Download or read book Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective written by Alexander Gerschenkron and published by Belknap Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic backwardness in historical perspective; Reflections on the concept of "prerequisites" of modern industrialization; ; Notes on the rate of industrial growth in Italy, 1881-1913; Russia: patterns and problems of economic development, 1861-1958; Economic development in Russina intellectual history of the nineteenth century.