Pomeranz, Kenneth. <br/><br/>
The great divergence :  China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy / 
Kenneth Pomeranz. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :  Princeton University Press,  c2000. 
 - x, 382 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - The Princeton economic history of the Western world .
 - Princeton economic history of the Western world. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-371) and index. 
<br/><br/>Comparisons, connections, and narratives of European economic development -- Europe before Asia? Population, capital accumulation, and technology in explanations of European development -- Market economies in Europe and Asia -- Luxury consumption and the rise of capitalism -- Visible hands: firm structure, sociopolitical structure, and "capitalism" in Europe and Asia -- Shared constraints: ecological strain in Western Europe and East Asia -- Abolishing the land constraint: the Americas as a new kind of periphery. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0691005435 (cl : alk. paper) 9780691005430 (cl : alk. paper) 0691090106 (pbk.) 9780691090108 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99027681 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA118485  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>011975005  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic development--History.<br/>Comparative economics.<br/>D�eveloppement �economique--Histoire.<br/>�Economie politique compar�ee.<br/>Hist�oria econ�omica (s�eculo 18; s�eculo 19)--Europa; china.<br/>Economia internacional.<br/>Desenvolvimento econ�omico.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--Economic conditions--18th century.<br/>Europe--Economic conditions--19th century.<br/>China--Economic conditions--1644-1912.<br/>Europe--Conditions �economiques--18e si�ecle.<br/>Europe--Conditions �economiques--1789-1900.<br/>Chine--Conditions �economiques--1644-1912.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC 240 .P5965 2000