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Journal Article
Either / Or—why ideas, science, imperialism, and institutions all matter in the \rise of the west\
2016
Overview
Deirdre McCloskey has now completed the third volume of her trilogy on how the West (from 1800 to 1950) and most of the rest of the world (from 1900 to 2015) grew rich. The message of all three volumes is spelled out in the subtitle: \"How ideas, not capital or institutions, enriched the world\". The latest volume has much that is right, and a few things that are wrong; all are important. The book is also a tribute to the view that history's finest accomplishments are made late in careers, when one has not only absorbed but mastered a wide variety of materials. In this volume people are treated to McCloskey's finest displays of erudition to date. Her arguments range from in-depth analysis of English literature (notably tracing the marked differences in attitudes toward the bourgeoisie from Shakespeare to Jane Austen but also including Swift, Addison, Steele, Defoe, Fielding, Trollope, Pepys, Johnson) to philosophy (Adam Smith, David Hume, J.L. Austin, Wittgenstein) to hundreds of modern historians, economists, sociologists, and political scientists.
Publisher
Erasmus Univ,Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics,Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics
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