Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not

by Prasannan Parthasarathi

Book Overview

Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Drawing significantly from the case of India, Prasannan Parthasarathi shows that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the advanced regions of Europe and Asia were more alike than different, both characterized by sophisticated and growing economies. Their subsequent divergence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521168244
• ISBN13: 9780521168243
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"