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Some Questions (none / 1)

Who is David E. Landes? When I google the term the only links I get are to this site and the SouthSeaRepublic site mentioned in the x-post. Is this actually David S. Landes, who is emeritus professor of economics at Harvard?
Where is Landes advancing the arguements mentioned by the OP? None of the books listed at Amazon for David S. Landes seem to be focused on correcting the popular impression of medieval backwardness.
In what way are these arguments anything more than a mild rehash of what Gies & Gies wrote in 'Cathedral, Forge & waterwheel' over 10 years ago?

Regards
Luke

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by silburnl on Tue Jun 26th, 2007 at 12:00:55 PM EST

Doh (none / 1)

David S. Landes (corrected on both sites now). It was from the book Wealth and Poverty of Nations.

cam

Freedom, Liberty, Equity and an Australian Republic

by cam on Tue Jun 26th, 2007 at 08:24:48 PM EST
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