It takes the average reader 6 hours and 25 minutes to read The Great Divergence by Kenneth Pomeranz
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This made Europe's failure to use its land intensively much less of a problem, while allowing growth in energy-intensive industries. Another crucial difference that he notes has to do with trade. Fortuitous global conjunctures made the Americas a greater source of needed primary products for Europe than any Asian periphery. This allowed Northwest Europe to grow dramatically in population, specialize further in manufactures, and remove labor from the land, using increased imports rather than maximizing yields. Together, coal and the New World allowed Europe to grow along resource-intensive,...
The Great Divergence by Kenneth Pomeranz is 382 pages long, and a total of 96,264 words.
This makes it 129% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 46 minutes to read The Great Divergence aloud.
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