Pensum/l?ringskrav

Literature:

Goody, Jack, The Eurasian Miracle, Cambridge , 2010; 1-40, 79-130. (c. 80 pp)

Headrich, D.R., The Tools of Empire. Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century, New York , Oxford , 1981. (c.150)

Jacob, Margaret, Scientific Culture and the Making of the Industrial West, Oxford , 1997. (extracts, c 60 pp)

Landes, David, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. Why Some are so Rich and Some So Poor, London , 1998. (c. 480 pp)

Parthasarathi, Parsannan, Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia did not. Global Economic Divergence,1600-1850, Cambridge university Press, 2011. (c. 260 pp)

Mokyr, Joel, ¡°The European Enlightenment and the Origins of Modern Economic Growth¡±, in J.Horn, L.N.Rosenband, M.Roe Smith (eds) Reconceptualizing the Industrial Revolution, Cambridge , Massachusetts ; London , England , 2010, p.65-87. (15pp).

Pomeranz, Kenneth, ¡°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. (20 pp)

See also:

Tvedt, Terje, ¡°Why England and not China and India? Water systems and the history of the Industrial Revolution¡±, Journal of Global History (2010) 5, pp. 29¨C50

Mokyr, Joel, ¡±Long-term economic growth and the history of technology¡±, in Handbook of Economic Growth, Volume 1B. Edited by Philippe Aghion and Steven N. Durlauf (2005