Pomeranz, Kenneth. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-371) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0691005435 (cl : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99027681  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA1-18485 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic development--History.<br/>Comparative economics
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--Economic conditions--18th century.<br/>China--Economic conditions--1644-1912.<br/>Europe--Economic conditions--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC240  / .P5965 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>337  / P785g