Some books

The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy.
_ Kenneth Pomeranz
_ 392 pages
_ Publisher: Princeton University Press; Revised edition (December 3, 2001)

• amazon
• Review by Pete Sweeney 

The rise and decline of nations: economic growth, stagflation, and social rigidities
_ Mancur Olson
_ 273 페이지
_ Yale University Press, 1982

• google books

A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World

• my scrap