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Geography and the wealth of nations / Sherif Khalifa.
Author
Khalifa, Sherif
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
Description
viii, 285 pages ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
HF1025 .K46 2022
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Economic geography
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Environmental economics
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Summary note
"In Geography and the Wealth of Nations, Sherif Khalifa argues that geography influences the factors that determine economic performance, such as the quality of institutions, the adopted cultural values, the systems of governance, the likelihood of conflict, the historical experiences, and the integration into the global economy"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The fingerprint of geography
Climate, crops, and capital
Germs, groups and gender
Accursed are the blessed
The wrath of nature
Determinism versus determination
On the geographic origins
Sand or grease
Nature's democratic dividend
Elixir or people's opium
In (trust) we trust
Me, myself, and society
The wrath and wealth of nations
Heterogeneous we stand
Climbing the social ladder
Echoes of the past
The big scramble, the great loot
In a flat world.
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ISBN
9781666900521 (hardcover)
1666900524 (hardcover)
LCCN
2022005016
OCLC
1300755514
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