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| Author | Eric Jones |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | history, economic theory |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date | 1981 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Hardback |
| Followed by | Growth Recurring: Economic Change and World History |
The European Miracle: Environments, Economies and Geopolitics in the History of Europe and Asia is a book written by Eric Jones in 1981 to refer to the sudden rise of Europe during the Late Middle Ages. Ahead of the Islamic and Chinese civilizations, Europe steadily rose since the early modern period to a complete domination of world trade and politics that remained unchallenged until the early 20th century.
This process started with the first European contacts and subsequent colonization of great expanses of the world. The Industrial Revolution further reinforced it.
Jones's book gave rise to the term European miracle. It is closely related to the idea of the Great Divergence, but the latter's focuses, rather than the origins of the rise of Europe during the Renaissance, is the 18th-century culmination of the process and the subsequent "imperial century" of Britain.