A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world
(2007)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
330.9/CLARK,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2007]
©2007
©2007
DESCRIPTION
xii, 420 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780691121352 (cloth : alk. paper), 0691121354 (cloth : alk. paper), 0691121354 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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