Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not: Global Economic Divergence, 1600-1850

ISBN-13: 9781107000308 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 384 str.

Prasannan Parthasarathi

Opis

A striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised and Asia did not.

Recenzje

'Parthasarathi's important new book places India right in the middle of the ongoing debate on the 'Great Divergence' in the world economy. It argues convincingly for a distinct Indian path into the modern world.' Jan Luiten van Zanden, International Institute of Social History

Spis treści

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. Industry in early nineteenth-century India; 9. Conclusion.