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...
| Основен автор: | Clark, Gregory, 1957- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
c2007.
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| Серия: |
The Princeton economic history of the western world
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| Онлайн достъп: |
Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description Book jacket |
| Резюме: |
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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| Физически характеристики: |
xii, 420 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-407) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780691121352 (cloth : alk. paper) 0691121354 (cloth : alk. paper) |