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A farewell to alms [electronic resource] : a brief economic hi story of the world / Gregory Clark.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton economic history of the western world | ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.Description: xii, 420 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources:
Contents:
Introduction : the sixteen-page economic history of the world -- The logic of the Malthusian economy -- Material living standards -- Fertil ity -- 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 t he industrial revolution -- The industrial revolution in England -- Why England? Why not China, Japan or India? -- Social consequences -- Worl d growth since 1800 -- The proximate sources of divergence -- Why isn't the whole world developed? -- Conclusion : strange new world.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-407) and index.

Introduction : the sixteen-page economic history of the world -- The logic of the Malthusian economy -- Material living standards -- Fertil ity -- 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 t he industrial revolution -- The industrial revolution in England -- Why England? Why not China, Japan or India? -- Social consequences -- Worl d growth since 1800 -- The proximate sources of divergence -- Why isn't the whole world developed? -- Conclusion : strange new world.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2013. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of a ccess: Intranet.

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