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Author:

Pomeranz, Kenneth.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

x, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Economic development--History.
Comparative economics.
Europe--Economic conditions--18th century.
Europe--Economic conditions--19th century.
China--Economic conditions--1644-1912.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-371) and index.

Contents:

Comparisons, connections, and narratives of European economic development -- Europe before Asia? Population, capital accumulation, and technology in explanations of European development -- Market economies in Europe and Asia -- Luxury consumption and the rise of capitalism -- Visible hands: firm structure, sociopolitical structure, and "capitalism" in Europe and Asia -- Shared constraints: ecological strain in Western Europe and East Asia -- Abolishing the land constraint: the Americas as a new kind of periphery.

Series:

The Princeton economic history of the Western world

ISBN:

9780691005430 (cl : alk. paper)
0691005435 (cl : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41835186

LCCN:

99027681

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

LTAX046 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Centerville (Centerville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)