02519cam a2200397 a 4500001000700000003000800007005001700015008004100032010001300073020001500086020001500101035001100116040003200127043001200159082002000171100002100191245009900212250001200311260003700323300003400360504006600394520034400460520084100804650002901645650002101674650003001695650002201725650004401747650002201791650004201813856006801855942001201923984002401935999001901959952014301978273239BD-DhUL20170521193839.0970620s1998    nyub     b    001 0 eng    a97027508  a0393040178  a0349111669  a273239  aDLCbengcBD-DhULdDLCdTOC  ae------00a330.16221bLAW1 aLandes, David S.14aThe wealth and poverty of nations :bwhy some are so rich and some so poor /cDavid S. Landes.  a1st ed.  aNew York :bW.W. Norton,cc1998.  axxi, 650 p. :bmaps ;c25 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [567]-635) and index.  aDavid 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.  aCountries 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. 0aWealthzEuropexHistory. 0aWealthxHistory. 0aPovertyzEuropexHistory. 0aPovertyxHistory. 0aRegional economic disparitiesxHistory. 0aEconomic history. 0aEconomic developmentxSocial aspects.423Book review (H-Net)uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a1j7-aa  2ddccBK  aANLcYY 330.16 L256  c201928d201928  00102ddc406330_160000000000000_LAW718NFIC9339888aDULbDULcAACd2017-05-21eGifto330.16 LAWp439351r2017-05-21t1w2017-05-21yBK