TY  - BOOK
AU  - Landes,David S.
TI  - The wealth and poverty of nations: why some are so rich and some so poor 
SN  - 0393318885
AV  - HC240.Z9 W45 1999
U1  - 330.16 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Regional economic disparities
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton, 1998. With a new epilogue for the paperback edition; Includes bibliographical references (pages 575-643) and index; 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?
N2  - Now in paperback: The acclaimed, bestselling 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? Featured on C-Span
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