Escape from Rome : the failure of empire and the road to prosperity /

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The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern worldThe fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scheidel, Walter, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Colección:Princeton economic history of the Western world.
Temas:
To 1492
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Economic history.
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Europe > History > 476-1492.
Europe > Economic conditions > To 1492.
Rome > Histoire > 30 av. J.-C.-476 (Empire)
Europe > Histoire > 476-1492.
Europe > Conditions économiques > Jusqu'à 1492.
Europe.
Rome (Empire)
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Great Escape; PART I. THE EUROPEAN ANOMALY; 1: Patterns of Empire; PART II. WHY ROME?; 2: Core; 3: Periphery; 4: Counterfactuals; PART III. WHY ONLY ROME?; 5: From Justinian to Frederick; 6: From Genghis Khan to Napoleon; PART IV. THE FIRST GREAT DIVERGENCE; 7: From Convergence to Divergence; 8: Nature; 9: Culture; PART V. FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND GREAT DIVERGENCE; 10: Institutions; 11: New Worlds; 12: Understanding; Epilogue: What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?; Glossary; Technical Note to Chapter 1; Notes

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