LEADER 03145nam 22005292 450 001 996247978903316 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-139-17105-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000416140 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001034123 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12363395 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001034123 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11007959 035 $a(PQKB)23497260 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3006728 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139171052 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3006728 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10944116 035 $a(OCoLC)927198841 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000416140 100 $a20141103d1996|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe East in the West /$fJack Goody$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d1996. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 295 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-55360-1 311 $a0-521-55673-2 327 $aCover -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: the West's problem with the East -- Rationality in review -- Rationality and ragioneria: the keeping of books and the economic miracle -- Indian trade and economy in the medieval and early colonial periods -- The growth of Indian commerce and industry -- Family and business in the East -- From collective to individual? The historiography of the family in the west -- Labour, production and communication -- Revaluations -- Appendix: early links between East and West -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThe East in the West reassesses Western views of Asia. Traditionally many European historians and theorists have seen the societies of the East as 'static' or 'backward'. Jack Goody challenges these assumptions, beginning with the notion of a special Western rationality which enabled 'us' and not 'them' to modernise. He then turns to book-keeping, which several social and economic historians have seen as intrinsic to capitalism, arguing that there was in fact little difference between East and West in terms of mercantile activity. Other factors said to inhibit the East's development, such as the family and forms of labour, have also been greatly exaggerated. This Eurocentrism both fails to explain the current achievements of the East, and misunderstands Western history. The East in the West starts to redress the balance, and so marks a fundamental shift in our view of Western and Eastern history and society. 606 $aBookkeeping$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aFamily-owned business enterprises$vCross-cultural studies 607 $aIndia$xCommerce$xHistory 615 0$aBookkeeping 615 0$aFamily-owned business enterprises 676 $a657/.2/0954 700 $aGoody$b Jack$0136697 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996247978903316 996 $aEast in the West$928962 997 $aUNISA