- Economic development, Economic history, History, International economic relations
David 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.
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Epic, earnest, cool and classical in form.
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- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- David S. Landes
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 650
- Publisher
- Abacus, W.W. Norton
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780349111667
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