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

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

"Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Drawing significantly from the case of India, Prasannan Parthasarathi shows that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parthasarathi, Prasannan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011.
Subjects:
Economic development > Europe > History.
Economic development > Asia > History.
Europe > Economic conditions.
Asia > Economic conditions.