عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0071421920 (hardcover : alk. paper)
(Number (ISBN
9780071421928 (hardcover : alk. paper)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b535626
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The birth of plenty :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
how the prosperity of the modern world was created /
First Statement of Responsibility
William J. Bernstein.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
McGraw-Hill,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2004]
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2004
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 420 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-401).
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction -- The sources of growth -- A hypothesis of wealth -- Property -- Reason -- Capital -- Power, speed, and light -- Synthesis of growth -- Nations -- The winners, Holland and England -- Runners-up -- The last -- Consequences -- God, culture, Mammon, and the hedonic treadmill -- The great trade-off -- Mammon and Mars : the winner's curse -- The end of growth? -- When, where, and whither.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"The Birth of Plenty suggests - and supports with groundbreaking analysis - that from the dawn of recorded history through 1820, the "mass of man" experienced essentially zero growth, both in economic standing or living standards. It was only in the nineteenth century that the world's standard of living began to inexorably and irreversibly improve and the modern world was born." "The Birth of Plenty frames the modern world's prosperity - or, in far too many cases, continuing lack of prosperity - in terms that are ingenious yet simple, complex yet easily understood. Entertaining and provocative, it will forever change the way you view the human pursuit of happiness and bring the conflicts of both the world's superpowers and developing nations into a fascinating and informative new light."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Economic history.
Quality of life.
Wealth.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Bernstein, William J.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20140908215946.0
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