The Great Divergence Reconsidered: Or, Is it Time to Reconsider the Great Divergence Debate?
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for History, Culture and Modernity
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2666-6529,2213-0624
DOI: 10.18352/hcm.598