| Description |
xii, 420 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Princeton economic history of the western world |
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Princeton economic history of the Western world.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-407) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction : the sixteen-page economic history of the world -- pt. 1. The Malthusian trap : economic life to 1800 -- 2. The logic of the Malthusian economy -- 3. Living standards -- 4. Fertility -- 5. Life expectancy -- 6. Malthus and Darwin : survival of the richest -- 7. Technological advance -- 8. Institutions and growth -- 9. The emergence of modern man -- pt. 2. The Industrial Revolution -- 10. Modern growth : the wealth of nations -- 11. The puzzle of the industrial revolution -- 12. The industrial revolution in England -- 13. Why England? Why not China, Japan or India? -- 14. Social consequences -- pt. 3. The great divergence -- 15. World growth since 1800 -- 16. The proximate sources of divergence -- 17. Why isn't the whole world developed? -- 18. Conclusion : strange new world -- Technical appendix -- References -- Index -- Figure credits. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Economic history.
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| ISBN |
9780691121352 cloth alkaline paper |
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0691121354 cloth alkaline paper |
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