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The Great Divergence

China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy.

by Kenneth Pomeranz

2000 392 pages eng

"Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe, despite surprising similarities between advanced areas of Europe and East Asia?". "Pomeranz argues that Europe's nineteenth-century divergence from the Old World owes much to the fortunate location of coal, which substituted for timber…

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