How the West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World Contributor(s): Rosenberg, Nathan (Author), Birdzell, Le (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465031099 ISBN-13: 9780465031092 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $24.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1987 Annotation: In this elegant synthesis of economic history, two scholars argue that it is the political pluralism and the flexibility of the West's institutions, not corporate organization and mass production technology-that explain its unparalleled wealth. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
Dewey: 330.917 |
LCCN: 85047551 |
Lexile Measure: 1560 |
Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.12" W x 9.22" (1.15 lbs) 368 pages |
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Publisher Description: How did the West--Europe, Canada, and the United States--escape from immemorial poverty into sustained economic growth and material well-being when other societies remained trapped in an endless cycle of birth, hunger, hardship, and death? In this elegant synthesis of economic history, two scholars argue that it is the political pluralism and the flexibility of the West's institutions--not corporate organization and mass production technology--that explain its unparalleled wealth. |