The wealth and poverty of nations : why some are so rich and some so poor / David S. Landes.
Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c1999.Description: xxi, 658 p. : maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 0393318885 (pbk.)
- 9780393318883 (pbk.)
- Wealth -- Europe -- History
- Wealth -- History
- Poverty -- Europe -- History
- Poverty -- History
- Regional economic disparities -- History
- Economic history
- Economic development -- Social aspects
- Rijkdom
- Armoede
- Regionale verschillen
- Economische ongelijkheid
- Sociaal-economische situatie
- História econômica
- Riqueza
- Pobreza
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- HC240.Z9 W45 1999
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Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton, 1998. With a new epilogue for the paperback edition.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [575]-643) and index.
1. Nature's inequalities -- 2. Answers to geography : Europe and China -- 3. European exceptionalism : a different path -- 4. The invention of invention -- 5. The great opening -- 6. Eastward ho -- 7. From discoveries to empire -- 8. Bittersweet Isles -- 9. Empire in the East -- 10. For love of gain -- 11. Golconda -- 12. Winners and losers : the balance sheet of empire -- 13. The nature of industrial revolution -- 14. Why Europe : why then? -- 15. Britain and the others -- 16. Pursuit of Albion -- 17. You need money to make money -- 18. The wealth of knowledge -- 19. Frontiers -- 20. The South American way -- 21. Celestial empire : stasis and retreat -- 22. Japan : and the last shall be first -- 23. The Meiji restoration -- 24. History gone wrong -- 25. Empire and after -- 26. Loss of leadership -- 27. Winners and -- 28. Losers -- 29. How did we get here : where are we going?
Now in paperback: The acclaimed, bestselling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? Featured on C-Span.
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