Global economic history : a very short introduction /
Robert C. Allen.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- xiv, 170 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Very short introductions ; 282 .
- Very short introductions ; 282. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-162) and index.
The great divergence -- The rise of the West -- The Industrial Revolution -- The ascent of the rich -- The great empires -- The Americas -- Africa -- The standard model and late industrialization -- Big Push industrialization.