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, Gregory Clark
- Title remainder
- a brief economic history of the world
- Statement of responsibility
- 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
- Record ID
- u96594
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