Prasannan Parthasarathi

Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not

Global Economic Divergence, 1600-1850

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Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 706g
• ISBN-13: 9781107000308
• ISBN-10: 1107000300
• Artikelnr.: 33268920

Autorenporträt

Prasannan Parthasarathi is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Boston College. His previous publications include The Transition to a Colonial Economy: Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720-1800 (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and The Spinning World: A Global History of Cotton Textiles, 1200-1850 (co-edited with Giorgio Riello, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

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.