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Before and Beyond Divergence: The Politics of Economic Change in China and Europe. By Jean-Laurent Rosenthal and R. Bin Wong. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011. Pp. xi, 276. $45.00, hardcover.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2012

JAMES Z. LEE
JAMES Z. LEE*
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 72 , Issue 2 , 30 May 2012 , pp. 555 - 558
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