A Farewell to Alms: A Brief
Economic History of the World
Princeton
University Press, July 13, 2007
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Preface |
iii |
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Acknowledgements |
v |
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Introduction…………………………………….. |
1-19 |
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The Malthusian Trap:
Economic Life to 1800 |
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The Logic of the
Malthusian Economy…………. |
20-44 |
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Material Living
Standards……………………….. |
45-84 |
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Fertility………………………………………….. |
85-110 |
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Life Expectancy…………………………………. |
111-138 |
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Malthus and
Darwin:
Survival of the Richest……. |
139-165 |
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Technological
Advance………………………….. |
166-181 |
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Institutions............................................................... |
182-205
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The
Emergence of Modern Man................................ |
206-235 |
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The Industrial
Revolution |
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Modern Growth: the
Wealth of Nations………… |
236-255 |
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The Problem of the
Industrial Revolution……….. |
256-283 |
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The English Industrial
Revolution, |
284-322 |
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Why England? Why not China, Japan or
India?....... |
323-339 |
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Social Consequences
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340-375 |
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The Great Divergence |
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The Great Divergence:
World Growth since 1800.. |
376-410 |
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The Proximate Sources
of Divergence…………... |
411-439 |
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Why Isn’t the Whole
World Developed?.................. |
440-465 |
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Conclusion: Strange |
466-467 |
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Technical
Appendix……………………………... |
468-472 |
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References……………………………………….. |
473-499 |
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