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Suzhou & the Yangzi delta (c. 1750)

c. 1750 — Kenneth Pomeranz argues that the Yangzi delta is as commercial and productive as England. Its silk and cotton cloth, canals, markets and high literacy show the strength of its economy. What the region lacks is cheap coal close to its towns and colonies overseas.

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Turning point
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Why Britain industrialised first (chapter 1 of Industrial Revolution)
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The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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Map showing Suzhou & the Yangzi delta (c. 1750), turning point in The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
TURNING POINT · THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1750–1914

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