Pomeranz, Kenneth.
The great divergence : China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy - Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2000. - x, 382 p. ; 24 cm. - Princeton economic history of the Western world . - Princeton economic history of the Western world .
Subtitle varies between "China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy", and "Europe, China, and the making of the modern world economy".
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-371) and index.
Comparisons, connections, and narratives of European economic development -- Europe before Asia? Population, capital accumulation, and technology in explanations of European development -- Market economies in Europe and Asia -- Luxury consumption and the rise of capitalism -- Visible hands: firm structure, sociopolitical structure, and "capitalism" in Europe and Asia -- Shared constraints: ecological strain in Western Europe and East Asia -- Abolishing the land constraint: the Americas as a new kind of periphery.
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99027681
Economic development--History.
Comparative economics.
--18th century.
Europe--Economic conditions--19th century.
China
HC240 / .P5965 2000
337
The great divergence : China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy - Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2000. - x, 382 p. ; 24 cm. - Princeton economic history of the Western world . - Princeton economic history of the Western world .
Subtitle varies between "China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy", and "Europe, China, and the making of the modern world economy".
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-371) and index.
Comparisons, connections, and narratives of European economic development -- Europe before Asia? Population, capital accumulation, and technology in explanations of European development -- Market economies in Europe and Asia -- Luxury consumption and the rise of capitalism -- Visible hands: firm structure, sociopolitical structure, and "capitalism" in Europe and Asia -- Shared constraints: ecological strain in Western Europe and East Asia -- Abolishing the land constraint: the Americas as a new kind of periphery.
0691005435 9780691090108 (pbk.) 0691090106 (pbk.)
99027681
Economic development--History.
Comparative economics.
--18th century.
Europe--Economic conditions--19th century.
China
HC240 / .P5965 2000
337