The most significant debate in global economic history over the past twenty years has dealt with the Great Divergence, the economic gap between different parts of the world.
Using a range of empirical da.
This book shifts the focus to ask how Japan became the only non-western county that managed, at least partially, to modernize its Economy and start to industrialize in the 19th century.
Thus far, this debate has focused on China, India and north-western Europe, particularly Great Britain.
The most significant debate in global economic history over the past twenty years has dealt with the Great Divergence, the economic gap between different parts of the world