Capitalism and Modernity (e-bog) af Goody, Jack
Goody, Jack (forfatter)

Capitalism and Modernity e-bog

146,74 DKK (inkl. moms 183,42 DKK)
This important new book investigates how the West attained its current position of economic and social advantage. In an incisive historical analysis, Jack Goody examines when and why Europe (and Anglo-America) started to outstrip all other continents in socio-economic growth. Drawing on non-Western examples of economic and technical progress, Goody challenges assumptions about long-term Europea...
E-bog 146,74 DKK
Forfattere Goody, Jack (forfatter)
Forlag Polity
Udgivet 2 maj 2013
Genrer 1D
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780745637990
This important new book investigates how the West attained its current position of economic and social advantage. In an incisive historical analysis, Jack Goody examines when and why Europe (and Anglo-America) started to outstrip all other continents in socio-economic growth. Drawing on non-Western examples of economic and technical progress, Goody challenges assumptions about long-term European supremacy of a cultural kind, as was a feature of many theories current in social science. He argues that the divergence came with the Industrial Revolution and that the earlier bourgeois revolution of the sixteenth century was but one among many Eurasia-wide expressions of developing mercantile and manufacturing activity. This original book casts new light on the history of capitalism, industrialization and modernity, and will be essential reading for all those interested in the great debate about the economic rise of the West.