David L Landes

…Some historians such as David Landes[128] and Max Weber credit the different belief systems in China and Europe with dictating where the revolution occurred. The religion and beliefs of Europe were largely products of Judaeo-Christianity, and Greek thought. Conversely, Chinese society was fo...

David S. Landes (born 1924) is a professor emeritus of economics at Harvard University and retired professor of history at George Washington University.

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (ISBN 0-393-04017-8), published in 1998 (with an epilogue added to the 1999 paperback edition), is a book by David Landes,