The great divergence
Pomeranz, Kenneth.
The great divergence China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy Kenneth Pomeranz. - Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press c2000. - x, 382 p. ill. 24 cm. - The Princeton economic history of the Western world .
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 (cl : alk. paper)
99027681
GBA1-18485
Economic development--History.
Comparative economics
Europe--Economic conditions--18th century.
China--Economic conditions--1644-1912.
Europe--Economic conditions--19th century.
HC240 / .P5965 2000
337 / P785g
The great divergence China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy Kenneth Pomeranz. - Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press c2000. - x, 382 p. ill. 24 cm. - The Princeton economic history of the Western world .
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 (cl : alk. paper)
99027681
GBA1-18485
Economic development--History.
Comparative economics
Europe--Economic conditions--18th century.
China--Economic conditions--1644-1912.
Europe--Economic conditions--19th century.
HC240 / .P5965 2000
337 / P785g