About this title: "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 shows, as recently as 1750, parallels between these two parts of the world were very high in life expectancy, consumption, product and factor markets, and the strategies of households. Perhaps most surprisingly, Pomeranz demonstrates that the Chinese and Japanese cores were no worse off ecologically than Western Europe. Core areas throughout the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2001-12-03
ISBN-13:9780691090108ISBN:0691090106
Description: Good. Good clean condition. Cover/book edges have some wear. Some pages have marks, underlining or highlighting. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691090108ISBN:0691090106
Description: Very Good. 0691090106 Gently Used Book ~ some underlined pages, otherwise Neat & Tight Binding ~ all books carefully examined & well packaged. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780691005430ISBN:0691005435
Description: Good in Good jacket. Book may have underlining, highlighting, or notes throughout All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780691005430ISBN:0691005435
Description: Good. Standard used condition. May have light reading or storage wear. All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ. PRESSES OF CALIFORNIA, COLUMBIA AND PRINCETON Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780691090108ISBN:0691090106
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 392 pages. (392 pages) offers an insight into one of the classic questions of history: why did sustained industrial growth begin in northwest europe? this book shows, as recently as 1750, parallels between these two parts of the world were very high in life expectancy, consumption, product and factor markets, and the strategies of households. 1 line illus., 9 tables edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780691005430ISBN:0691005435
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Very good, clean text. Gentle erasures of pencil underlining in only the introduction and on the pre-page opposite to front cover. Otherwise beautifully clean Princeton title. x, 382 p.; 25 cm. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Contains: Illustrations. Princeton Economic History of the Western World (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-371) and index. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2000-02-22
ISBN-13:9780691005430ISBN:0691005435
Description: Good. SCARCE HARDCOVER BOOK, WITHDRAWN FROM A UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, WITH USUAL INSTITUTIONAL MARKINGS; NO OTHER MARKINGS IN TEXT. LIGHT WEAR TO COVER. A SOLID COPY. read more
Description: "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... read more
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"An economic world history book that seeks, as many have before, to explain away the Industrial Revolution and European exceptionalism, coming down pretty hard against any Eurocentric explanations. This is an example of a book where I like his ideas and his position, but the reading could be a bit excruciating, as it is extremely dense, detailed, and almost totally economically-oriented (economics = not my favorite field, ESPECIALLY to read about)."
"The basic point of this book is that after around 1800, China and Europe took separate (economic) paths cuz Europe had coal and new territories to exploit for resources and China (and Japan to some extent) didn't. Before that, Pomeranz sez they weren't really that different."
"Yes, it's dense; lots of details, lots of numbers, and probably has many problems in interpretations of Chinese statistics. Yet, it is amazingly thought-provoking. The thick empirical part is in fact necessary to challenge the conventional view of the economic modernization of European origin. This is a bold attempt to compare two regions, and provoked many controversies and raised new issues for comparative history. Best read if you have a good skimming skill ;)"
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