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* written by one of the world's leading anthropologists; * fills the gap for an accessible comparative study of the history of capitalism; * examines the causes and nature of the West's position of economic advantage; * challenges assumptions about long--term European supremacy of a culturala kind. .

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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.

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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.

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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.

Author Biography

Jack Goody is Emeritus William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at St. Johns College, Cambridge

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1 Culture and the economy in early Europe. 2 The sixteenth century. 3 The other side of the coin. 4 Malthus and the East. 5 The challenge of China. 6 The Growth and Interchange of Merchant Cultures. Notes. References and Bibliography. Index

Review

'One of the world's best-known anthropologists asks what modernity is [and] how it originated. [Capitalism and Modernity] updates readers very well on the state of the discussion.'Kenneth Pomeranz, Journal of Social History

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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.

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'One of the world's best-known anthropologists asks what modernity is [and] how it originated. [Capitalism and Modernity] updates readers very well on the state of the discussion.'Kenneth Pomeranz, Journal of Social History

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'One of the world's best-known anthropologists asks what modernity is [and] how it originated. [Capitalism and Modernity] updates readers very well on the state of the discussion.' Kenneth Pomeranz, Journal of Social History

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written by one of the world?s leading anthropologists; fills the gap for an accessible comparative study of the history of capitalism; examines the causes and nature of the West?s position of economic advantage; challenges assumptions about long-term European supremacy of a cultural' kind.

Details ISBN0745631916 Author Jack Goody Short Title CAPITALISM & MODERNITY Language English ISBN-10 0745631916 ISBN-13 9780745631912 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2004 Imprint Polity Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Subtitle The Great Debate Pages 208 Illustrations black & white illustrations Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9780745631912 UK Release Date 2004-03-17 AU Release Date 2004-03-17 NZ Release Date 2004-03-17 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Publication Date 2004-03-17 Alternative 9780745631905 DEWEY 330.122 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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