Great Divergence and Great Convergence A Global Perspective /

• Main Authors: Grinin, Leonid (Author), Korotayev, Andrey (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice
• Subjects: Political economy.; International economics.; Population.; Demography.; Economics.; International Economics.; Population Economics.; Political Economy.

This new monograph provides a stimulating new take on hotly contested topics in world modernization and the globalizing economy. It begins by situating what is called the Great Divergence--the social/technological revolution that led European nations to outpace the early dominance of Asia--in histor...