On the subject of exports, Schlote found that export growth slowed after 1870. ... Before going on to conclude that Victorian Britain was "not stagnating", McCloskey sums up the 3 main criticisms of economic performance during the period. ... McCloskey addresses the issue that some believe British technology fell behind that of the US and Germany and finds that there was indeed a sharp fall in the 1900s before it actually became negative by 1910, but in his opinion, the UK matched both the US and Germany for productivity growth. ...

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After the sixteenth century, different realms were colonizing countries and domains everywhere throughout the world. ... Europeans established settlements in colonial coastal enclaves before the late nineteenth century. ... British and French officials became more concerned with urban development during and after the war, especially in efforts to create a stable and docile urban workforce. Efforts by colonial governments to build closer ties between metro-pole and empire after 1945 also remade urban space. ... A third and more breathtaking revolution occurred in the economic side was steam-pow...

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It is quite difficult to generalize communities on a global scale, when so many different communities across the world are comprised of differing social, political, and economic factors that a 'one-size-fits-all' approach would simply not work.6 After reading the Silent Revolution in Europe journal I find it most likely to be an example of Sociological Institutionalism. ...

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Among these false perceptions include the view that the people of Lesotho have not had modern conveniences of schools, hospitals and roads even after independence and they have migrated to their "rich" neighbor, South Africa, as a response to declining agricultural production. However, Ferguson provides evidence that most of the people of Lesotho largely derive their income from wage labor, had established modern hospital, schools and markets even during colonial times, and migrated to South Africa long before a decline in agricultural production to buy other goods as well as to pay...

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During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less relevant and facilitated massive increases in global trade and new forms of multinational production. Whether or not such developments are good or bad is a topic of ongoing political debate. Some argue that an expanding global economy provides new opportunities for the developing world to integrate into global markets and to achieve rapid rises in living standar...

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