Alexander Gerschenkron

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Alexander Gerschenkron was a 20th-century economic historian best known for his theory of economic backwardness and his influential analyses of industrialization and late development in Europe.

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instanceOf 20th-century economist
author
economic historian
university professor
birthDate 1904-10-01
birthPlace Odessa NERFINISHED
Russian Empire
citizenship United States of America
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
deathDate 1978-10-26
educatedAt University of Vienna
employer Harvard University
era 20th century
ethnicOrigin Jewish
familyName Gerschenkron NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork comparative economic systems
development economics
economic history
fullName Alexander Gerschenkron NERFINISHED
givenName Alexander
influenced comparative political economy
development economics
studies of late industrialization
knownFor analysis of late industrialization in Europe
studies of European industrialization
theory of economic backwardness NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
Russian
migration emigrated from Europe to the United States
movement historical economics
notableStudent Albert O. Hirschman NERFINISHED
Alexander Eckstein NERFINISHED
Mancur Olson NERFINISHED
notableWork Bread and Democracy in Germany NERFINISHED
Continuity in History and Other Essays NERFINISHED
Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective NERFINISHED
occupation professor of economics
researchFocus comparative development of European economies
industrialization in late-developing countries
studiedRegion Eastern Europe NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
taughtAt Harvard University NERFINISHED
theory economic backwardness theory NERFINISHED
workInstitution Harvard University Department of Economics NERFINISHED

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Ha-Joon Chang influencedBy Alexander Gerschenkron