1st Edition

Trade and Migration in the Modern World

By Carl Mosk Copyright 2005
280 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Revolutionized by the growing use of fossil fuels and electricity and the reduced costs of transportation and communications, international trade and migration has received an unprecedented boost in recent years. Using a theory of economic and political gravitation, backed up with both quantitative analysis and qualitative description, Mosk argues that the tendency for trade and migration to flow... Read more

List of Tables  List of Figures  Preface  Acknowledgements  Part 1: Openness  1. Globalization, Trade and Migration  2. Demographic Openness and Trade Openness  3. Crossover  4. Emigration and Immigration  Part 2: Diversity  5. The British Connection  Part 3: Politics and Markets  7. In the Maelstrom: The Political Economy That Battled Diversity and Openness  8. An Open World Being Reborn  9. Conclusions  Appendices  Bibliography

Biography

Carl Mosk is Professor of Economics at the University of Victoria. He specializes in economic history, population economics and Asian economies, especially the Japanese economy. He is the author of a number of books on the demographic and economic history of Japan and is presently working on the economic history of the nation state.