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  • The Great Divergence

    China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy

    by Kenneth Pomeranz ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    A landmark comparative history of Europe and China that examines why the Industrial Revolution emerged in the WestThe Great Divergence sheds light on one of the great questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe? Historian Kenneth Pomeranz shows that as recently as 1750, life expectancy, consumption, and product and factor markets were comparable in Europe ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The World That Trade Created

    Society, Culture, and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present

    by Kenneth Pomeranz, Steven Topik ...
    The World That Trade Created brings to life the history of trade and its actors. In a series of brief, highly readable vignettes, filled with insights and amazing facts about things we tend to take for granted, the authors uncover the deep historical roots of economic globalization.Covering over seven hundred years of history, this book, now in its fourth edition, takes the reader around the world ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present

    by Kenneth Pomeranz, Steven Topik ...
    Offering enhanced coverage of Africa, the Middle East, and the 20th century, this new edition of The World That Trade Created brings to life international trade and its actors. In a series of brief, highly readable vignettes, the authors show clearly that the seemingly modern concept of economic globalization has deep historical roots. ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge World History: Volume 7, Production, Destruction and Connection, 1750-Present, Part 1, Structures, Spaces, and Boundary Making

    Edited by Kenneth Pomeranz, J. R. McNeill ...
    Series Book 1 - The Cambridge World History
    Since 1750, the world has become ever more connected, with processes of production and destruction no longer limited by land- or water-based modes of transport and communication. Volume 7 of the Cambridge World History series, divided into two books, offers a variety of angles of vision on the increasingly interconnected history of humankind. The first book examines structures, spaces, and ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • The Pacific in the Age of Early Industrialization

    Edited by Kenneth Pomeranz ...
    Series series The Pacific World: Lands, Peoples and History of the Pacific, 1500-1900
    The essays selected for this volume show how the Pacific rapidly became part of an industrializing world. Its raw materials (notably rubber and copper) were critical, some of its handicraft industries were devastated by mechanized competition, others survived and adapted, contributing to distinctive patterns of industrialization that made Japan a new center of power, and also laid the groundwork ... Read more

    $458.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge World History: Volume 7, Production, Destruction and Connection, 1750-Present, Part 2, Shared Transformations?

    Edited by Kenneth Pomeranz, J. R. McNeill ...
    Series Book 2 - The Cambridge World History
    Since 1750, the world has become ever more connected, with processes of production and destruction no longer limited by land- or water-based modes of transport and communication. Volume 7 of the Cambridge World History series, divided into two books, offers a variety of angles of vision on the increasingly interconnected history of humankind. The second book questions the extent to which the ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present

    From Ancient Times to the Present

    by Cynthia Clark Northrup, Jerry H. Bentley, Alfred E. Eckes, Jr, Patrick Manning, Kenneth Pomeranz, Steven Topik ...
    Written for high school or beginning undergraduate students, this four-volume reference valiantly attempts to provide a historical framework for the perhaps overly broad concept of world trade. Entry topics were selected on trade organizations, influential people, commodities, events that affected trade, trade routes, navigation, religion, communic ... Read more

    $881.99 CAD

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    by Robert C. Allen ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Why are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, the income differences were small, but they have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. Since then, the interplay between geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. The industrial revolution was Britain's path breaking response to the challenge of ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The River Runs Black

    The Environmental Challenge to China's Future

    by Elizabeth C. Economy ...
    Series series A Council on Foreign Relations Book
    China's spectacular economic growth over the past two decades has dramatically depleted the country's natural resources and produced skyrocketing rates of pollution. Environmental degradation in China has also contributed to significant public health problems, mass migration, economic loss, and social unrest. In The River Runs Black, Elizabeth C. Economy examines China's growing environmental ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Will China Dominate the 21st Century?

    by Jonathan Fenby ...
    Series series Global Futures
    China's spectacular growth and expanding global role have led to visions of the 21st century being dominated by the last major state on earth ruled by a Communist Party. In this new edition of his widely acclaimed book, renowned China expert Jonathan Fenby shows why such assumptions are wrong. He presents an analysis of China under Xi Jinping which explores the highly significant political, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • China at the Crossroads

    by Peter Nolan ...
    This concise and timely book, written by one of the world's leading authorities on China, argues that the country is at a crossroads in its development and explores the challenges that lie ahead.A concise and timely book about China and its future, which argues that the country it at a crossroads in its development.Written by one of the world’s leading authorities on China.Explores the challenges ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Emerging States and Economies

    Their Origins, Drivers, and Challenges Ahead

    Edited by Takashi Shiraishi, Tetsushi Sonobe ...
    Series series Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies
    This open access book asks why and how some of the developing countries have “emerged” under a set of similar global conditions, what led individual countries to choose the particular paths that led to their “emergence,” and what challenges confront them. If we are to understand the nature of major risks and uncertainties in the world, we must look squarely at the political and economic dynamics ... Read more

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