David Landes

David Landes

Born	1924 (age 86–87) New York City
Nationality	United States
Institution	George Washington University
Field	History of economics
Alma mater	Harvard University City College of New York

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.^[1] 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.

Works

• Landes, David S. (1983), Revolution in Time, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, ISBN 0674002822 .
• Landes, David S. (1998), The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor, New York: W.W. Norton, ISBN 0393040178 .

References

1. ^ Morris, Charles (2006-10-29). "Dynasties - By David S. Landes - Books - Review - New York Times". NYTimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/books/review/Morris.t.html. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 

External links

• Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)

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