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1、THEWEALTH—SANDPOVERTYOFNATIONSWHYSOMEARESORICHANDSOMESOPOORDAVIDS.LANDESISBN0393-04017-8USA$30.00CAN.$39.99Forthelastsixhundredyears,theworld'swealthiesteconomieshavebeenmostlyEuropean.Lateinourcentury,thebalancehasbeguntoshifttowardAsia,wherecountriessuc
2、hasJapanhavegrownatastoundingrates.Whyhavethesedominantnationsbeenblessed,andwhyaresomanyothersstillmiredinpoverty?Theanswerliesinthisimportantandtimelybook,whereDavidS.Landes,takinghiscuefromAdamSmith'sTheWealthofNations,tellsthelong,fascinatingstoryofwe
3、althandpowerthroughouttheworld:thecreationofwealth,thepathsofwinnersandlosers,theriseandfallofnations.Hestudieshistoryasaprocess,attemptingtounderstandhowtheworld'sculturesleadto—orretard—economicandmilitarysuccessandmaterialachievement.CountriesoftheWest
4、,Landesasserts,prosperedearlythroughtheinterplayofavital,opensocietyfocusedonworkandknowledge,whichledtoincreasedproductivity,thecreationofnewtechnologies,andthepursuitofchange.Europe'skeyadvantagelayininventionandknow-how,asappliedinwar,transportation,ge
5、nerationofpower,andskillinmetal-work.Evensuchnowbanalinventionsaseyeglassesandtheclockwere,intheirday,powerfulleversthattippedthebalanceofworldeconomicpower.Today'sneweconomicwinnersarefollowingmuchthesameroadstopower,whilethelaggardshavesomehowfailedtodu
6、plicatethiscrucialformulaforsuccess.Thekeytorelievingmuchoftheworld'spovertyliesinunderstandingthelessonshistoryhastoteachus—lessonsuniquelyimpartedinthistoweringworkofhistory.DAVIDS.LANDKSisprofessoremeritusofhistoryandeconomicsatHarvardUniversityandthea
7、uthorofRevolutioninTimeandPrometheusUnbound.JACKETDESIGNBYPAULSMITHFRONTJACKETENGRAVING©CORBISBETTMANNBACKJACKETPAINTING©NATIONALMUSEUMOFAMERICANART,SMITHSONIANINSTITUTION,WASHINGTON,D.C./ARTRESOURCE,NEWYORKAUTHORPHOTOGRAPHBYJANEREED,HARVARDNEWSOFFICE"Tru
8、lywonderful.NoquestionthatthiswillestablishDavidLandesaspreeminentinhisfieldandinhistime."—JohnKennethGalbraith"DavidLandeshaswrittenamasterlysurveyofthegreatsuccessesandfailuresamongtheworld'shistoriceconomies.Hedo
