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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clark, Gregory, 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Developpement economique > Origines.
Revolution industrielle > Origines.
Histoire economique > 20e siecle.
Histoire economique > 1750-1918.
Industrielle Revolution.
Weltwirtschaft.
Wirtschaft > Geschichte.
Industriële revolutie.
Sociaal-economische aspecten.
Culturele verschillen.
Wereldgeschiedenis.
Weltwirtschaft
Räumliche Disparität
Industrialisierung
Kulturelle Entwicklung
Industrielle Revolution
History.
Economic history.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
history (discipline)
Histoire.
Histoire economique.
History
Economics > history
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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