immigration Policies in the New World 13
- 2. The Myth of the Frontier 49
- 3. Differential Paths of Financial Development: Evidence from New World Economies 89
- 4. Political Centralization and Urban Primacy: Evidence from National and Provincial Capitals in the Americas 121
- 5. History, Geography, and the Markets for Mortgage Loans in Nineteenth- Century France 155
- 6. Two Roads to the Transportation Revolution: Early Corporations in the United Kingdom and the United States 177
- 7. Premium Inventions: Patents and Prizes as Incentive Mechanisms in Britain and the United States, 1750– 1930 205
- 8. The Reorganization of Inventive Activity in the United States during the Early Twentieth Century 235
- 9. Mass Secondary Schooling and the State: The Role of State Compulsion in the High School Movement 275
- 10. The Impact of the Asian Miracle on the Theory of Economic Growth 311
- 11. Ken Sokoloff and the Economic History of Technology: An Appreciation 355
- 12. Kenneth Sokoloff on Inequality in the Americas 363
- 13. Remembering Ken, Our Beloved Friend 373
- Contributors 375
- Author Index 377
- Subject Index 385
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
- 1. Once Upon a Time in the Americas: Land and Immigration Policies in the New World 13
- 2. The Myth of the Frontier 49
- 3. Differential Paths of Financial Development: Evidence from New World Economies 89
- 4. Political Centralization and Urban Primacy: Evidence from National and Provincial Capitals in the Americas 121
- 5. History, Geography, and the Markets for Mortgage Loans in Nineteenth- Century France 155
- 6. Two Roads to the Transportation Revolution: Early Corporations in the United Kingdom and the United States 177
- 7. Premium Inventions: Patents and Prizes as Incentive Mechanisms in Britain and the United States, 1750– 1930 205
- 8. The Reorganization of Inventive Activity in the United States during the Early Twentieth Century 235
- 9. Mass Secondary Schooling and the State: The Role of State Compulsion in the High School Movement 275
- 10. The Impact of the Asian Miracle on the Theory of Economic Growth 311
- 11. Ken Sokoloff and the Economic History of Technology: An Appreciation 355
- 12. Kenneth Sokoloff on Inequality in the Americas 363
- 13. Remembering Ken, Our Beloved Friend 373
- Contributors 375
- Author Index 377
- Subject Index 385
