2. Answers to geography : Europe and China
3. European exceptionalism : a different path
4. The invention of invention
7. From discoveries to empire
12. Winners and losers : the balance sheet of empire
13. The nature of industrial revolution
14. Why Europe : why then?
15. Britain and the others
17. You need money to make money
18. The wealth of knowledge
20. The South American way
21. Celestial empire : stasis and retreat
22. Japan : and the last shall be first
23. The Meiji restoration
29. How did we get here : where are we going?
