Why Europe grew rich and Asia did not : global economic divergence, 1600-1850


Prasannan Parthasarathi
Bok Engelsk 2011 Prasannan. Parthasarathi,· Electronic books.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2011
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365 s. : ill.
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Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Maps; 1 Introduction; Part I: Setting the stage: Europe and Asia Before Divergence; 2 India and the global economy, 1600-1800; 3 Political institutions and economic life; Part II: The Divergence of Britain; 4 The European response to Indian cottons; 5 State and market: Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire; 6 From cotton to coal; Part III: The Indian Path; 7 Science and technology in India, 1600-1800; 8 Modern industry in early nineteenth-century India; 9 Conclusion; Notes to the text. - BibliographyIndex. - A striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised and Asia did not.
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9780521168243. - 9781107000308

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