David S. Landes explored the deep currents of economic history, analyzing the forces that shaped global prosperity and disparity. His meticulously researched works often delve into pivotal historical moments, examining their profound economic consequences. Landes openly embraced a Eurocentric perspective, asserting that an explanation for Europe's unique economic ascendancy inherently requires such an analysis. This distinct approach garnered praise for its scholarly rigor while also inviting debate on its broader implications.
For over thirty years David Landes's Unbound Prometheus has offered an unrivalled history of the making of a modern, industrialised Europe. Now, in this updated edition, he takes the opportunity to reframe and reassert his original arguments in the light of debates about globalisation and comparative economic growth. schovat popis
Explores the historical meaning of time and its many perceptions and uses. This revised edition contains a new preface and discusses new findings on medieval and early-modern time keeping. Also new to this edition is discussion of contemporary high-tech uses of the watch as a mini-computer.
The history of nations is a history of haves and have-nots, and as we approach the millennium, the gap between rich and poor countries is widening. In this engrossing and important new work, eminent historian David Landes explores the complex, fascinating and often startling causes of the wealth and poverty of nations. The answers are found not only in the large forces at work in economies: geography, religion, the broad swings of politics, but also in the small surprising details. In Europe, the invention of spectacles doubled the working life of skilled craftsmen, and played a prominent role in the creation of articulated machines, and in China, the failure to adopt the clock fundamentally hindered economic development. The relief of poverty is vital to the survival of us all. As David Landes brilliantly shows, the key to future success lies in understanding the lessons the past has to teach us - lessons uniquely imparted in this groundbreaking and vital book which exemplifies narrative history at its best.
This oral history provides a first-person account of the disability rights movement from one of its key organizers. David Landes played a pivotal role in the 1970s and 1980s, working to secure legal protections and civil rights for people with disabilities. This volume contains a transcript of interviews conducted with Landes in 2000, in which he reflects on his career and the challenges faced by the disability rights movement in the United States.
Blut ist dicker als Geld. Der Kapitalismus als Familiensaga beleuchtet die zentrale Rolle von Familiendynastien in der Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Die Rockefellers, Fords, Guggenheims und du Ponts prägten über Jahrhunderte die wirtschaftlichen Strukturen. David Landes beschreibt den Aufstieg, die Erfolge und Dramen dieser unternehmerischen Familien vom 17. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Der Erfolg oder Misserfolg von Familienunternehmen ist oft eng mit ihrem Schicksal verknüpft. Während die Familienstruktur in einigen Fällen ökonomische Sicherheit und vorausschauende Unternehmensführung garantiert, können Gier, interne Konflikte oder Unfähigkeit in den Ruin führen. Geld, Macht und Beziehungen spielen dabei stets eine entscheidende Rolle. Doch was steckt hinter diesen Dynastien? Wie wichtig ist Blutsverwandtschaft für die Stabilität eines Unternehmens? Welche persönlichen Geschichten und Dramen verbergen sich hinter den Firmen? Landes untersucht, wie die Zeitläufte die Familiendynastien prägten und umgekehrt die Familienstrukturen die Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft beeinflussten. Sein Werk bietet ein Panorama der bedeutendsten Familienunternehmen und deren Einfluss auf die Weltwirtschaft, erzählt von grandiosem Aufstieg und tragischem Verfall, von Hoffnungen und Enttäuschungen, Genies und Exzentrikern, Liebe, Eifersucht und Verrat.