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1	Economic and Geographic Mobility in Dallas, Texas, 1880-1910 Engerrand, Steven W. 12 1900 (has links) The American Dream promised success to Americans in the nineteenth century. This study analyzes the possibilities for average individuals to succeed in rapidly growing Dallas, Texas from 1880 to 1910. Success is measured in terms of occupational, property, and geographical mobility. Available materials dealing with average persons from Dallas: tax rolls, city directories, and the manuscript census for 1880 are evaluated, The focus of this study is primarily on the black population, but for comparison whites and immigrants were also studied. A sample of 216 whites, 212 immigrants, 210 blacks, and 81 mulattoes was randomly drawn from the 1880 census schedules. These men were traced through directories and tax rolls for the period from 1880 to 1910. Information was also tabulated on the female heads of household in Dallas in 1880. social structures economic equality 19th century Dallas history immigration in Dallas, Texas Social mobility -- Texas -- Dallas.
2	Catch up if you can : A comparative study of institutional and economic development Källberg, Christoffer January 2008 (has links) <p>This thesis examines the correlation between economic growth and the prevalence of a number of institutions that according to a theory elaborated by economists Christer Gunnarsson and Mauricio Rojas are growth promoting. The economic development and the institutional quality of four African countries, namely Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau, is examined by comparing index scores for relevant institutional factors. The results show that some correlation between economic growth and the prevalence of the institutions examined can be confirmed, why the theory only gains moderate support. A minor attempt is also made to trace potential correlations between the level of economic equality and the institutions in question, but no correlation is found in this respect.</p> economic growth economic equality institutions egalitarianism state autonomy socio-cultural solidarity Botswana Zambia Mozambique Guinea-Bissau Political science Statsvetenskap
3	Catch up if you can : A comparative study of institutional and economic development Källberg, Christoffer January 2008 (has links) This thesis examines the correlation between economic growth and the prevalence of a number of institutions that according to a theory elaborated by economists Christer Gunnarsson and Mauricio Rojas are growth promoting. The economic development and the institutional quality of four African countries, namely Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau, is examined by comparing index scores for relevant institutional factors. The results show that some correlation between economic growth and the prevalence of the institutions examined can be confirmed, why the theory only gains moderate support. A minor attempt is also made to trace potential correlations between the level of economic equality and the institutions in question, but no correlation is found in this respect. economic growth economic equality institutions egalitarianism state autonomy socio-cultural solidarity Botswana Zambia Mozambique Guinea-Bissau

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