Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective: A Book of Essays

Contents
Introduction
Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective
	The Elements of Backwardness
	The Banks
	The State
	The Gradations of Backwardness
	Ideologies of Delayed Industrializations
	Conclusions
Reflections on the Concept of “Prerequisites” of Modern Industrialisation
	I
	II
	III
	IV
Social A*ttitudes. Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development
Notes on the Rate of Industrial Growth in Italy, 1881—1913
	I
	II
	Ill
Rosario Romeo and the Original Accumulation of Capital
	I
	II
	III
Russia: Patterns and Problems of Economic Development, 1861—1958
	I
	II
	III
Economic Development in Russian Intellectual History of the Nineteenth Century
	I
	II
	III
	Realism and Utopia in Russian Economic \'Thought A Review
Some Aspects of Industrialisation in Bulgaria, 1878—1939
	I
	II
Soviet Heavy Industry: A Dollar Index of Output, 1927-1937
	I
	II
	III
	IV
Notes on the Rate of Industrial Growth in Soviet Russia
	I
	II
	III
	IV
Industrial Enterprise, in Soviet Russia
A Neglected Source of Economic Information on Soviet Russia
Reflections on Soviet Novels
	I
	II
	III
-Notes on Doctor Zhivago
The Approach to European Industrialization: A postscript
APPENDIX IDescription of an Index of Italian Industrial Development, 1881-1913
	Two Previous Attempts
	The Present Index: General Characteristics
	The Present Index: Subseries
		Mining
		Textiles
		Engineering
		Foodstuff\'s Industry
		Chemical industry
		Employment
		Horsepowers
		Value-added estimates, 1903—04
			Metalmaking
			Textiles
			Engineering
			Foodstuff\'s industry
			Chemical industry
	An Appraisal of the Index
	Tagliacarne’s Index and the Present Index: Comparison of the Component Series
	The Index of Silvio GolzioThe Index of Silvio Golzio
APPENDIX IIIndustrialization in Bulgaria: Basic Data and Calculations
APPENDIX IIIProblems in Measuring Long-Term Growth in Income and Wealth
Index