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Chapter 8 Reading Guide

Not on Our Turf: Barriers to Development

Main Thesis

The pattern of interaction between a critical juncture (e.g. Industrial Revolution) and existing institutional differences (extractive, absolutist, etc.) lead to economic divergence amongst countries.

Why was England able to flourish from the Industrial Revolution while others did not?

(England and its history is covered in Chapter 7)

Political and economic institutions shaped the response to the Industrial Revolution

àsome countries lagged behind as they blocked or did nothing to encourage spread of industry

Cases Discussed (pick a few to read or focus on – take notes and be ready to discuss in class)

Ottoman resistance to the printing press (213-215)

Spain (218-222)

Austro-Hungarian Empire (the Habsburgs) (222-227)

Russia (227-231)

China (231-234)

Ethiopia (234-238)

Somalia (238-243)

Why did these states/governments choose not to partake in the technological advancements and economic opportunities offered by the Industrial Revolution?

How are these cases similar or different?

Try to utilize the vocabulary we have established so far while reading the book

• Political and economic institutions
• Creative Destruction
• Political Centralization

-Absolutist vs. Pluralist

-Extractive vs. Inclusive

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