Abstract: This chapter written for the Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy argues that you cannot understand the history of globalization without taking political factors into account; and that you cannot understand the history of comparative economic development without taking globalization into account. Globalization compels us to take geography seriously and to think more like historians.
Cite this article: Globalization, Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke, NYU Abu Dhabi Division of Social Science Working Paper Series, Paper No. 0075
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