The European Miracle: Environments, Economies and Geopolitics in the History of Europe and AsiaCambridge University Press, 1987 M08 31 - 279 páginas Why did modern states and economies develop first in the peripheral and late-coming culture of Europe? This historical puzzle looms behind every study of industrialization and economic development. In his analytical and comparative work Eric Jones sees the economic condition forming where natural environments and political systems meet: Europe's economic rise is explained as a favoured interaction between them, contrasting with the frustrating pattern of their interplay in the Ottoman empire, India and China. For the second edition Professor Jones has added a new introduction and an updated bibliographical guide. |
Contenido
Environmental and social conjectures | 3 |
Disasters and capital accumulation | 22 |
Europe | 43 |
Technological drift | 45 |
The Discoveries and ghost acreage | 70 |
The market economy | 85 |
The states system | 104 |
Nationstates | 127 |
Asia | 173 |
Islam and the Ottoman Empire | 175 |
India and the Mughal Empire | 192 |
China and the Ming and Manchu Empires | 202 |
Eurasia | 223 |
Summary and comparison | 225 |
Annotated bibliographical guide | 239 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The European Miracle: Environments, Economies and Geopolitics in the History ... E. L. Jones Vista previa limitada - 1987 |
The European Miracle: Environments, Economies and Geopolitics in the History ... E. L. Jones Sin vista previa disponible - 1987 |
The European Miracle: Environments, Economies and Geopolitics in the History ... E. L. Jones Sin vista previa disponible - 1987 |
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