Entrepreneurs and Institutions in Europe and Asia, 1500-2000
de Goey, Ferry / Veluwenkamp, Jan Willem
It is widely accepted opinion in the study of European economic history that since about 1500 the economic, political, and cultural center of the world moved from Asia in the East to Europe in the West. It is theorized that during this period the economic center of gravity in Europe shifted from the South to the North, moving Europe ahead of Asia and Northern Europe ahead of Southern Europe.These theories have come under fire in recent years. ...