The Eurasian miracle

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The idea of long-term European dominance is characteristic of most evolutionary theories of human culture and society in the 19th century. It was commonly believed that there was a natural progression from antiquity through feudalism to capitalism which could not have taken place elsewhere. In this book, Jack Goody examines this topic.

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Full title :The Eurasian miracle / Jack Goody.

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Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Polity Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (v, 159 pages)

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ISBN:0745675530, 9780745675534, 9780745659251, 074565925X
oclc:ocn841909742
LC Classification:D34.A78
Dewey Decimal:303.482405

Alternation or supremacy? -- Why European and not Eurasian? -- Domestic aspects of the 'miracle' -- Eurasia and the Bronze Age -- Merchants and their role in alternation -- Merchant wealth and puritanical asceticism -- Towards a knowledge society -- The temporary advantage in alternation of the post-Renaissance west -- Alternation in Eurasia -- Appendix 1. Arguments of the Europeanists -- Appendix 2. Water in east and west.

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Asia Asia -- Civilization Asia -- History Asia -- Relations -- Europe Asie -- Civilisation Asie -- Histoire Asie -- Relations -- Europe Asien Civilization -- Asian influences Civilization -- European influences East and West Eurasien Europa Europe Europe -- Civilisation Europe -- Civilization Europe -- Histoire Europe -- History Europe -- Relations -- Asia Europe -- Relations -- Asie