|
|
|
|
| LEADER |
01349nam a2200205 a 4500 |
| 001 |
549856 |
| 005 |
20171111230014.0 |
| 008 |
070410s2007 njuab b 001 0 eng |
| 020 |
|
|
|a 9780691121352 (cloth : alk. paper)
|
| 040 |
|
|
|a DLC
|
| 050 |
|
|
|a HC21
|b .C63 2007
|
| 082 |
|
|
|2 22
|a 330.9
|
| 100 |
1 |
|
|a Clark, Gregory,
|d 1957-
|
| 245 |
1 |
2 |
|a A farewell to alms :
|b a brief economic history of the world /
|c Gregory Clark.
|
| 260 |
1 |
2 |
|a Princeton :
|b Princeton University Press,
|c c2007.
|
| 300 |
1 |
2 |
|a xii, 420 p. :
|b ill., maps ;
|c 24 cm.
|
| 504 |
1 |
2 |
|a Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-407) and index.
|
| 505 |
1 |
2 |
|a 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.
|
| 650 |
1 |
2 |
|a Economic history
|
| 952 |
|
|
|a GrThPMO
|b 59b012326c5ad17d7e5ac9e8
|c 952a
|d 9528
|e HC21.C63 2007
|t 7
|x m
|z Books
|
