Paul Bairoch
Post-war economic historian specializing in global economic history/urban history/historical demography (1930-1999) · Israel · On the map · Writers · Died at 68
Paul Bairoch was a Swiss economic historian of Belgian descent who specialized in urban history and historical demography. He published or co-authored more than two dozen books and 120 scholarly articles.
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His most important works emphasize the agricultural preconditions necessary for industrialization and controversially claim, contrary to most scholars that colonization was not beneficial to colonial empires. He argued that tariffs and growth were positively correlated in the 19th century.
