The European miracle : environments, economies, and geopolitics in the history of Europe and Asia

Why did modern states and economies develop first in the peripheral and late-coming culture of Europe? This historical puzzle looms behind every study of industrialization and economic development. In his analytical and comparative work Eric Jones sees the economic condition forming where natural environments and political systems meet: Europe's economic rise is explained as a favored interaction between them, contrasting with the frustrating pattern of their interplay in the Ottoman empire, India and China. A new preface and afterword have been added for the third edition. Previous Edition Hb (1987): 0-521-33449-7 Previous Edition Pb (1987): 0-521-33670-8 Frontmatter Preface to the third edition (page ix) Preface and acknowledgments (page xiii) Introduction to the second edition (page xvii) Map (page xl) EURASIA 1 Environmental and social conjectures (page 3) 2 Disasters and capital accumulation (page 22) EUROPE 3 Technological drift (page 45) 4 The Doscoveries and ghost acreage (page 70) 5 The market economy (page 85) 6 The states system (page 104) 7 Nation-states (page 127) THE WORLD 8 Beyond Europe (page 153) ASIA 9 Islam and the Ottoman Empire (page 175) 10 India and the Mughal Empire (page 192) 11 China and the Ming and Manchu Empires (page 202) EURASIA 12 Summary and comparison (page 225) Afterword to the third edition (page 239) Annotated bibliographical guide to Eurasia economic history in the very long term (page 261) Bibliography (page 274) Supplementary bibliographical guide (page 294) Index (page 297) "Why did modern states and economies develop first in the peripheral and late-coming culture of Europe? This historical puzzle looms behind every study of industrialization and economic development. In this analytical and comparative work Eric Jones sees the economic condition forming where natural environments and political systems meet: Europe's economic rise is explained as a favoured interaction between them, contrasting with the frustrating pattern of their interplay in the Ottoman empire, India and China. For the third edition Professor Jones has added a new Preface and Afterword." / Produktinformation EUROPE did not spend the gifts of its environment 'as rapidly as it got them in a mere insensate multiplication of the common life'.

Why modern states and economies developed in Europe first, and later in India and China.