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The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy (Princeton Classics, 117) Paperback - 2021
by Pomeranz, Kenneth
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- Title The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy (Princeton Classics, 117)
- Author Pomeranz, Kenneth
- Binding Paperback
- Condition New
- Pages 404
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2021-04-13
- Features Bibliography, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # ING9780691217185
- ISBN 9780691217185 / 0691217181
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.2 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Comparative economics, Economic development - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020949716
- Dewey Decimal Code 337
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"Pomeranz uses that European invention--economics--to overturn Eurocentrism, establishing beyond cavil a New Fact in our world. Never again will Europeans imagine they stood alone in the doorway of economic growth. Pomeranz and his colleagues in the new sinology have reintroduced the Central Kingdom and its stunning historical sources, and Pomeranz has written the one essential book."--Deirdre McClosky, University of Iowa
"Pomeranz uses a mixture of institutional forces and technological/geological luck to explain how an economic and ecological 'tie game' suddenly became a victory for western Europe over China. He combines global imagination with the scientific detail needed to make his points hold firm. The Great Divergence should command widespread respect."--Peter H. Lindert, University of California, Davis
"A truly magisterial effort based on an immense knowledge of the field, a vast amount of reading, and on close and careful analysis, informed by both social science and history."--Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University
"This is an outstanding book, painstaking and devastating in its attack on received wisdom, supported by a wealth of solid evidence and elegant argument."--Jack A. Goldstone, University of California, Davis