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.

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"Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe, despite surprising similarities between advanced areas of Europe and East Asia?".

"Pomeranz argues that Europe's nineteenth-century divergence from the Old World owes much to the fortunate location of coal, which substituted for timber. This made Europe's failure to use its land intensively much less of a problem, while allowing growth in energy-intensive industries. Another crucial difference that he notes has to do with trade. Fortuitous global conjunctures made the Americas a greater source of needed primary products for Europe than any Asian periphery.

This allowed Northwest Europe to grow dramatically in population, specialize further in manufactures, and remove labor from the land, using increased imports rather than maximizing yields. Together, coal and the New World allowed Europe to grow along resource-intensive, labor-saving paths."--BOOK JACKET.

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Cover of: Great Divergence
Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
2021, Princeton University Press
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Cover of: Great Divergence
Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
2021, Princeton University Press
in English
Cover of: Great Divergence
Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
2009, Princeton University Press
in English
Cover of: Great Divergence
Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
2009, Princeton University Press
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Cover of: The Great Divergence
The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy.
December 3, 2001, Princeton University Press
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The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy.
February 22, 2000, Princeton University Press
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Library of Congress
HC240 .P5965 2000, HC240.P5965 2000, HC240 .P5965 2000eb, HC 240 P5965 2000

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
392
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.8 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.6 pounds

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Open Library
OL7755998M
Internet Archive
greatdivergencec00pome
ISBN 10
0691005435
ISBN 13
9780691005430
LCCN
99027681
OCLC/WorldCat
51321161, 41835186
Library Thing
268237
Goodreads
3415424

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"THERE IS no consensus on how Europe became uniquely wealthy by the mid-nineteenth century."

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