The Economy of Modern Malta From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century /

• Main Author: Caruana Galizia, Paul (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
• Subjects: Economic history.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; Economic History.; European Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.

This book provides the first wide-ranging account of the Maltese economy in the modern era, from colonialism to European Union membership. It sets arguments about growth and development, and the impact and legacy of colonization, against detailed histories of agriculture, manufacturing and trade, an...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Development in the Long Run
• 2. Agriculture, 1800-1964
• 3. Trade and Industry, 1800-1938
• 4. The State and the Economy, 1938-1986
• 5. The Liberal Age, 1987-Present
• 6. Final Remarks.