This book is the first to offer a full exploration of the theory of uneven and combined development.
This book is the first to offer a full exploration of the theory of uneven and combined development.
The concept of 'uneven and combined development' was originally coined by Leon Trotsky to theorise Tsarist Russia's distinctive experience of modernity and revolution. But it has re-emerged over the last decade or so as a burgeoning research programme within International Relati…
Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Alexander Anievas and Kamran Matin -- Uneven and combined development : "the international" in theory and history / Justin Rosenberg -- The conditions for the emergence of uneven and combined development / Neil Davidson -- The uneven, combined,…
This book is the first to offer a full exploration of the theory of uneven and combined development.
Encompasses the entire history of the catastrophic encounter between the Global North--China, Russia, Europe, Britain, and America--and Muslim societies from Central Asia to West Africa, explaining the deep hostilities between them and how they grew over the centuries--Adapted f…
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Records the outstanding events of human history in the words of those who saw them. Compiled from memoirs, diaries, letters, journalistic reports and other first-hand evidence.