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A farewell to alms: a brief economic history of the world

Gregory Clark
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • Preface (page ix)
  • Acknowledgments (page xi)
  • 1 Introduction: The Sixteen-Page Economic History of the World (page 1)
  • PART I The Malthusian Trap: Economic Life to 1800
    • 2 The Logic of the Malthusian Economy (page 19)
    • 3 Living Standards (page 40)
    • 4 Fertility (page 71)
    • 5 Life Expectancy (page 91)
    • 6 Malthus and Darwin: Survival of the Richest (page 112)
    • 7 Technological Advance (page 133)
    • 8 Institutions and Growth (page 145)
    • 9 The Emergence of Modern Man (page 166)
  • PART II The Industrial Revolution
    • 10 Modern Growth: The Wealth of Nations (page 193)
    • 11 The Puzzle of the Industrial Revolution (page 208)
    • 12 The Industrial Revolution in England (page 230)
    • 13 Why England? Why Not China, India, or Japan? (page 259)
    • 14 Social Consequences (page 272)
  • PART III The Great Divergence
    • 15 World Growth since 1800 (page 303)
    • 16 The Proximate Sources of Divergence (page 328)
    • 17 Why Isn't the Whole World Developed? (page 352)
  • 18 Conclusion: Strange New World (page 371)
  • References (page 383)
  • Index (page 409)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JEL 46.4 (Dec. 2008): 946-973 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27647086
PDR 34.4 (Dec. 2008): 784-787 http://www.jstor.org/stable/25434741
RLFCJ 142 (Oct. 2008): 27-31 http://www.jstor.org/stable/30231239
TC 49.3 (Jul. 2008): 779-781 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40061438
JIH 40.1 (Summer 2009): 73-74 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40263602
EHR 61.2 (May 2008): 537-539 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40057551
SC 318.5849 (Oct. 2007): 394-396 http://www.jstor.org/stable/20051382
HTE 41.2 (Feb. 2008): 253-254 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40543832
EnS 9.4 (Dec. 2008): 854-856 http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/enterprise_and_society/v009/9.4.jaffe.html
Citable Link
Published: c2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780691121352 (hardcover)
  • 9781400827817 (ebook)
  • 9780691141282 (paper)
Subject
  • Comparative/World
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