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The Great Divergence : China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy /
A landmark comparative history of Europe and China that examines why the Industrial Revolution emerged in the WestThe Great Divergence sheds light on one of the great questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe? Historian Kenneth Pomeranz shows that as recentl...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2021.
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| Edición: | First Princeton classics paperback edition. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Comparisons, Connections, and Narratives of European Economic Development
- Variations on the Europe-Centered Story: Demography, Ecology, and Accumulation
- Other Europe-Centered Stories: Markets, Firms, and Institutions
- Problems with the Europe-Centered Stories
- Building a More Inclusive Story
- Comparisons, Connections, and the Structure of the Argument
- A Note on Geographic Coverage
- Part one: A world of surprising resemblances
- ONE Europe before Asia? Population, Capital Accumulation, and Technology in Explanations of European Development
- TWO MARKET ECONOMIES IN EUROPE AND ASIA
- Part two: from new ethos to new economy? consumption, investment and capitalism
- Introduction
- Three: Luxury Consumption and the Rise of Capitalism
- Four: Visible Hands: Firm Structure, Sociopolitical Structure, and "Capitalism" in Europe and Asia
- Part three: beyond Smith and Malthus: from ecological constrains to sustained industrial growth
- Five: Shared Constraints: Ecological Strain in Western Europe and East Asia
- Six: Abolishing the Land Constraint: The Americas as a New Kind of Periphery
- Appendixes
- A: Comparative Estimates of Land Transport Capacity per Person: Germany and North India, circa 1800
- B: Estimates of Manure Applied to North China and European Farms in the Late Eighteenth Century, and a Comparison of Resulting Nitrogen Fluxes
- C: Forest Cover and Fuel-Supply Estimates for France, Lingnan, and a Portion of North China, 1700-1850
- D: Estimates of "Ghost Acreage" Provided by Various Imports to Late Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Britain
- E: Estimates of Earning Power of Rural Textile Workers in the Lower Yangzi Region of China, 1750-1840
- F: Estimates of Cotton and Silk Production, Lower Yangzi and China as a Whole, 1750 and Later--With Comparisons to United Kingdom, France, and Germany
- Bibliography
- Index
- Introduction
- Part one. A world of surprising resemblances. 1. Europe before Asia? Population, Capital Accumulation, and Technology in Explanations of European Development ; 2. Market economies in Europe and Asia
- Part two. From new ethos to new economy? consumption, investment and capitalism: Introduction. 3. Luxury Consumption and the Rise of Capitalism ; 4. Visible Hands: Firm Structure, Sociopolitical Structure, and "Capitalism" in Europe and Asia
- Part three. beyond Smith and Malthus: from ecological constrains to sustained industrial growth. 5. Shared Constraints: Ecological Strain in Western Europe and East Asia ; 6. Abolishing the Land Constraint: The Americas as a New Kind of Periphery
- Appendixes. A. Comparative Estimates of Land Transport Capacity per Person: Germany and North India, circa 1800 ; B. Estimates of Manure Applied to North China and European Farms in the Late Eighteenth Century, and a Comparison of Resulting Nitrogen Fluxes ; C. Forest Cover and Fuel-Supply Estimates for France, Lingnan, and a Portion of North China, 1700-1850 ; D. Estimates of "Ghost Acreage" Provided by Various Imports to Late Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Britain ; E. Estimates of Earning Power of Rural Textile Workers in the Lower Yangzi Region of China, 1750-1840 ; F. Estimates of Cotton and Silk Production, Lower Yangzi and China as a Whole, 1750 and Later--With Comparisons to United Kingdom, France, and Germany.