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Philip T. Hoffman
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Publications

Working in the smithy, Workers manufacturing rifles at the Royal Small Arms Factory in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 1890s, Vintage photograph, 19th Century stock illustration
Why Europe? The Great Divergence and the West's Rise to Global Predominance
Cambridge University Press, coming August 2026
Why Did Europe Conquer the World
Why Did Europe Conquer the World?
Princeton University Press, 2015 Interview published by Princeton University Press Book Review Korean Educational TV Documentary, January 2022
Dark Matter Credit
Dark Matter Credit: The Development of Peer-to-Peer Lending and Banking in France
Princeton University Press, 2019 Interview published by Caltech magazine Book Review
growth in a traditional society
Growth in a Traditional Society: The French Countryside, 1450-1815

Gyorgy Ranki Prize, Economic History Association, 1997 Allan Sharlin Prize, Social Science History Association, 1997

Princeton University Press, 1996

Articles

  • Guinnane and Hoffman (2025) "Medieval Anti-Semitism, Weimar Social Capital, and the Rise of the Nazi Party: A Reconsideration," Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte 112, (3), 359-390. Download
  • Hoffman, Philip T. (2015) What Do States Do? Politics and Economic History. Journal of Economic History, 75 (2). pp. 303-332. ISSN 0022-0507. Download
  • Hoffman, Philip T. (2012) Why Was It Europeans Who Conquered the World? Journal of Economic History, 72 (3). pp. 601-633. ISSN 0022-0507. Download
  • Hoffman, Philip T. (2011) Prices, the military revolution, and western Europe's comparative advantage in violence. Economic History Review, 64 (S1). pp. 39-59. ISSN 0013-0117. Download

Working Papers

A complete list can be found on Professor Hoffman's working papers page.