世界經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展史英文資料集IntroductionI.Foundations:TheAncientandMedievalEconomicOrdersA.FromForagingtoFarming:TheNeolithicTransitionandEarlyCivilizationsKeyEnglish-LanguageMaterials:*"TheWealthandPovertyofNations:WhySomeAreSoRichandSomeSoPoor"byDavidS.Landes(1998):Landesbeginshissweepingnarrativewiththeancientworld,examiningthecradlesofcivilizationinMesopotamia,Egypt,India,andChina.Heexploresearlytradenetworks,technologicalinnovations,andinstitutionalstructuresthatcontributedtoeconomicdynamismorstagnation.KeyEnglish-LanguageMaterials:Theearlymodernperiodsawtheriseofnation-states,theexplorationandcolonizationofnewlands,andtheascendancyofmercantilisteconomicpolicies,whichsoughttoaccumulatewealththroughfavorabletradebalancesandcolonialexploitation.Thiseraalsowitnessedtheinitialstirringsofcapitalistenterprise.KeyEnglish-LanguageMaterials:*"Mercantilism"byEliF.Heckscher(translated,1935):Afoundationaltextonmercantilistthoughtandpractice,Heckscher’sworkexplorestheeconomicpoliciesofEuropeanpowers,theirtheoreticaljustifications,andtheirimpactoninternationaltradeandstateformation.III.TheIndustrialRevolutionandtheBirthofCapitalismArguablythemosttransformativeperiodineconomichistory,theIndustrialRevolution(beginninginlate18th-centuryBritain)markedthetransitionfrompredominantlyagrarian,handicrafteconomiestoonesdominatedbymachine-basedmanufacturing,sustainedtechnologicalinnovation,andunprecedentedeconomicgrowth.KeyEnglish-LanguageMaterials:*"TheIndustrialRevolutioninBritain"byT.S.Ashton(1948):AconciseandinfluentialintroductiontotheclassicviewoftheIndustrialRevolutioninBritain,coveringkeytechnologicalinnovations,changesinagriculture,andthegrowthofindustryandurbanization.*"IndustryandEmpire:From1750tothePresentDay"byE.P.Thompson(1963):Whilebestknownfor"TheMakingoftheEnglishWorkingClass,"Thompson’s"IndustryandEmpire"offersacritical,socialhistoryperspectiveonindustrialization,emphasizingthelivedexperiencesofworkersandthesocietalupheavalsitentailed.*"TheProtestantEthicandtheSpiritofCapitalism"byMaxWeber(translated,1905):Apivotalworkinsociologicalandeconomichistory,Weberexplorestherelationshipbetweenreligiousideas(particularlyCalvinism)andtheemergenceofcapitalistrationalityandworkethic.IV.TheNineteenthCentury:Capitalism,Imperialism,andGlobalIntegrationThe19thcenturysawthespreadofindustrializationbeyondBritain,theconsolidationofcapitalisteconomicsystems,theheightofEuropeanimperialism,andthefirsteraofsignificantglobaleconomicintegrationthroughtrade,migration,andinvestment.KeyEnglish-LanguageMaterials:*"TheGreatTransformation:ThePoliticalandEconomicOriginsofOurTime"byKarlPolanyi(1944):Polanyiarguesthatthe19th-century"self-regulatingmarket"wasautopianprojectthatdisembeddedtheeconomyfromsocialrelations,leadingtoseveredisruptionsandultimatelytotheriseofcounter-movementsseekingtoprotectsocietyfromthemarket’sexcesses.*"Imperialism:AStudy"byJ.A.Hobson(1902):Afoundationalcritiqueof19th-centuryimperialism,Hobsonpositsthatunderconsumptionandover-savinginadvancedcapitalistcountriesledtothesearchforoverseasmarketsandinvestmentopportunities,drivingimperialexpansion.ThisworkheavilyinfluencedlaterMarxisttheoriesofimperialism.V.TheTwentiethCentury:Turmoil,Intervention,andResurgenceA.TheInterwarPeriodandtheGreatDepression*"TheGreatCrash1929"byJohnKennethGalbraith(1955):AwittyandincisiveaccountofthestockmarketcrashandthesubsequentGreatDepression,Galbraithhighlightsspeculativeexcess,structuralweaknesses,andpolicyfailures.*"AMonetaryHistoryoftheUnitedStates,____"byMiltonFriedmanandAnnaJacobsonSchwartz(1963):Alandmarkempiricalstudy,thisworkarguesthattheGreatDepressionwasdeepenedandprolongedbyrestrictivemonetarypoliciesoftheFederalReserve,aviewthathasprofoundlyinfluencedmonetaryeconomics.B.KeynesianRevolutionandPost-WarReconstruction*"TheGeneralTheoryofEmployment,Interest,andMoney"byJohnMaynardKeynes(1936):Thisrevolutionaryworkchallengedclassicaleconomicorthodoxy,arguingthatmarketeconomiescouldexperienceprolongedperiodsofunemploymentandthatactivegovernmentfiscalandmonetarypolicywasnecessarytomaintainfullemployment.Itprovidedtheintellectualfoundationforpost-WWIIeconomicpolicies.*"TheGoldenAgeofCapitalism:ReinterpretingthePostwarExperience"editedbyStephenA.MarglinandJulietB.Schor(1990):Acollectionofessaysthatexaminestheperiodofhighgrowthandstabilityinadvancedcapitalisteconomiesfromthe1950stotheearly1970s,exploringvariousexplanationsforthis"GoldenAge"anditseventualdemise.*"TheRoadtoSerfdom"byFriedrichA.Hayek(1944):Aprescientcritiqueofcentralplanningandcollectivism,Hayekarguedthatstatecontroloftheeconomyleadsinevitablytoalossofindividualfreedomandeconomicinefficiency.*"StalinismandthePoliticsofEconomicMobilization"byRobertC.Allen(2003):AllenprovidesaneconomicanalysisofStalinistindustrializationintheSovietUnion,assessingitscosts,achievements,andthespecificinstitutionalarrangementsthatdroveit.D.Late20thCentury:Stagflation,Neoliberalism,andtheOnsetofHyper-Globalization*"GlobalizationandItsDiscontents"byJosephE.Stiglitz(2002):ANobellaureateeconomistcritiquestheIMF,WorldBank,andthe"WashingtonConsensus"policiesofthelate20thcentury,arguingthattheirone-size-fits-allapproachtoglobalizationoftenexacerbatedpovertyandinequalityindevelopingcountries.*"TheAgeofTurbulence:AdventuresinaNewWorld"byAlanGreenspan(2007):Whileofferingapersonalperspective,Greenspan,aformerFederalReserveChairman,providesinsightsintotheeconomicchallengesandpolicydebatesofthelate20thandearly21stcenturies,includingtheriseoffinancializationandthegrowinginfluenceofglobalmarkets.VI.TheTwenty-FirstCentury:Globalization,Crisis,andtheSearchforaNewEquilibriumTheearly21stcenturyhasbeenmarkedbythedeepeningofeconomicinterconnectedness,butalsobysignificantcrises(the2008GlobalFinancialCrisis,theCOVID-19pandemic),risingpopulism,andgrowingconcernsaboutinequality,climatechange,andthefutureofwork.KeyEngli