David Landes
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David Saul Landes (April 29, 1924 – August 17, 2013) was a professor of economics and of history at Harvard University.[1] He is the author of Bankers and Pashas, Revolution in Time, The Unbound Prometheus, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, and Dynasties.[2] Such works have received both praise for detailed retelling of economic history, as well as scorn on charges of Eurocentrism, a charge he openly embraced, arguing that an explanation for an economic miracle that happened originally only in Europe must of necessity be a Eurocentric analysis.
Career
Landes earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1953, after a B.A. from City College of New York in 1942.[3] While he waited his call-up to serve in World War II, Landes studied cryptanalysis. He was assigned to the Signal Corps, where he worked on deciphering Japanese coded messages.[4]
Historian Niall Ferguson called him one of his "most revered mentors".[5]
Landes was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[6] the United States National Academy of Sciences,[7] and the American Philosophical Society.[8]
His son Richard Landes is a historian and author.[9]
Works
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- Landes, David S., Bankers and Pashas: International Finance and Economic Imperialism in Egypt (1958) [1]
See also
References
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External links
- Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)
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- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- American economic historians
- American economists
- Jewish American historians
- George Washington University faculty
- Harvard University alumni
- Harvard University faculty
- Harvard University Department of History faculty
- 1924 births
- 2013 deaths
- Leonardo da Vinci Medal recipients
- City College of New York alumni
- Members of the American Philosophical Society