What to Read After The Great Divergence
Readers who loved The Great Divergence by Kenneth Pomeranz keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Great Divergence is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The Great Divergence
Before European Hegemony
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Vol. 1
Fanshen
The Modern World-System I
Civilization and Capitalism, 15Th-18th Century
The Cash Nexus
The Art of Not Being Governed
The Boxer Rebellion
Red Star over China
China
The Great Wall
China
Framing the Early Middle Ages
A History of Civilizations
Global Capitalism
The Globalization Paradox
Natural Experiments of History
Long Twentieth Century
A Farewell to Alms
The Silk Road: A New History with Documents
The Open Empire
Empires in World History
Enlightened Economy