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THE GREAT DIVERGENCE - CHINA EUROPE AND THE MAK...

Pomeranz uses that European invention--economics--to overturn Eurocentrism  establishing beyond
cavil a New Fact in our world. Never again will Europeans imagine they stood alone in the
doorway of economic growth. Pomeranz and his colleagues in the new sinology have reintroduced
the Central Kingdom and its stunning historical sources  and Pomeranz has written the one
essential book.--Deirdre McClosky  University of Iowa Pomeranz uses a mixture of institutional
forces and technological geological luck to explain how an economic and ecological 'tie game'
suddenly became a victory for western Europe over China. He combines global imagination with
the scientific detail needed to make his points hold firm. The Great Divergence should command
widespread respect.--Peter H. Lindert  University of California  Davis A truly magisterial
effort based on an immense knowledge of the field  a vast amount of reading  and on close and
careful analysis  informed by both social science and history.--Joel Mokyr  Northwestern
University This is an outstanding book  painstaking and devastating in its attack on received
wisdom  supported by a wealth of solid evidence and elegant argument.--Jack A. Goldstone 
University of California  Davis

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