The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution
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The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution by Jan Luiten Van Zanden
Why did the Industrial Revolution happen in Western Europe? Was it a sudden acceleration of the European economy, or should we look at specific institutions arising in Western Europe since the Middle Ages? This book puts these big questions of European economic history in a global perspective, deals with the institutions that developed in Europe, and measures their relative efficiency over time and compared with other parts of Eurasia. It traces the growth of human capital in the centuries between 1000 and 1800, in comparison with China, Japan and India. It also demonstrates how important the European Marriage Pattern was for understanding Europe's past. The result is a new synthesis of the origins of the Industrial Revolution. Originally published in hardcover.
..una obra de sumo interes para todos los historiadores económicos e interesados en el desarrollo económico, muy ambiciosa, que entreña la consagracíon definitiva de un gran maestro... Enrique Llopis Agelán, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Investigaciones de Historia Económica, 2011: 19, 189-193
Jan Luiten van Zanden (1955) is professor of economic history at Utrecht University and senior researcher at the International Institute of Social History. He has published widely on the economic history of the Netherlands, Western Europe, and Indonesia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9789004226791 |
| ISBN 10 | 9004226796 |
| Title | The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution |
| Author | Jan Luiten Van Zanden |
| Series | History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
| Year published | 2012-02-23 |
| Number of pages | 344 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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