Escape from Rome : the failure of empire and the road to prosperity / Walter Scheidel.
Escape from Rome : the failure of empire and the road to prosperity / Walter Scheidel.
Escape from Rome : the failure of empire and the road to prosperity / Walter Scheidel.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2020/1441
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xviii, 670 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
2019.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
"In this book, Walter Scheidel provides a unique take on the perennial debates about the rise of the west. His main argument is straightforward and provocative: the fact that nothing like the Roman Empire ever again emerged in Europe was a crucial precondition for modern economic growth, the Industrial Revolution and worldwide conquest much later o...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Escape from Rome : the failure of empire and the road to prosperity / Walter Scheidel.
Portion of title
Failure of empire and the road to prosperity
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The Princeton economic history of the Western world
Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-645) and index.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2020/1441
Record Identifier
74VKaDLD7byg
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDLD7byg
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780691172187 (hardback)
0691172188
DDC
940
MMS ID
991024298218202626
