Why Europe grew rich and Asia did not: global economic divergence, 1600-1850

Introduction

Part I. Setting the stage : Europe and Asia before divergence. India and the global economy, 1600-1800

Political institutions and economic life

Part II. The divergence of Britain. The European response to Indian cottons

State and market : Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire

From cotton to coal

Part III. The Indian path. Science and technology in India, 1600-1800

Modern industry in early nineteenth-century India

Conclusion.

Introduction

Part I. Setting the stage : Europe and Asia before divergence. India and the global economy, 1600-1800

Political institutions and economic life

Part II. The divergence of Britain. The European response to Indian cottons

State and market : Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire

From cotton to coal

Part III. The Indian path. Science and technology in India, 1600-1800

Industry in early nineteenth-century India

Conclusion.