Global Economic History

by Tirthankar Roy (Editor), Giorgio Riello (Editor)

Overview

Guiding the reader through the many guises of global economic history, this book uncovers its key issues, debates and subjects. With contributions from leading scholars around the world, it delves into the economic histories of Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas from the 16th to the 20th centuries. From the environment to The Great Divergence, finance, consumption, trade, industrialisation, commodities and labour regimes, it demonstrates the global nature of economic history, and highlights how indispensable it is and has been.

Updated throughout, this new edition boasts an expanded introduction and four new chapters on capitalism and political economy, European empires and colonialism, North Africa and the Middle East, and the North American Economy. A comprehensive introduction to global economic history, this textbook provides students with a confident grasp of the field, its key debates and essential issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350290082
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/03/2024
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Giorgio Riello is Professor of Global History and Culture at the University of Warwick, UK. He has authored or edited several books on the history of early modern Europe and Asia, including The Spinning World (2009); How India Clothed the World (with T. Roy, 2009); Writing Material Culture History (2014); and Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World (2013).
Tirthankar Roy is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics, UK. He has published extensively on the economic history of modern South Asia, and is the author of India in the World Economy from Antiquity to the Present (2012); The Economic History of India 1857-1947 (2012); and An Economic History of Early Modern India (2013).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Globalization and Economic Change in History Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick, UK) and Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics, UK)

PART I: DIVERGENCE IN GLOBAL HISTORY
1. The Great Divergence Debate Prasannan Parthasarathi (Boston College, USA) and Kenneth Pomeranz (University of Chicago, USA)
2. Data and Dating the Great Divergence Jack A. Goldstone (George Mason University, USA)
3. Useful and Reliable Knowledge in Europe and China Patrick O'Brien (University of Oxford, UK)
4. Toolkits, Creativity and Divergences: Technology in Global History Karel Davids (VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
5. Families, Firms and Polities: Pre-modern Institution, Economic Growth and the Great Divergence Regina Grafe (European University Institute, Italy) and Maarten Prak (Utrecht University, the Netherlands)
6. Plantations and the Great Divergence Trevor Burbanard (University of Melbourbane, Australia)
7. Consumption and Global History in the Early Modern Period Maxine Berg (University of Warwick, UK)

PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF A WORLD ECONOMY
8. Trade and the Emergence of the World Economy, 1500-2000 Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick, UK) and Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics, UK)
9. The Environment and the World Economy since 1500 John McNeill (Georgetown University, USA)
10. Labour Regimes and Labour Mobility from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century Alessandro Stanziani (University of Paris, France)
11. Varieties of Industrialization: An Asian Regional Perspective Kaoru Sugihara (Kyoto University, Japan)
12. Global Commodities and Commodity Chains Bernd-Stefan Grewe (Freiburg University, Germany)
13. The Rise of Global Finance, 1850-2000 Youssef Cassis (European University Institute, Italy)

PART III: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHANGE
14. Africa: Economic Change South of the Sahara since c. 1500 Gareth Austin, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
15. The New World and the Global Silver Economy, 1500-1800 Alejandra Irigoin (London School of Economics, UK)
16. Economic Change in East Asia from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century Debin Ma (London School of Economics, UK)
17. Europe and the World, 1500-2000 Peer Vries (University of Vienna, Austria)
18. South Asia in the World Economy Bishnupriya Gupta (University of Warwick, UK)
19. Changing Destinies in the Economy of Southeast Asia J. Thomas Lindblad (Leiden University, the Netherlands)
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

As a stimulating summary of some of the new contributions to global economic history, it is well worth reading.” —EH.Net

“At last we have a volume containing sophisticated illustrations of the many facets and features of global economic history, endorsing its indispensability. Incorporating divergence and global interconnectedness, delving into the related histories of Africa, Latin America and Asia, as well as Europe, and addressing developments from the 16th to the 20th centuries, this is a perfect tribute to Patrick O'Brien's broadminded inspiration.” —Pat Hudson, Emeritus Professor of Economic History, Cardiff University, UK

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