The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So PoorNew York Times Bestseller The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, as Landes definitively illustrates, is a complex interplay of cultural mores and historical circumstance. Rich with anecdotal evidence, piercing analysis, and a truly astonishing range of erudition, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is a "picture of enormous sweep and brilliant insight" (Kenneth Arrow) as well as one of the most audaciously ambitious works of history in decades. |
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... learned from working and teaching in Harvard's undergraduate programs in Social Studies and the Core Curriculum . In both of these , teachers come into contact with students and assistants from the full range of con- centrations and ...
... learned about strange places , peoples , and customs , and this long before anyone had invented the word " multiculturalism . " At the same time , at higher levels far removed , schools of economic and cul- tural geography flourished ...
... learned to improve the supply and use of water by means of artificial devices and arrangements ; were making use of draft animals ( above all , the water buffalo ) for plowing ; were weeding intensively ; and were putting down animal ...
... learned to counter these thrusts , with or without the help of their lead- ers , who were only too quick to make their own deals with the invaders on the backs of their peasants . Instead of trying to keep the Norsemen out , the ...
... learned of his subjects ' valor , he scolded them . War , he lectured , was not their affair ; their duty was to pay and obey whoever ruled them . The leaders of the common folk duly apol- ogized and promised not to repeat their lèse ...
Contents
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Eastward Ho | 79 |
From Discoveries to Empire | 99 |
Bittersweet Isles | 113 |
The Wealth of Knowledge | 276 |
Frontiers | 292 |
The South American Way | 310 |
Stasis and Retreat | 335 |
And the Last Shall Be First | 350 |
The Meiji Restoration | 371 |
History Gone Wrong? | 392 |
Empire and After | 422 |
Empire in the East | 125 |
For Love of Gain | 137 |
Golconda | 150 |
The Balance Sheet of Empire | 168 |
The Nature of Industrial Revolution | 186 |
Why Europe? Why Then? | 200 |
Britain and the Others | 213 |
Pursuit of Albion | 231 |
You Need Money to Make Money | 256 |
Loss of Leadership | 442 |
Winners and | 465 |
Losers | 491 |
How Did We Get Here? Where Are We Going? | 512 |
EPILOGUE 1999 | 525 |
NOTES | 533 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 575 |
INDEX | 645 |