The Wealth and Poverty of Nations – Why some are so Rich and some are so Poor
Inbunden bok. W. W. Norton & Company. Second edition uppl. 1998. 650 sidor.
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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations – Why some are so Rich and some are so Poor
David S. Landes
Observera att denna bok är på engelska. Please note that this book is in English. The book is a hardcover with dustjacket. It has been read once but is in condition as new.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1998.
Second printing.
ISBN 0393040178
David S. Landes tells the long, fascinating story of wealth and power throughout the world: the creation of wealth, the paths of winners and losers, the rise and fall of nations. He studies history as a process, attempting to understand how the world's cultures lead to - or retard - economic and military success and material achievement. Countries of the West, Landes asserts, prospered early through the interplay of a vital, open society focused on work and knowledge, which led to increased productivity, the creation of new technologies, and the pursuit of change. Europe's key advantage lay in invention and know-how, as applied in war, transportation, generation of power, and skill in metalwork. Even such now banal inventions as eyeglasses and the clock were, in their day, powerful levers that tipped the balance of world economic power. Today's new economic winners are following much the same roads to power, while the laggards have somehow failed to duplicate this crucial formula for success. The key to relieving much of the world's poverty lies in understanding the lessons history has to teach us - lessons uniquely imparted in this towering work of history.
Format ca: 24x16,5x5 cm 650 pages.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 0393040178
- Titel
- The wealth and poverty of nations : why some are so rich and some so poor
- Författare
- Landes, David S.
- Förlag
- New York : W.W. Norton
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Includes bibliographical references and index
