23. – 26. September 2014 in Göttingen State and Capitalism in China and Europe KENNETH POMERANZ (Chicago) The Great Divergence. Fifteen Years Later. New Positions and Debates Surrounding a Controversial Concept PEER VRIES (Wien) New Perspectives on the Paths and Patterns of Economic Growth in Chinese and European History JÜRGEN KOCKA (Berlin) What kind of State? The Relation Between Capitalism and Democracy as a Topic of Comparative History ANDREAS ECKERT (Berlin) Rethinking the History of Capitalism and the State in Europe from the Perspective of Global Labour History DOMINIC SACHSENMAIER (Bremen) Commentary. Relevant Debates among Historians in China Veröffentlicht am 9. April 2014