Eric Jones, E. L. Jones

The European Miracle

Environments, Economies and Geopolitics in the History of Europe and Asia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Why modern states and economies developed in Europe first, and later in India and China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9780521820943
• ISBN-10: 0521820944
• Artikelnr.: 29338202

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Eurasia: 1. Environmental and social conjectures
2. Disasters and capital accumulation
Part II. Europe: 3. Technological drift
4. The discoveries and ghost acreage
5. The market economy
6. The states system
7. Nation-states
Part III. The World: 8. Beyond Europe
Part IV. Asia: 9. Islam and the Ottoman Empire
10. India and the Mughal Empire
11. China and the Ming and Manchu Empires
Part V. Eurasia: 12. Summary and comparison
Annotated bibliographical guide
Bibliography and supplementary guide
Index.