Why was Europe the birthplace of industrial modernity? Why not China, the land of paper and gunpowder?
In his iconic, "The Great Divergence", Kenneth Pomeranz offered a surprising answer: American colonies & English fossil fuels.
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Was the rise of Europe powered by colonialism, inventions, or something else entirely? And what happened to China? Kenneth Pomeranz explains.
