Many observers of late imperial China have noted the relatively small size of the state in comparison to the geographic size and large population of China and have advanced various theories to account for the ability of the state to maintain itself in power. One of the more enduring explanations has been that the Chinese state, despite its limited ...
Historian R. Bin Wong compares the growth of capitalism and the formation of national states in modern Europe with economic and political changes in China. Wong claims that only by contrasting Chinese and European political changes and evaluating where China and Europe appear to converge or diverge, can we successfully determine the status of both ...
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The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
