About this title: An economic historian examines reasons for the economic success of some nations over others. While acknowledging the role of geography, he falls on the side of culture as a determining factor. Landes focuses on the Industrial Revolution and the primacy of the West in this study.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1998-03
ISBN-13:9780393040173ISBN:0393040178
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780393040173ISBN:0393040178
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780393040173ISBN:0393040178
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co
Date Published: 1999-05-01
ISBN-13:9780393318883ISBN:0393318885
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780393040173ISBN:0393040178
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780393318883ISBN:0393318885
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"This is still an excellent book. Among other things, it made me realize that however much I have picked up about history, I'm missing big important pieces."
"I tried, really I did! This is a *really* interesting book, but I quit around page 350. It was just too much detail for me. I would have enjoyed the book A LOT more if it was about 1/3 of it's current size and had a less detail in it. Maybe I'll pick it up again someday..."
"I'm fairly certain that the truth of why various nations succeed and others fail is in this book or Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel." I found this book more enjoyable to read than Diamond and much less repetitive. I also appreciated the pages spent on how the world got to where it is today."
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