The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy by Kenneth Pomeranz

The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy

Kenneth Pomeranz

392 pages first pub 2000 (view editions)

nonfiction economics history informative slow-paced
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The Great Divergence brings new insight to one of the classic questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe, despite surprising similarities between advanced areas of Europe and East Asia? As Ken Pomeranz show...

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