Compte-rendu de P. Hoffman, Why did Europe conquer the World ? (2015)

Authors :: Daudin, Guillaume
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine (LEDa)
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Paris Dauphine-PSL
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Source :: Economic History Review, Economic History Review, 2016, 69 (4), ⟨10.1111/ehr.12454⟩
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: HAL CCSD, 2016.
Abstract: International audience; PhilipHoffmanisprofessoratCaliforniaTechandhasbeenarecentpresidentoftheEconomicHistoryAssociationandco-editoroftheJournalofEconomicHistory.Hislatest bookisamasterfultacklingofthequestion« whydidEuropeconquertheWorld?».Thisisnotthesamequestionas« WhywasEuropefirst?».TheconquestlargelyhappenedbeforetheIndustrialRevolutionand,aschapter7makesclear,Hoffmandoesnotarguethatwar,conquestandempirehelpedEuropebecomericher.ContraAllenandO’Brien,hearguesthattheconquestoftheworldwasthesiblingratherthanthemotherofmoderneconomicgrowth:theinstitutionsthatallowedbotheventswerethesame.

Subjects :: Compte-Rendu
Histoire Militaire
[QFIN]Quantitative Finance [q-fin]
JEL: Y - Miscellaneous Categories/Y.Y3 - Book Reviews (unclassified)/Y.Y3.Y30 - Book Reviews (unclassified)
JEL: N - Economic History/N.N4 - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation/N.N4.N40 - General, International, or Comparative
Époque Moderne
Histoire Global

Language :: English
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Economic History Review, Economic History Review, 2016, 69 (4), ⟨10.1111/ehr.12454⟩
Accession number :: edsair.dedup.wf.001..ba1d0f7d1009e3441dd7c1f5a6d3e0ec
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12454⟩