David S. Landes

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New York, The United States

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History, Nonfiction

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David S. Landes (born 1924) is a professor emeritus of economics at Harvard University and retired professor of history at George Washington University. He is the author of Revolution in Time, The Unbound Prometheus, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, and Dynasties. Such works have received both praise for detailed retelling of economic history, as well as scorn on charges of blatant Eurocentrism, a charge he embraces explicitly, arguing that an explanation for an economic miracle that happened originally only in Europe must of necessity be a Eurocentric analysis.

Landes earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1953 and an A.B. from City College of New York in 1942.

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avg rating: 3.74 | 27 reviews | 162 ratings | 9 distinct works

	The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor (Paperback) by David S. Landes avg rating 3.75 — 139 ratings — published 1999 6 editions	my rating:
	The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present (Paperback) by David S. Landes avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 1969 4 editions	my rating:
	Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World, Revised and Enlarged Edition (Paperback) by David S. Landes avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 2000	my rating:
	Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses (Hardcover) by David S. Landes avg rating 3.00 — 4 ratings — published 2006 4 editions	my rating:
	Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World (Paperback) by David S. Landes avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 2000 3 editions	my rating:
	L'Heure qu'il est. Les Horloges, la mesure du temps et la formation du monde moderne (Hardcover) by David S. Landes avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1987	my rating:
	Die Macht der Familie. Wirtschaftsdynastien in der Weltgeschichte (Gebundene Ausgabe) by David S. Landes avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006	my rating:
	Wohlstand und Armut der Nationen. Warum die einen reich und die anderen arm sind (Taschenbuch) by David S. Landes avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2004	my rating:
	Bankers and Pashas: International Finance and Economic Imperialism in Egypt (Paperback) by David S. Landes avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1980	my rating: