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

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...

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1. Verfasser: Clark, Gregory 1957- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton [u.a.] Princeton Univ. Press 2007
Schriftenreihe:The Princeton economic history of the Western world
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Zusammenfassung: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? Economic historian Clark tackles these questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture--not exploitation, geography, or resources--explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations.--From publisher description.
Beschreibung:Literaturverz. S. 383 - 407 ; Index
Beschreibung:XII, 420 S. Ill., zahlr. graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:9780691141282
0691121354
9780691121352