The Ming and Qing Imperial States and Their Agrarian Economies
No participant in the Divergence Debate has argued that the problems of an agrarian empire that had successfully exploited its rich natural resources to reach a production possibility frontier of diminishing returns could have been anything but complex an
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The Economies of Imperial China and Western Europe Debating the Great Divergence Patrick Karl O’Brien
Palgrave Studies in Economic History
Series Editor Kent Deng London School of Economics London, UK
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Patrick Karl O’Brien
The Economies of Imperial China and Western Europe Debating the Great Divergence
Patrick Karl O’Brien Department of Economic History London School of Economics and Political Science Oxford, UK
ISSN 2662-6497 ISSN 2662-6500 (electronic) Palgrave Studies in Economic History ISBN 978-3-030-54613-7 ISBN 978-3-030-54614-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54614-4 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Craig Hallewell/Alamy Stock Photo This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
I hope this book will promote further and future conversations with my friends and fellow economic historians: Bob Allen and Peer Vries
Preface and Acknowledgments
My late career as an economic historian has remained intellectually exciting and socially enjoyable largely because years ago I decided to reallocate more of my reading and research time into an engagement with global economic history. That occurred at a tim
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