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. |
Contents
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The Invention of Invention | 45 |
The Great Opening | 60 |
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 |