The great divergence : China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy / Kenneth Pomeranz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pomeranz, Kenneth, author.

Series:

Princeton Classics

Princeton Classics ; 118

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Europe--Economic conditions--18th century.

Europe.

Europe--Economic conditions--19th century.

China--Economic conditions--1644-1912.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.) : 1 b/w illus. 9 tables.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"A landmark comparative history of Europe and China that examines why the Industrial Revolution emerged in the West"-- Provided by publisher.

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

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

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691217192

069121719X

OCLC:

1244626034