''The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy'' is a 2000 nonfiction book by Kenneth Pomeranz, published by

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, on the subject of Great Divergence in the

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. The book won the

John K. Fairbank Prize The John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History is offered annually for an outstanding book in the history of China proper, Vietnam, Chinese Central Asia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea, or Japan, substantially after 1800. It honors the late John K. ...

for 2000. It was a joint winner for

World History Association Book Prize The World History Association Bentley Book Prize is an annual award given by the World History Association. It was first awarded in 1999 as the World History Association Book Prize; the name was changed in 2012 to honor Jerry H. Bentley.

of 2000.

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