Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350 - Couverture souple

Abu-Lughod, Janet L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195067746 ISBN 13 : 9780195067743

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1991

Synopsis

In this important study, Abu-Lughod presents a groundbreaking reinterpretation of global economic evolution, arguing that the modern world economy had its roots not in the sixteenth century, as is widely supposed, but in the thirteenth century economy-a system far different from the European world system which emerged from it. Using the city as the working unit of analysis, Before European Hegemony provides a new paradigm for understanding the evolution of world systems by tracing the rise of a system that, at its peak in the opening decades of the 14th century, involved a vast region stretching between northwest Europe and China. Writing in a clear and lively style, Abu-Lughod explores the reasons for the eventual decay of this system and the rise of European hegemony.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Janet L. Abu-Lughod is Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University (Emeritus)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195067746
• ISBN 13: 9780195067743
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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