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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clark, Gregory, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Colección:Princeton economic history of the Western world.
Temas:
Geschichte 1000 v. Chr.-2000 n. Chr.
Economic history.
History.
Economics > history
History
Histoire économique.
Histoire.
history (discipline)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Economic history
Industrielle Revolution
Kulturelle Entwicklung
Industrialisierung
Räumliche Disparität
Weltwirtschaft
Wereldgeschiedenis.
Culturele verschillen.
Sociaal-economische aspecten.
Industriële revolutie.
Wirtschaft > Geschichte.
Weltwirtschaft.
Industrielle Revolution.
Histoire économique > 1750-1918.
Histoire économique > 20e siècle.
Révolution industrielle > Origines.
Développement économique > Origines.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the sixteen-page economic history of the world
  • The logic of the Malthusian economy
  • Material living standards
  • Fertility
  • Life expectancy
  • Malthus and Darwin : survival of the richest
  • Technological advance
  • Institutions and growth
  • The emergence of modern man
  • Modern growth : the wealth of nations
  • The puzzle of the industrial revolution
  • The industrial revolution in England
  • Why England? Why not China, Japan or India?
  • Social consequences
  • World growth since 1800
  • The proximate sources of divergence
  • Why isn't the whole world developed?
  • Conclusion : strange new world.

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