TY  - GEN
AU  -  Clark, Gregory,
ED  -  American Council of Learned Societies.
TI  -  A farewell to alms: a brief economic hi story of the world 
T2  -  Princeton economic history of the western world
PY  - 2007///
CY  -  Princeton
PB  -  Princeton University Press
KW  -  Economic history
N1  -  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
UR  -  http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.30993
ER  -