Walter Scheidel

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Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to ProsperityHardcover, 15 October 2019

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Part of Series
Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Part of Series
Princeton Economic History of the Western World, 94
Print Length
696 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Date Published
15 Oct 2019
ISBN-10
0691172188
ISBN-13
9780691172187

Description

The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world

The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for Europe's economic rise and the creation of the modern age. Ranging across the entire premodern world, Escape from Rome offers new answers to some of the biggest questions in history: Why did the Roman Empire appear? Why did nothing like it ever return to Europe? And, above all, why did Europeans come to dominate the world?

In an absorbing narrative that begins with ancient Rome but stretches far beyond it, from Byzantium to China and from Genghis Khan to Napoleon, Scheidel shows how the demise of Rome and the enduring failure of empire-building on European soil ensured competitive fragmentation between and within states. This rich diversity encouraged political, economic, scientific, and technological breakthroughs that allowed Europe to surge ahead while other parts of the world lagged behind, burdened as they were by traditional empires and predatory regimes that lived by conquest. It wasn't until Europe "escaped" from Rome that it launched an economic transformation that changed the continent and ultimately the world.

What has the Roman Empire ever done for us? Fall and go away.

Product Details

Author:
Walter Scheidel
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 October 2019
Dimensions:
23.62 x 16.26 x 5.59 cm
ISBN-10:
0691172188
ISBN-13:
9780691172187
Language:
English
Location:
Princeton
Pages:
696
Weight:
1270.06 gm

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