Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Persistent Debate, a New Approach, More Data, Rich Findings -- Chapter 2. Colonial Incomes on the Eve of the Revolution -- Chapter 3. When Did Colonial America Get Rich? -- Chapter 4. Losing the Lead -- Chapter 5. Unequal...

This paper documents industrial output growth around the poor periphery (Latin America, the European periphery, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa) between 1870 and 2007. We find that although the roots of rapid peripheral industrialization stretch into the late 19th...