David S. Landes

David Landes (* 29. April 1924 in New York as David Saul country ; † 17th August 2013 in Haverford , Pennsylvania ) was an American economic historian .

life and work

David S. Landes, born in New York City in 1924, was professor emeritus of economics at Harvard University and retired professor of history at George Washington University . In 1953 he received his Ph. D. from Harvard University .

According to Toni Pierenkemper, his book The Unleashed Prometheus is a "standard work on the industrialization of Western Europe with a special focus on technological innovations".

Landes died on August 17, 2013 at the age of 89.

Honors and memberships

Landes was an elected member of numerous scientific academies and associations, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1967 , the American Philosophical Society in 1982 and the National Academy of Sciences in 1983. In 1977 he became a corresponding member of the British Academy . He received six honorary doctorates. In 2004 he received the Leonardo da Vinci Medal .

Fonts

• Bankers and Pashas: International Finance and Economic Imperialism in Egypt. Heinemann, London 1958
• The Bleichröder banking house . An interim report, in Robert Weltsch Hg .: German Judaism, Rise and Crisis. Design, ideas, works. Fourteen monographs. Publication by the Leo Baeck Institute . Deutsche Verlagsanstalt , Stuttgart 1963 pp. 187–215
• The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge 1969
  • Prometheus unleashed. Technological change and industrial development in Western Europe from 1750 to the present. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1973, ISBN 3-462-00921-4 ; dtv, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-423-04418-7
    • Rise of the citizen . Review by Robert S. Williger, Die Zeit , January 25, 1974
• Revolution in Time. Clocks and the Making of the Modern World. WW Norton, New York 1983 (also at Harvard University Press, Cambridge / Mass. / London 1983).
• The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor. WW Norton, New York 1998
  • Prosperity and poverty of nations. Why some are rich and others are poor. Siedler, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88680-525-5 ; Berliner Taschenbuch-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-442-76126-3
    • The American David S. Landes explains why Europe was ahead in terms of economic development . Review by Dietrich Creutzburg, Der Tagesspiegel , October 10, 1999
    • The irreversible inequality . Review by Herfried Münkler , Die Zeit, No. 42/1999
• Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses. Viking, New York 2006
  • The power of the family. Economic dynasties in world history. Siedler, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-88680-676-6 ; Pantheon, Munich 2008, ISBN 3-570-55053-2
    • Review by Ute Frevert , Die Zeit, November 9, 2006
    • Review by Daniel Jütte, Neue Zürcher Zeitung November 29, 2006
    • Review by Hans Langnickel, socialnet, May 27, 2008

literature

• Ulrich Menzel : David S. Landes (born 1924). The self-confessed Eurocentrist. In: one. Development policy information north-south. No. 15/16, 2007, pp. 68–71 ( PDF; 110 kB )

Web links

• Literature by and about David S. Landes in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by David S. Landes at perlentaucher.de
• Professor David S. Landes on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) website
• Culture counts: interview with David S. Landes , in: Challenge , July / August 1998
• David Landes: “Why Europe and the West? Why Not China? ” , Journal of Economic Perspectives , 20, 2 (2006), 3–22

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary for David S. Landes ( memento of the original from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Toni Pierenkemper, Economic History. The emergence of modern economics (academy study books history). Berlin / Boston 2015. p. 102.
3. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter L. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Accessed March 7, 2018 (English). 
4. ^ Curriculum Vitae Academia Europaea; accessed on May 6, 2014