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Social Science History 2008 32(2):235-261; DOI:10.1215/01455532-2007-020
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Special Section: Eurasian Comparisons

Eurasian Historical Comparisons

Conceptual Issues in Comparative Historical Inquiry

Daniel Little

The article discusses the conceptual and methodological challenges of comparative economic history, focusing on recent debates concerning alternative pathways of development in Europe and Asia, the agricultural systems of early modern England and the lower Yangzi region in China, and the historical demography of Eurasia. The article concludes that such debates support the perspective that there is substantial path dependency and contingency in economic history and that alternative development paths can be discerned across and within Europe and Asia.







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