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The Great Divergence : China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
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The Great Divergence : China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy / Kenneth Pomeranz ; with a new preface by the author.
ISBN
9780691217192
9780691217185
Edition
First Princeton classics paperback edition.
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©2021.
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1 online resource.
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Summary
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 recently as 1750, life expectancy, consumption, and product and factor markets were comparable in Europe and East Asia. Moreover, key regions in China and Japan were no worse off ecologically than those in Western Europe, with each region facing corresponding shortages of land-intensive products. Pomeranz's comparative lens reveals the two critical factors resulting in Europe's nineteenth-century divergence--the fortunate location of coal and access to trade with the New World. As East Asia's economy stagnated, Europe narrowly escaped the same fate largely due to favorable resource stocks from underground and overseas. This Princeton Classics edition includes a preface from the author and makes a powerful historical work available to new readers.
Variant and related titles
Project Muse books annual backfile collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Series
Princeton classics edition; v.117
Contents
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.
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