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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Economic development--History.
Comparative economics.

--18th century.
Europe--Economic conditions--19th century.
China

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