A Farewell To Alms A Brief Economic History Of The World by Gregory Clark

"This is a very important book. Gregory Clark argues that the Industrial Revolution was the gradual but inevitable result of a kind of natural selection during the harsh struggle for existence in the pre-industrial era, in which economically successful families were also more reproductively successful. They transmitted to their descendants, culturally and perhaps genetically, such productive attitudes as foresight, thrift, and devotion to hard work. This audacious thesis, which dismisses rival explanations in terms of prior ideological, technological, or institutional revolutions, will be debated by historians for many years to come. " --Paul Seabright, author of The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life.

Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Year:	2007
Binding:	Hardback
ISBN:	9780691121352
Condition:	Very Good
Description:	DJ; Heavy.

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SKU: 1593978
Location: Non Fiction