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