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The wealth and poverty of nations why some are so rich and some so poor

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Main Author: Landes, David S.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, 1998.
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Wealth > Europe > History.
Wealth > History.
Poverty > Europe > History.
Poverty > History.
Regional economic disparities > History.
Economic history.
Economic development > Social aspects.
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Physical Description:p. cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0393040178
Author Notes:David S. Landes was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 29, 1924. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1942. He received a master's degree in history in 1943 and a Ph.D. in history in 1953 from Harvard University. During World War II, he was drafted into the Army and was assigned to the Signal Corps because he had been taking mail-order courses in cryptanalysis. He worked on deciphering Japanese messages about the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. He later worked on a history of German preparations for the invasion of Normandy.

His dissertation, Bankers and Pashas: International Finance and Economic Imperialism in Egypt, became his first book. His other works included Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor, and Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses. He taught at numerous universities during his lifetime including Columbia University, the University of California at Berkeley, and Harvard University, where he retired in 1996. He died on August 17, 2013 at the age of 89.

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