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Great Leveler
Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN-13:
9781400884605
Veröffentl:
2017
Seiten:
536
Autor:
Walter Scheidel
Serie:
The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history
List of Figures and Tables xiAcknowledgments xv
Introduction: The Challenge of Inequality 1
I A Brief History Of Inequality 23
1 The Rise of Inequality 25
2 Empires of Inequality 62
3 Up and Down 86
II War 113
4 Total War 115
5 The Great Compression 130
6 Preindustrial Warfare and Civil War 174
III Revolution 211
7 Communism 213
8 Before Lenin 232
IV Collapse 255
9 State Failure and Systems Collapse 257
V Plague 289
10 The Black Death 291
11 Pandemics, Famine, and War 314
VI Alternatives 343
12 Reform, Recession, and Representation 345
13 Economic Development and Education 367
14 What If ? From History to Counterfactuals 389
VII Inequality Redux And The Future Of Leveling 403
15 In Our Time 405
16 What Does the Future Hold? 424
Appendix: The Limits of Inequality 445
Bibliography 457
Index 495
Introduction: The Challenge of Inequality 1
I A Brief History Of Inequality 23
1 The Rise of Inequality 25
2 Empires of Inequality 62
3 Up and Down 86
II War 113
4 Total War 115
5 The Great Compression 130
6 Preindustrial Warfare and Civil War 174
III Revolution 211
7 Communism 213
8 Before Lenin 232
IV Collapse 255
9 State Failure and Systems Collapse 257
V Plague 289
10 The Black Death 291
11 Pandemics, Famine, and War 314
VI Alternatives 343
12 Reform, Recession, and Representation 345
13 Economic Development and Education 367
14 What If ? From History to Counterfactuals 389
VII Inequality Redux And The Future Of Leveling 403
15 In Our Time 405
16 What Does the Future Hold? 424
Appendix: The Limits of Inequality 445
Bibliography 457
Index 495
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