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A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world, Gregory Clark

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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
Creator
Subject
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
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DLC
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1957-
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Clark, Gregory
Dewey number
330.9
Illustrations
  • 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
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Economic history
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A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world, Gregory Clark
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Publication
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
Publication
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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