Before and beyond divergence
Subtitle: the politics of economic change in China and Europe
By: Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, R. Bin Wong
Contributors: Wong, Roy Bin
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Massacusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780674057913
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: politics and economic change in the making of the modern world; title: Space and politics; title: Population, resources, and economic growth; title: Formal and informal mechanisms for market development; title: Warfare, location of manufacturing, and economic growth in China and Europe; title: Credit markets and economic change; title: Autocrats, war, taxes, and public goods; title: Political economies of growth, 1500-1950; title: Conclusion: historical perspectives on politics and economic change in China and Europe.