TY - BOOK AU - Pomeranz,Kenneth TI - The great divergence: China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy T2 - The Princeton economic history of the Western world SN - 0691005435 (cl : alk. paper) AV - HC240 .P5965 2000 U1 - 337 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Economic development KW - History KW - Local KW - Comparative economics KW - Europe KW - Economic conditions KW - 18th century KW - LEMB KW - China KW - 1644-1912 KW - 19th century N1 - 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 UR - http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b9x8-aa UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin031/99027681.html UR - http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0c0c0-aa UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin032/99027681.html ER -