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Scarcity and Frontiers: How Economies Have Developed Through Natural Resource Exploitation
Barbier, Edward B. (University of Wyoming)
Scarcity and Frontiers: How Economies Have Developed Through Natural Resource Exploitation
Barbier, Edward B. (University of Wyoming)
Throughout much of history, a critical driving force behind global economic development has been the response of society to the scarcity of key natural resources. This book provides a fascinating account of the contribution that natural resource exploitation has made to economic development in key eras of world history.
768 pages, 46 b/w illus. 42 tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | December 23, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9780521877732 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 768 |
Dimensions | 159 × 235 × 40 mm · 1.33 kg (Weight (estimated)) |
Language | English |