State, economy and the great divergence : Great Britain and China, 1680s-1850s /

Vries, P. H. H.,

State, economy and the great divergence : Great Britain and China, 1680s-1850s / Peer Vries. - 1 online resource (513 pages) : illustrations, map

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Revenue -- (Over-)expenditure -- Finance and money -- People -- The military and the economy -- Economic policies -- Empire and economy -- State-building, nation-building and "legibility".

9781472529183 (e-book)


Economic development--History.--Great Britain
Economic development--History.--China


Great Britain--Economic conditions--1760-1860.
China--Economic conditions--1644-1912.


Electronic books.

HC254.5 / .V753 2015

330.941/07