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100	1		_aLandes, David S.
245	1	4	_aThe wealth and poverty of nations : _bwhy some are so rich and some so poor / _cDavid S. Landes.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton, _cc1998.
300			_axxi, 650 p. : _bmaps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [567]-635) and index.
520			_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.
520			_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.
650		0	_aWealth _zEurope _xHistory.
650		0	_aWealth _xHistory.
650		0	_aPoverty _zEurope _xHistory.
650		0	_aPoverty _xHistory.
650		0	_aRegional economic disparities _xHistory.
650		0	_aEconomic history.
650		0	_aEconomic development _xSocial aspects.
856	4	2	_3Book review (H-Net) _uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a1j7-aa
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