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E., Jr. Birdzell</span></a></div><div><span dir=ltr>Basic Books</span>, <span dir=ltr>1 Aug 2008</span> - <a class="secondary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Business+%26+Economics%22&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0"><span dir=ltr>Business & Economics</span></a> - <span dir=ltr>416 pages</span></div></div><div id=synopsis><div id=synopsis-window><div id=synopsistext dir=ltr class="sa">How did the West鈥擡urope, Canada, and the United States鈥攅scape from immemorial poverty into sustained economic growth and material well-being when other societies remained trapped in an endless cycle of birth, hunger, hardship, and death? In this elegant synthesis of economic history, two scholars argue that it is the political pluralism and the flexibility of the West鈥檚 institutions鈥攏ot corporate organization and mass production technology鈥攖hat explain its unparalleled wealth.</div></div></div><div class="search_box_wrapper"></div></td> </tr></table><div id="summary-second-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="book_other_versions_anchor"></a>Other editions - <a href='https://books.google.com.sg/books?q=editions:ISBN0786723483&id=TeZYymHZJd0C'>View all</a></h3><div id=book_other_versions class=about_content><div id=book_other_versions_v><div class="one-third-column"><div class="crsiwrapper"><table class="rsi" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td class="coverdstd" align="center"><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=0KCzAAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1" ><img alt="" class="coverthumb hover-card-attach-point" src="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=0KCzAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5" border="0" height="80"></a></td><td valign=top><div class=resbdy><a class="primary cresbdy" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=0KCzAAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1"><span dir=ltr>How The West Grew Rich</span></a><br><span style="line-height: 1.3em; font-size:-1;"><span><a href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Nathan+Rosenberg%22" class="secondary"><span dir=ltr>Nathan Rosenberg</span></a>,<a href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Luther+Earle+Birdzell%22" class="secondary"><span dir=ltr>Luther Earle Birdzell</span></a></span><br/><span><span style="color:#999">Snippet view</span> - 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