Before and beyond divergence : the politics of economic change in China and Europe /
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, R. Bin Wong.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
- xi, 276 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-262) and index.
Introduction -- Space and politics -- Population, resources, and economic growth -- Formal and informal mechanisms for market development -- Warfare, location of manufacturing, and economic growth in China and Europe -- Credit markets and economic change -- Autocrats, war, taxes, and public goods -- Political economies of growth, 1500-1950 -- Conclusion: Findings, methods and implications.