02026nam a2200349 a 4500 38182 BD-DhAAL 20220321105128.0 220321t2007 njuab b 001 0 eng 43826 43826 2007015166 GBA747327 bnb 013772698 Uk 9780691121352 (cloth : alk. paper) 0691121354 (cloth : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn123029809 (OCoLC)123029809 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA UKM JED C#P GAO YDXCP LMR DLC BD-DhAAL HC21 .C63 2007 330.9 22 Clark, Gregory, 1957- 47207 A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world / Gregory Clark. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007. xii, 420 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. The Princeton economic history of the western world Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-407) and index. 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. Donated by Akbar Ali Khan 38182 Economic history. 47208 Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007015166.html ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 330_900000000000000_CLA 1 70198 BRACUL BRACUL CS1 2022-03-21 Donated by Akbar Ali Khan 0 330.9 CLA 3010038182 2022-03-21 1 2022-03-21 BK