| Description |
xii, 420 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Princeton economic history of the Western world |
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Princeton economic history of the Western world.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction : the sixteen-page economic history of the world -- Pt. I. The Malthusian trap : economic life to 1800 -- 2. The logic of the Malthusian economy -- 3. Living standards -- 4. Fertility -- 5. Life expectancy -- 6. Malthus and Darwin : survival of the richest -- 7. Technological advance -- 8. Institutions and growth -- 9. The emergence of modern man -- Pt. II. The industrial revolution -- 10. Modern growth : the wealth of nations -- 11. The puzzle of the industrial revolution -- 12. The industrial revolution in England -- 13. Why England? : why not China, India, or Japan? -- 14. Social consequences -- Pt. III. The great divergence -- 15. World growth since 1800 -- 16. The proximate sources of divergence -- 17. Why isn't the whole world developed? -- 18. Conclusion : strange new world |
| Summary |
"Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution - and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it - occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich - and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In A Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture - not exploitation, geography, or resources - explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations." "A sobering challenge to the idea that poor societies can be economically developed through outside intervention, A Farewell to Alms may change the way global economic history is understood."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Economic history |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-407) and index |
| Subject |
Economic development.
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Economic history.
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Industrial revolution.
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| LC no. |
2007015166 |
| ISBN |
0691121354 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780691121352 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780691141282 (paperback) |
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