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A Farewell to Alms by Gregory Clark
Category: History | Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution - and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it - occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich - and ...Show more
ESCAPE FROM ROME THE FAILURE OF EMPIRE AND THE ROAD TO by SCHEIDEL WALTER
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing t ...Show more
Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity by Walter Scheidel
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing th ...Show more
Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History by Kyle Harper
Category: Homosapiens | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity's uniquely dangerous dise ...Show more
Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History by Kyle Harper
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity's uniquely dangerous di ...Show more
The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 by Maristella Botticini
Category: Judaica | Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World
In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World, from Seville to Ma ...Show more
The Decline and Rise of Democracy - A Global History from Antiquity to Today by David Stasavage
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracies Die A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this history teaches us about the future Historica ...Show more
The Decline and Rise of Democracy - A Global History from Antiquity to Today by David Stasavage
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracies DieA new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this teaches us about the future Historical account ...Show more
The Great Leveler - Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century by Walter Scheidel
Category: History | Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality ...Show more
The Great Leveler : Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century' by Walter Scheidel
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality ...Show more
The Mystery of the Kibbutz - Egalitarian Principles in a Capitalist World by Ran Abramitzky
Category: History | Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
How the kibbutz movement thrived despite its inherent economic contradictions and why it eventually declined The kibbutz is a social experiment in collective living that challenges traditional economic theory. By sharing all income and resources equally among its members, the kibbutz system created stro ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War by Robert J. Gordon
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an e ...Show more