A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world /
Gregory Clark.
- Princeton : Princeton University P., 2007.
- xii, 420 p. : Graphs, photos.
- (The Princeton economic history of the western world) .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : the sixteen-page economic history of the world -- The logic of the Malthusian economy -- Material living standards -- Fertility -- Life expectancy -- Malthus and Darwin : survival of the richest -- Technological advance -- Institutions and growth -- The emergence of modern man -- Modern growth : the wealth of nations -- The puzzle of the industrial revolution -- The industrial revolution in England -- Why England? Why not China, Japan or India? -- Social consequences -- World growth since 1800 -- The proximate sources of divergence -- Why isn't the whole world developed? -- Conclusion : strange new world.