LEADER 03472nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910452459403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-15125-4 010 $a9786611151256 010 $a1-59213-577-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000482769 035 $a(EBL)328235 035 $a(OCoLC)476125290 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216435 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11185746 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216435 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10198717 035 $a(PQKB)10515131 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC328235 035 $a(OCoLC)229432856 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15615 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL328235 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10210838 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL115125 035 $a(OCoLC)935267509 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000482769 100 $a20061114d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe origins of capitalism and the "rise of the West"$b[electronic resource] /$fEric H. Mielants 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59213-575-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [163]-236) and index. 327 $aPerspectives 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? 330 $aIn this study, Eric Mielants provides a novel interdisciplinary interpretation of the origins of modernity and capitalism in particular. He argues that contrary to popular thinking, the Rise of the West should not be analyzed in terms of the Industrial Revolution or the colonization of the New World, but viewed from long-term developments that occurred in the Middle Ages. A fascinating overview of different civilizations in East Asia, South Asia, and Northwestern Africa is provided and systematically compared and contrasted with Western Europe. This book addresses some of the major debate 606 $aCapitalism 606 $aCivilization, Western 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCapitalism. 615 0$aCivilization, Western. 676 $a330.94/01 700 $aMielants$b Eric$0900297 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452459403321 996 $aThe origins of capitalism and the "rise of the West"$92091324 997 $aUNINA