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Papers by P. Vries

Research paper thumbnail of State, Economy and the Great Divergence : Great Britain and China, 1680s–1850s

Research paper thumbnail of Is California the measure of all things global? A rejoinder to Ricardo Duchesne,'Peer Vries, the Great Divergence, and the California School: Who's in and …

Research paper thumbnail of The Prospects of Global History: Personal Reflections of an Old Believer

International Review of Social History

Global history seems to be the history for our times. Huge syntheses such as the seven-volume Cam... more Global history seems to be the history for our times. Huge syntheses such as the seven-volume Cambridge World History or the six-volume A History of the World suggest the field has come to fruition. Robert Moore, in his contribution to the book under review, The Prospect of Global History, is quite confident in this respect: if there is a single reason for “the rise of world history”, it is “the collapse of every alternative paradigm” (pp. 84–85). As early as 2012, the journal Itinerario published an interview with David Armitage with the title “Are We All Global Historians Now?” That may have been provocative but Armitage obliged by claiming “the hegemony of national historiography is over”.

Research paper thumbnail of Decline of the West − Rise of the East?

Journal of Modern European History

Research paper thumbnail of A Market for Ideas? A Review of Joel Mokyr’s A culture of growth. The Origins of the Modern Economy

Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis/ The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History

Research paper thumbnail of Replies to my commentators

Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis/ The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History

Research paper thumbnail of Bringing labour back in: Reflections on Worthy Efffortsand on the origins of modern economic growth

Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis/ The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History

Research paper thumbnail of The Age of Gunpowder, China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History. By Andrade Tonio. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016. Pp. IX, 432. $39.95, hardcover

The Journal of Economic History

Research paper thumbnail of State, Economy and the Great Divergence : Great Britain and China, 1680s–1850s

State, Economy and the Great Divergence : Great Britain and China, 1680s–1850s

Research paper thumbnail of Inevitable decline? A review of Bas van Bavel, The Invisible Hand? How Market Economies have Emerged and Declined since ad 500 (Oxford, 2016)

International Review of Social History

Research paper thumbnail of The Laws of History. By Graeme Donald Snooks. London and New York: Routledge, 1998. Pp xiv, 293. $110.00

The Journal of Economic History, Dec 1, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Public finance in China and Britain in the long eighteenth century

Research paper thumbnail of We are heading for a more global history. An interview with Peter Burke by Peer Vries and Wilma Goosen

Research paper thumbnail of I proudly call myself a card-carrying economic historian. An interview with Jan de Vries by Herman Roozenbeek and Peer Vries

Research paper thumbnail of As a matter of fact there are very few nation-states. An interview with Charles Tilly by Peer Vries and Birgit van den Hoven

Research paper thumbnail of I would not describe myself as an economic historian. An interview with Jonathan Israel by Birgit van den Hoven en Peer Vries

Research paper thumbnail of The future belongs to bigger entities. An interview with Eric Hobsbawm by Peer Vries and Marjolein Van Rotterdam

Research paper thumbnail of Historians do not have any ideas of their own. An interview with Keith Thomas

Research paper thumbnail of De vroegmoderne staat: een analyse

Research paper thumbnail of Verhaal en betoog. Geschiedbeoefening tussen postmoderne vertelling en sociaal-wetenschappelijke analyse, 657 pages

Research paper thumbnail of State, Economy and the Great Divergence : Great Britain and China, 1680s–1850s

Research paper thumbnail of Is California the measure of all things global? A rejoinder to Ricardo Duchesne,'Peer Vries, the Great Divergence, and the California School: Who's in and …

Research paper thumbnail of The Prospects of Global History: Personal Reflections of an Old Believer

International Review of Social History

Global history seems to be the history for our times. Huge syntheses such as the seven-volume Cam... more Global history seems to be the history for our times. Huge syntheses such as the seven-volume Cambridge World History or the six-volume A History of the World suggest the field has come to fruition. Robert Moore, in his contribution to the book under review, The Prospect of Global History, is quite confident in this respect: if there is a single reason for “the rise of world history”, it is “the collapse of every alternative paradigm” (pp. 84–85). As early as 2012, the journal Itinerario published an interview with David Armitage with the title “Are We All Global Historians Now?” That may have been provocative but Armitage obliged by claiming “the hegemony of national historiography is over”.

Research paper thumbnail of Decline of the West − Rise of the East?

Journal of Modern European History

Research paper thumbnail of A Market for Ideas? A Review of Joel Mokyr’s A culture of growth. The Origins of the Modern Economy

Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis/ The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History

Research paper thumbnail of Replies to my commentators

Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis/ The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History

Research paper thumbnail of Bringing labour back in: Reflections on Worthy Efffortsand on the origins of modern economic growth

Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis/ The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History

Research paper thumbnail of The Age of Gunpowder, China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History. By Andrade Tonio. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016. Pp. IX, 432. $39.95, hardcover

The Journal of Economic History

Research paper thumbnail of State, Economy and the Great Divergence : Great Britain and China, 1680s–1850s

State, Economy and the Great Divergence : Great Britain and China, 1680s–1850s

Research paper thumbnail of Inevitable decline? A review of Bas van Bavel, The Invisible Hand? How Market Economies have Emerged and Declined since ad 500 (Oxford, 2016)

International Review of Social History

Research paper thumbnail of The Laws of History. By Graeme Donald Snooks. London and New York: Routledge, 1998. Pp xiv, 293. $110.00

The Journal of Economic History, Dec 1, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Public finance in China and Britain in the long eighteenth century

Research paper thumbnail of We are heading for a more global history. An interview with Peter Burke by Peer Vries and Wilma Goosen

Research paper thumbnail of I proudly call myself a card-carrying economic historian. An interview with Jan de Vries by Herman Roozenbeek and Peer Vries

Research paper thumbnail of As a matter of fact there are very few nation-states. An interview with Charles Tilly by Peer Vries and Birgit van den Hoven

Research paper thumbnail of I would not describe myself as an economic historian. An interview with Jonathan Israel by Birgit van den Hoven en Peer Vries

Research paper thumbnail of The future belongs to bigger entities. An interview with Eric Hobsbawm by Peer Vries and Marjolein Van Rotterdam

Research paper thumbnail of Historians do not have any ideas of their own. An interview with Keith Thomas

Research paper thumbnail of De vroegmoderne staat: een analyse

Research paper thumbnail of Verhaal en betoog. Geschiedbeoefening tussen postmoderne vertelling en sociaal-wetenschappelijke analyse, 657 pages