The European Miracle: Environments, Economies and Geopolitics in the History of Europe and AsiaWhy did modern states and economies develop first in the peripheral and late-coming culture of Europe? This historical puzzle looms behind every study of industrialization and economic development. In his analytical and comparative work Eric Jones sees the economic condition forming where natural environments and political systems meet: Europe's economic rise is explained as a favored interaction between them, contrasting with the frustrating pattern of their interplay in the Ottoman empire, India and China. A new preface and afterword have been added for the third edition. Previous Edition Hb (1987): 0-521-33449-7 Previous Edition Pb (1987): 0-521-33670-8 |
Contents
Environmental and social conjectures | 3 |
Disasters and capital accumulation | 22 |
Technological drift | 45 |
The Discoveries and ghost acreage | 70 |
The market economy | 85 |
The states system | 104 |
Nationstates | 127 |
Beyond Europe | 153 |
India and the Mughal Empire | 192 |
China and the Ming and Manchu Empires | 202 |
Summary and comparison | 225 |
Afterword to the third edition | 239 |
An annotated bibliographical guide to Eurasian economic history in the very long term | 261 |
Bibliography | 274 |
Supplementary bibliographical guide | 294 |
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