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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Princeton economic history of the Western world.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 420 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-407) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400827817 1400827817 0691141282 9780691141282 |