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“In this book, Jones established two parallel worlds, Europe and Asia. He argued that intensive growth of the modern type, i.e. growth with better technology and high per capita income, occurred in both worlds. The first recorded such growth was China under the Sung (Song) Period of the 10th to 13th centuries. Then, there was a similar growth in Tokugawa Japan of the 17th to 19th centuries. These were the forerunners of the British Industrial Revolution.” Read more...
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