Compte-rendu de P. Hoffman, Why did Europe conquer the World ? (2015)

Daudin, Guillaume

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January 2016

DOI

10.1111/ehr.12454

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Wiley

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International audiencePhilipHoffmanisprofessoratCaliforniaTechandhasbeenarecentpresidentoftheEconomicHistoryAssociationandco-editoroftheJournalofEconomicHistory.Hislatest bookisamasterfultacklingofthequestion« whydidEuropeconquertheWorld?».Thisisnotthesamequestionas« WhywasEuropefirst?».TheconquestlargelyhappenedbeforetheIndustrialRevolutionand,aschapter7makesclear,Hoffmandoesnotarguethatwar,conquestandempirehelpedEuropebecomericher.ContraAllenandO’Brien,hearguesthattheconquestoftheworldwasthesiblingratherthanthemotherofmoderneconomicgrowth:theinstitutionsthatallowedbotheventswerethesame

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