Guiding the reader through the many guises of global economic history, this book uncovers its key issues, debates and subjects. With contributions from leading scholars around the world, it delves into the economic histories of Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas from the 16th to the 20th centuries. From the environment to The Great Divergence, finance, consumption, trade, industrialisation, commodities and labour regimes, it demonstrates the global nature of economic history, and highlights how indispensable it is and has been. Updated throughout, this new edition boasts an expanded…mehr
Guiding the reader through the many guises of global economic history, this book uncovers its key issues, debates and subjects. With contributions from leading scholars around the world, it delves into the economic histories of Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas from the 16th to the 20th centuries. From the environment to The Great Divergence, finance, consumption, trade, industrialisation, commodities and labour regimes, it demonstrates the global nature of economic history, and highlights how indispensable it is and has been. Updated throughout, this new edition boasts an expanded introduction and four new chapters on capitalism and political economy, European empires and colonialism, North Africa and the Middle East, and the North American Economy. A comprehensive introduction to global economic history, this textbook provides students with a confident grasp of the field, its key debates and essential issues.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Giorgio Riello is Professor of Global History and Culture at the University of Warwick, UK. He has authored or edited several books on the history of early modern Europe and Asia, including The Spinning World (2009); How India Clothed the World (with T. Roy, 2009); Writing Material Culture History (2014); and Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World (2013). Tirthankar Roy is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics, UK. He has published extensively on the economic history of modern South Asia, and is the author of India in the World Economy from Antiquity to the Present (2012); The Economic History of India 1857-1947 (2012); and An Economic History of Early Modern India (2013).
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List of Tables List of Figures List of Contributors Preface Introduction: Global Economic History 1500-2000 Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick UK) and Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics UK) PART I: DIVERGENCE AND CAPITALISM IN GLOBAL HISTORY 1. The Great Divergence Debate Prasannan Parthasarathi (Boston College USA) and Kenneth Pomeranz (University of Chicago USA) 2. Data and Dating the Great Divergence Jack A. Goldstone (George Mason University USA) 3. Useful and Reliable Knowledge in Europe and China Patrick O'Brien (University of Oxford UK) 4. Toolkits Creativity and Divergences: Technology in Global History Karel Davids (VU University Amsterdam the Netherlands) 5. Families Firms and Polities: Pre-modern Institution Economic Growth and the Great Divergence Regina Grafe (European University Institute Italy) and Maarten Prak (Utrecht University the Netherlands) 6. Plantations and the Great Divergence Trevor Burnard (University of Melbourne Australia) 7. Consumption and Global History in the Early Modern Period Maxine Berg (University of Warwick UK) 8. From the Great Divergence to New Histories of Capitalism Andrew B. Liu (Villanova University USA) PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF A WORLD ECONOMY 9. Trade and the Emergence of the World Economy 1500-2000 Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick UK) and Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics UK) 10. The Environment and the World Economy since 1500 John McNeill (Georgetown University USA) 11. Labour Regimes and Labour Mobility from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century Alessandro Stanziani (EHESS Paris France) 12. Colonialism and Economic Change in Asia and Africa Leigh Gardner (London School of Economics UK) 13. Varieties of Industrialization: An Asian Regional Perspective Kaoru Sugihara (Kyoto University Japan) 14. Global Commodities and Commodity Chains Bernd-Stefan Grewe (University of Tübingen Germany) 15. The Rise of Global Finance 1850-2000 Youssef Cassis (EUI Florence Italy) PART III: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHANGE 16. Africa: Economic Change South of the Sahara since c. 1500 Gareth Austin (The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva Switzerland) 17. Trade and Development in the Middle East 1500-1914 Laura Panza (University of Melbourne Australia) 18. The New World Silver and the Making of a Global Economy Alejandra Irigoin (London School of Economics UK) 19. Business Technology and the American Economy c. 1800-2000 Regina Lee Blaszczyk (University of Leeds UK) 20. Economic Change in East Asia from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century Debin Ma (London School of Economics UK) 21. Europe and the World 1500-2000 Peer Vries (University of Vienna Austria) 22. South Asia in the World Economy Bishnupriya Gupta (University of Warwick UK) 23. Changing Destinies in the Economy of Southeast Asia J. Thomas Lindblad (Leiden University the Netherlands) Glossary Bibliography Index
List of Tables List of Figures List of Contributors Preface Introduction: Global Economic History 1500-2000 Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick UK) and Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics UK) PART I: DIVERGENCE AND CAPITALISM IN GLOBAL HISTORY 1. The Great Divergence Debate Prasannan Parthasarathi (Boston College USA) and Kenneth Pomeranz (University of Chicago USA) 2. Data and Dating the Great Divergence Jack A. Goldstone (George Mason University USA) 3. Useful and Reliable Knowledge in Europe and China Patrick O'Brien (University of Oxford UK) 4. Toolkits Creativity and Divergences: Technology in Global History Karel Davids (VU University Amsterdam the Netherlands) 5. Families Firms and Polities: Pre-modern Institution Economic Growth and the Great Divergence Regina Grafe (European University Institute Italy) and Maarten Prak (Utrecht University the Netherlands) 6. Plantations and the Great Divergence Trevor Burnard (University of Melbourne Australia) 7. Consumption and Global History in the Early Modern Period Maxine Berg (University of Warwick UK) 8. From the Great Divergence to New Histories of Capitalism Andrew B. Liu (Villanova University USA) PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF A WORLD ECONOMY 9. Trade and the Emergence of the World Economy 1500-2000 Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick UK) and Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics UK) 10. The Environment and the World Economy since 1500 John McNeill (Georgetown University USA) 11. Labour Regimes and Labour Mobility from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century Alessandro Stanziani (EHESS Paris France) 12. Colonialism and Economic Change in Asia and Africa Leigh Gardner (London School of Economics UK) 13. Varieties of Industrialization: An Asian Regional Perspective Kaoru Sugihara (Kyoto University Japan) 14. Global Commodities and Commodity Chains Bernd-Stefan Grewe (University of Tübingen Germany) 15. The Rise of Global Finance 1850-2000 Youssef Cassis (EUI Florence Italy) PART III: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHANGE 16. Africa: Economic Change South of the Sahara since c. 1500 Gareth Austin (The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva Switzerland) 17. Trade and Development in the Middle East 1500-1914 Laura Panza (University of Melbourne Australia) 18. The New World Silver and the Making of a Global Economy Alejandra Irigoin (London School of Economics UK) 19. Business Technology and the American Economy c. 1800-2000 Regina Lee Blaszczyk (University of Leeds UK) 20. Economic Change in East Asia from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century Debin Ma (London School of Economics UK) 21. Europe and the World 1500-2000 Peer Vries (University of Vienna Austria) 22. South Asia in the World Economy Bishnupriya Gupta (University of Warwick UK) 23. Changing Destinies in the Economy of Southeast Asia J. Thomas Lindblad (Leiden University the Netherlands) Glossary Bibliography Index
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