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Why Europe grew rich and Asia did not : global economic divergence, 1600-1850 /
"Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Drawing significantly from the case of India, Prasannan Parthasarathi shows that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centur...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Drawing significantly from the case of India, Prasannan Parthasarathi shows that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the advanced regions of Europe and Asia were more alike than different, both characterized by sophisticated and growing economies. Their subsequent divergence can be attributed to different competitive and ecological pressures that in turn produced varied state policies and economic outcomes. This account breaks with conventional views, which hold that divergence occurred because Europe possessed superior markets, rationality, science or institutions. It offers instead a groundbreaking rereading of global economic development that ranges from India, Japan and China to Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire and from the textile and coal industries to the roles of science, technology and the state"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 365 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-352) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139128025 1139128027 9781139123112 1139123114 9781139115193 1139115197 9780511993398 0511993390 9781139117364 113911736X 128329852X 9781283298520 9786613298522 6613298522 1139124668 9781139124669 1107219787 9781107219786 1139113003 9781139113007 |