Before and Beyond Divergence : : The Politics of Economic Change in China and Europe /

Before and Beyond Divergence : : The Politics of Economic Change in China and Europe / / Roy Bin Wong, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal.

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China has reemerged as a powerhouse in the global economy, reviving a classic question in economic history: why did sustained economic growth arise in Europe rather than in China?Many favor cultural and environmental explanations of the nineteenth-century economic divergence between Europe and the r...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent,
Wong, Roy Bin,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (290 p.) :; 4 maps, 3 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Miracles, Myths, and Explanations in Economic History
  • 1 Space and Politics
  • 2 Population, Resources, and Economic Growth
  • 3 Formal and Informal Mechanisms for Market Development
  • 4 Warfare, Location of Manufacturing, and Economic Growth in China and Europe
  • 5 Credit Markets and Economic Change
  • 6 Autocrats, War, Taxes, and Public Goods
  • 7 Political Economies of Growth, 1500- 1950
  • Conclusion: Findings, Methods, and Implications
  • Notes
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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