A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world
AUTHOR:
Clark, Gregory, 1957-
ISBN:
9780691121352
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Princeton [etc.] : Princeton University Press, 2007
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xii, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
SERIES:
The Princeton economic history of the western world
SERIES_TITLE:
The Princeton economic history of the western world
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS:
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.
SUBJECT:
| Economic history |
| Industrialization |