The Great Divergence Reconsidered: Europe, India, and the Rise to Global Economic Power (Europe, India, and the Rise to Global Economic Power)

Author
Studer, Roman
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
20150414
ISBN
9781107020542
ISBN registration area
English-language area (ISBN 978-1)

Description

Studer shows that Europe's rise to its current status as an undisputed world economic leader was not the effect of the Industrial Revolution; rather, an interplay of institutional, geographical, political, and technological factors accounts for Europe's early and gradual rise to its status as a global superpower.