The origins of capitalism and the "rise of the West"
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Perspectives on the origins of merchant capitalism in Europe
- Orthodox Marxism
- Brennerism (or the Brenner approach)
- The modernization theory
- World-systems analysis
- The inter-city-state system of the Middle Ages
- Tentative conclusions
- The political economies of China and Europe compared
- The Chinese socioeconomic revolution during the Sung dynasty (circa 900-1280)
- China and the Mongols
- Ming China and Europe : divergent paths
- Conclusions vis-a-vis European capitalism
- The political economies of South Asia and Europe compared
- Trade and commodity flows in the South Asian region
- States and state structures in South Asia
- The strategies of elites in South Asia and Europe
- The impact of the perilous frontier
- Conclusions
- The political economies of Western Europe and Northern Africa compared
- Northern Africa and the Sudanic states (circa 1200-1500)
- North African cities, states, and the balance of power in the Mediterranean
- Conclusions
- Conclusion : Was the Western-European city-state in the Middle Ages a European miracle?