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The Great Leveler
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Author(s):
Walter Scheidel
Publication date:
December 31 2017
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Princeton University Press
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December 31 2017
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Book chapters
pp. i
Frontmatter
pp. ix
CONTENTS
pp. xi
List of Figures and Tables
pp. xv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
pp. 1
Introduction: The Challenge of Inequality
pp. 25
1. The Rise of Inequality
pp. 62
2. Empires of Inequality
pp. 86
3. Up and Down
pp. 115
4. Total War
pp. 130
5. The Great Compression
pp. 174
6. Preindustrial Warfare and Civil War
pp. 213
7. Communism
pp. 232
8. Before Lenin
pp. 257
9. State Failure and Systems Collapse
pp. 291
10. The Black Death
pp. 314
11. Pandemics, Famine, and War
pp. 343
PART VI. ALTERNATIVES
pp. 345
12. Reform, Recession, and Representation
pp. 367
13. Economic Development and Education
pp. 389
14. What If ? From History to Counterfactuals
pp. 405
15. In Our Time
pp. 424
16. What Does the Future Hold?
pp. 445
Appendix: The Limits of Inequality
pp. 457
Bibliography
pp. 495
Index
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