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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41471557 Title: The wealth and poverty of nations : why some are so rich and some so poor Author: David S Landes Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, ©1999. ISBN/ISSN: 0393318885 9780393318883 OCLC:41471557

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The wealth and poverty of nations : why some are so rich and some so poor

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The wealth and poverty of nations : why some are so rich and some so poor

Author:	David S Landes
Publisher:	New York : W.W. Norton, ©1999.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	David S Landes Find more information about:
ISBN:	0393318885 9780393318883
OCLC Number:	41471557
Notes:	Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton, 1998. With a new epilogue for the paperback edition.
Description:	xxi, 658 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:	1. Nature's inequalities -- 2. Answers to geography : Europe and China -- 3. European exceptionalism : a different path -- 4. The invention of invention -- 5. The great opening -- 6. Eastward ho -- 7. From discoveries to empire -- 8. Bittersweet Isles -- 9. Empire in the East -- 10. For love of gain -- 11. Golconda -- 12. Winners and losers : the balance sheet of empire -- 13. The nature of industrial revolution -- 14. Why Europe : why then? -- 15. Britain and the others -- 16. Pursuit of Albion -- 17. You need money to make money -- 18. The wealth of knowledge -- 19. Frontiers -- 20. The South American way -- 21. Celestial empire : stasis and retreat -- 22. Japan : and the last shall be first -- 23. The Meiji restoration -- 24. History gone wrong -- 25. Empire and after -- 26. Loss of leadership -- 27. Winners and -- 28. Losers -- 29. How did we get here : where are we going?
Responsibility:	David S. Landes.

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