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Author:

Clark, Gregory, 1957-

Title:

A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world / Gregory Clark.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xii, 420 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Economic history.
Wereldgeschiedenis.
Culturele verschillen.
Sociaal-economische aspecten.
Industriële revolutie.
Histoire économique.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-407) and index.

Contents:

Figure credits. Acknowledgments -- 18. 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.

Series:

The Princeton economic history of the western world

ISBN:

0691121354 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780691121352 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007015166

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)