Erik Ringmar

Why Europe Was First (eBook, PDF)

Social Change and Economic Growth in Europe and East Asia 1500-2050

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

For most of its history Europe was a thoroughly average part of the world: poor, uncouth, technologically and culturally backward. By contrast, China was always far richer, more sophisticated and advanced. Yet it was Europe that first became modern, and by the nineteenth century China was struggling to catch up. This book explains why. Why did Europe succeed and why was China left behind? The answer, as we will see, does not only solve a long-standing historical puzzle, it also provides an explanation of the contemporary success of East Asia, and it shows what is wrong with current theories of development and modernization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857287045
• Artikelnr.: 44360755

Autorenporträt

Erik Ringmar

Inhaltsangabe

The Nature & Origin of Modern Society
The Failure & Success of East Asia
The Self-Transforming Machine
The Discovery of Distance
The Face in the Mirror
Institutions that Reflect
Origins of the Entrepreneurial Outlook
The Age of the Demiurge
Institutions that Get Things Done
A World in Pieces
The Polite Alternative
Institutions that Deal with Conflicts
Institutions & Revolutions
Reflection
Entrepreneurship
Pluralism
Europe & China Compared
Foreign Challenges, Japanese Responses
Japan & China in a Modern World
The New Politics of Modernization
Notes
Bibliography
Index