Below you will find a list of readings. The * is used to mark obligatory, core literature. You will need to borrow or buy some books. The rest of the literature will be collected and made available to all students following the course.
Literature:
Books to buy or borrow
*E.L.Jones, The European Miracle: Environments, Economics and Geopolitics in the History of Europe and Asia, Cambridge: CUP, 2002. (ch. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12 and Afterword) (158 pp.)
*David S. Landes, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some are So Rich Some So Poor, New York, US, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1999. (520 pp)
*Robert B. Marks, “The Industrial Revolution and Its Consequences, 1750-1850”, “The Gap”, in R.B.Marks, The Origins of the Modern World, Lanham; Boulder; New York; Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. (160 pp)
*Kenneth Pomeranz, The Great Divergence. China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy, Princeton, New Jersey, US and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press, 2000.(esp. Introduction and Part Two) (90 pp)
Literature collected in a "Kompendium":
*Maxine Berg, “Manufacturing the Orient. Asian Commodities and European Industry 1500-1800”, Istituto Francesco Datini, 1997. (28 pp)
*Donna J. Guy, “The Morality of Economic History and the Immorality of Imperialism”, The American Historical Review, Vol 104, No 4, 2002. (5 pp)
*Eric Jones, Growth Recurring. Economic Change in World History, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Ch. 1, ‘A Know-all’s Guide to the Industrial Revolution’, pp.13-27
- Ch.4 ‘The Case of Sung China’, pp. 73-84
- Ch. 5, ‘The Mills of God’, 87-107
- Ch. 6 ‘Conquest’, pp. 108-115. (54 pp)
*David Ludden, “Modern Inequality and Early Modernity: A Comment for the AHR on Articles by R. Bin Wong and Kenneth Pomeranz”, The American Historical Review, Vol 107, No 2, April 2002, pp. 470-481. (7 pp)
*Patrick O’Brien, ‘European Economic Development: The Contribution of the Periphery’, The Economic History Review, Vol xxxv, No 1, 1982, pp. 1-17. (16 pp)
*Patrick Manning, “Asia and Europe in the World Economy: Introduction”, The American Historical Review, Vol 107, No 2, April 2002, pp. 419-425. (5 pp)
*Kenneth Pomeranz, “Political Economy and Ecology on the Eve of Industrialization: Europe, China and the Global Conjuncture”, The American Historical Review, Vol 107, No 2, April 2002, pp. 425-446. (19 pp)
*Peer Vries, “Are Coal and Colonies Really Crucial? Kenneth Pomeranz and the Great Divergence”, Journal of World History, vol. 12, no 2, pp 408-446. (38 pp)
Other literature:
Alice H. Amsden, The Rise of “The Rest”. Challenges to the West from Late-Industrializing Economies, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. (pp. 1-98) (73 pp)
Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century: Vol. 3, The Perspective of the World, (1979). Chpt. 1.
Andre Gunder Frank, ReOrient: Global Economy in the Asian Age, (Berkley, Los Angeles, US and London), 1998.
Patrick O’Brien, “The Industrial Revolution”, Peter N. Stearns (ed.), Encyclopedia of European Social History, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons (12 pp)
Patrick O’Brien, “Perspectives on Global History: Concepts and Methodology”, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Historical Sciences, Oslo, August, 2000, pp 3-19. (16 pp)
Roy Bin Wong, China Transformed: Historical Change and the Limits of European Experience, Itacha and London, 1997.
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