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Global history: Ian Morris and the Great Divergence

Two of the big questions of global history are why did the industrial revolution happen, and why did it happen in NW Europe? I’ve been partial to the explanation offered by historian Kenneth Pomeranz in his 2000 book The Great … Continue reading

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