LEADER 03256nam 22006371 450 001 9910965843903321 005 20160324161917.0 010 $a9781472526403 010 $a1472526406 010 $a9781472530226 010 $a1472530225 010 $a9781474252485 010 $a1474252486 010 $a9781472529183 010 $a1472529189 024 7 $a10.5040/9781474252485 035 $a(CKB)3710000000342190 035 $a(OCoLC)900783576 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary11011938 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2002812 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09260279 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781474252485BC 035 $a(Perlego)807381 035 $a(Perlego)875219 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000342190 100 $a20161216d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aState, economy and the great divergence $eGreat Britain and China, 1680s-1850s /$fPeer Vries 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York, NY :$cBloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (513 p.) 311 08$a9781336211513 311 08$a1336211512 311 08$a9781472521934 311 08$a1472521935 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 1. Revenue -- 2. (Over-)Expenditure -- 3. Finance and Money -- 4. People -- 5. The Military and the Economy -- 6. Economic Policies -- 7. Empire and Economy -- 8. State-Building, Nation-Building and 'Legibility' -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"State, Economy and the Great Divergence provides a new analysis of what has become the central debate in global economic history: the 'great divergence' between European and Asian growth. Focusing on early modern China and Western Europe, in particular Great Britain, this book offers a new level of detail on comparative state formation that has wide-reaching implications for European, Eurasian and global history. Beginning with an overview of the historiography, Peer Vries goes on to extend and develop the debate, critically engaging with the huge volume of literature published on the topic to date. Incorporating recent insights, he offers a compelling alternative to the claims to East-West equivalence, or Asian superiority, which have come to dominate discourse surrounding this issue. This is a vital update to a key issue in global economic history and, as such, is essential reading for students and scholars interested in keeping up to speed with the on-going debates."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aEconomic development$zChina$xHistory 606 $aEconomic development$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $2Asian history 607 $aChina$xEconomic conditions$y1644-1912 607 $aGreat Britain$xEconomic conditions$y1760-1860 615 0$aEconomic development$xHistory. 615 0$aEconomic development$xHistory. 676 $a330.941/07 700 $aVries$b P. H. H.$0997037 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965843903321 996 $aState, economy and the great divergence$94355036 997 $aUNINA