Literature:
The obligatory literature consists of approximately 1000 pages and is made up of a combination of articles and books. Students may choose between different combinations – this will be discussed at the first seminar.
Berg, Maxine, ‘From imitation to invention: creating commodities in eighteenth century Britain’, Economic History Review, vol LV, no 1, February 2002, pp. 1-30 (30 pp). Kan lastes ned her Or: Berg, Maxine, “In Pursuit of Luxury: Global History and British Consumer Goods in the Eighteenth Century”, Past & Present, 182, February 2002, pp. 85-143 (40 pp) Kan lastes ned her
Frank, Andre Gunder, Reorient: Global Economy in the Asian Age, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1998. (360 pp) Especially chapters 2, 4, 6, and 7. (c. 220 pp)
Goody, Jack, The East in the West, Cambridge, 1966. Especially Introduction and chpts. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, and the appendix (170 pp)
Jacob, Margaret, “The Cultural Foundation of Early Industrialization: A Project”, in Maxine Berg and Kristine Bruland (eds), Technological Revolutions in Europe. Historical Perspectives, Cheltenham UK; Northampton, MA, USA, 1998, pp 67-86. (13pp)
Landes, David, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. Why Some are so Rich and Some So Poor, London, 1998. pp. 30-59, pp. 200-221 (41 pp)
Marks, Robert B., The Origins of the Modern World. A Global and Ecological Narrative, London, New York, 2002. (160 pp)
O’Brien, Patrick K., “European Economic Development: the Contribution by the Periphery”, Economic History Review, 2nd series, 35, 1982, pp 1-18. (17 pp) Kan lastes ned her
O`Brien, Patrick, “Historiographical Traditions and Modern Imperatives for the Restoration of Global History”, Journal of global History, 1:1, 2006, pp 3-39 Kan lastes ned her
Mokyr, J (2005), “Long term economic growth and the history of technology”, in Aghion, P. and Durlauf, S, Handbook of Economic Growth (Dordrecht, Elsevier). (58 pp)Kan lastes ned her
Pomeranz, Kenneth, The Great Divergence. China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy, Princeton, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. pp 1-68 (67 pp)
Pomeranz, Kenneth and Topik, Steven, The World that Trade Created. Society, Culture, and the World Economy, 1400 to the present, M.E.Sharpe, Armonk, New York, London, England, 2006. Chpts 1 and 7 (75 pp)
Rosenberg, N. and Birdzell, L. (1986), How the West grew Rich. The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World (New York: Basic Books), pp 3-36 (33 pp)
Parthasarathi, Prasannan, “The Great Divergence” (review article), Past & Present, 176, August 2002, pp. 275-293 (18 pp). Kan lastes ned her
Rosenberg, N. and Birdzell, L. (1986), How the West grew Rich. The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World (New York: Basic Books), pp 3-36 (33 pp)
Vries, Peer, ‘Are coal and colonies really crucial? Kenneth Pomeranz and the great divergence’, Journal of World History 12 (2001) 407-446. (38 pp)
Vries, Peer, “Should we really ReOrient?”, Itinerario. European Journal of Overseas History, 22 (3), 19-38 (review article) (18 pp).
R. Bin Wong, ‘The search for European differences and domination in the early modern world: a view from Asia’, The Amerian Historical Review 107, 2002, pp 447-469. (22 pp) Kan lastes ned her
Read and/or listen to two debates:
(1) Gunder Frank and David Landes (1998) (2) Joel Mokyr and Bob Allen (2000)
You may want to read the 1998 debate between Gunder Frank and David Landes