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Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600-1850
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Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600-1850 Hardback - 2011 - 1st Edition

by Prasannan Parthasarathi

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Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialized from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Drawing significantly from the case of India, Prasannan Parthasarathi shows that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the advanced regions of Europe and Asia were more alike than different, both characterized by sophisticated and growing economies. Their subsequent divergence can be attributed to different competitive and ecological pressures that in turn produced varied state policies and economic outcomes. This account breaks with conventional views, which hold that divergence occurred because Europe possessed superior markets, rationality, science, or institutions. It offers instead a groundbreaking rereading of global economic development that ranges from India, Japan and China to Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire and from the textile and coal industries to the roles of science, technology, and the state.

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  • Title Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600-1850
  • Author Prasannan Parthasarathi
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date 2011-08-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781107000308 / 1107000300
  • Weight 1.49 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Europe - Economic conditions, Asia - Economic conditions
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011002484
  • Dewey Decimal Code 330.940

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