TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rosenthal,Jean-Laurent
AU  - Wong,R.Bin
TI  - Before and Beyond Divergence: The Politics of Economic Change in China and Europe
SN  - 9780674061293
AV  - HC427 
U1  - 330.94 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Comparative economics
KW  - China-Economic conditions
KW  - China-Economic policy
KW  - Europe-Economic conditions
KW  - Europe-Economic policy
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Miracles, Myths, and Explanations in Economic History -- 1. Space and Politics -- 2. Population, Resources, and Economic Growth -- 3. Formal and Informal Mechanisms for Market Development -- 4. Warfare, Location of Manufacturing, and Economic Growth in China and Europe -- 5. Credit Markets and Economic Change -- 6. Autocrats, War, Taxes, and Public Goods -- 7. Political Economies of Growth, 1500-1950 -- Conclusion: Findings, Methods, and Implications -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index
N2  - Why did sustained economic growth arise in Europe rather than in China? The authors combine economic theory and historical evidence to argue that political processes drove the economic divergence between the two world regions, with continued consequences today that become clear in this innovative account
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