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Subject(s)

• Economic history [Browse]

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• American Council of Learned Societies [Browse]

Series

• ACLS Humanities E-Book. [More in this series]
• Princeton economic history of the western world

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-407) and index.

Reproduction note

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

Contents

• 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.

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