Bates, Robert2014-05-221988Bates, Robert H. 1988. “Lessons from History, or the Perfidy of English Exceptionalism and the Significance of Historical France.” World Pol. 40 (04) (July): 499–516.0043-88711086-3338http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12211498Theories of development are derived from readings of history. Modern historical research challenges many of the basic beliefs about how economies develop. More specifically, recent research suggests that the lessons drawn from the history of industrialization in England are highly misleading. The article thus challenges the empirical foundations for much of classical and Marxian development theory.en-USJournal Article2014-05-2210.2307/2010316