Italian Industrialization and the Gerschenkronian “Great Spurt”
A Regional Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10099006 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alfredo G Esposto (Eastern Michigan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 353-362 |
| Publication date | 1992-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700010780 |
| OpenAlex | W2095909945 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 4 |
Since the appearance of Gerschenkron's 1955 paper, economic historians have discussed extensively the industrial transformation of Italy from 1896 to 1908, which Gerschenkron claimed was the period of Italy's first big or great “spurt.” Those discussions, however, have been in terms of national aggregates. This article attempts to create instead a regional view of Italian industrialization for this period. My analysis of regional output for two benchmark years suggests there were three regional patterns of industrialization
Art · Economics · Economy · Geography · Growth spurt · Industrialisation · Market economy · Period (music · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2023 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |