The Resource A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world, Gregory Clark
A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world, Gregory Clark
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 420 p.
- Note
- Formerly CIP
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780691141282
- Label
- A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world
- Title
- A farewell to alms
- Title remainder
- a brief economic history of the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Gregory Clark
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Clark, Gregory
- Dewey number
- 330.9
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
-
- The Princeton economic history of the western world.
- The Princeton economic history of the Western world
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Economic history
- Label
- A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world, Gregory Clark
- Note
- Formerly CIP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-407) and index
- 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
- Control code
- 000041543925
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 420 p.
- Isbn
- 9780691141282
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2007015166
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- Label
- A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world, Gregory Clark
- Note
- Formerly CIP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-407) and index
- 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
- Control code
- 000041543925
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 420 p.
- Isbn
- 9780691141282
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2007015166
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
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