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Why are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, the income differences were small, but they have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. Since

"In co-operation with the International Economic History Association."

This book seeks to identify the forces which explain how and why some parts of the world have grown rich and others have lagged behind. Encompassing 2000 years

What are the problems addressed by the growing field of global economic history? What debates and methodologies does it engage with? As Global Economic History

The Routledge Handbook of Global Economic History documents and interprets the development of economic history as a global discipline from the later nineteenth