The origins of capitalism and the "rise of the West"

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mielants, Eric
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: 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-á-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?