ISBN:
9780521838351
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9780521547246
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0521838355
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0521547245
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 376 S.
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graph. Darst., Kt.
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24 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hobson, John M. The Eastern origins of Western civilization
DDC:
909/.09821
Keywords:
East and West
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Civilization, Western History
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East and West
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Civilization, Western History
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Asien (ohne westliches Asien) Europa
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Kulturaustausch/Kulturkontakt
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Geschichte
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Zivilisation
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Geschichte
Abstract:
Countering the Eurocentric myth of the West: discovering the Oriental West -- The East as an Early Developer: the East discovers and leads the world through oriental globalisation, 500-1800 -- Islamic and African pioneers: building the global economy in the Afro-Asian Age of Discovery, 500-1500 -- Chinese pioneers: the first industrial miracle and the myth of Chinese isolationism, 1000-1800 -- The East remains dominant: India, Japan and Southeast Asia, 1400-1800 -- The West was Last: oriental globalisation and the invention of Christendom, 500-1498 -- Inventing Christendom and the Eastern origins of European feudalism -- The myth of the Italian pioneer -- The myth of the Vasco de Gama epoch, 1498-1800 -- The West as a Late-Developer and the advantages of backwardness: oriental grobalisation and the reconstruction of Western Europe as the advanced West, 1492-1850 -- The myth of 1492 and the impossibility of America: the Afro-Asian contribution to the catch-up of the West, 1492-1700 -- The Chinese origins of British industrialisation -- Constructing European racist identity and the invention of the world, 1700-1850 -- War, racist imperialism and the Afro-Asian origins of British industrialisation -- Conclusion: The Oriental West versus the Eurocentric Myth of the West -- The twin myths of the Western liberal state and the civilisational divide between East and West, 1500-1900 -- The rise of the Oriental West: identity/agency, global structure and contingency
Description / Table of Contents:
Countering the Eurocentric myth of the West: discovering the Oriental West -- The East as an Early Developer: the East discovers and leads the world through oriental globalisation, 500-1800 -- Islamic and African pioneers: building the global economy in the Afro-Asian Age of Discovery, 500-1500 -- Chinese pioneers: the first industrial miracle and the myth of Chinese isolationism, 1000-1800 -- The East remains dominant: India, Japan and Southeast Asia, 1400-1800 -- The West was Last: oriental globalisation and the invention of Christendom, 500-1498 -- Inventing Christendom and the Eastern origins of European feudalism -- The myth of the Italian pioneer -- The myth of the Vasco de Gama epoch, 1498-1800 -- The West as a Late-Developer and the advantages of backwardness: oriental grobalisation and the reconstruction of Western Europe as the advanced West, 1492-1850 -- The myth of 1492 and the impossibility of America: the Afro-Asian contribution to the catch-up of the West, 1492-1700 -- The Chinese origins of British industrialisation -- Constructing European racist identity and the invention of the world, 1700-1850 -- War, racist imperialism and the Afro-Asian origins of British industrialisation -- Conclusion: The Oriental West versus the Eurocentric Myth of the West -- The twin myths of the Western liberal state and the civilisational divide between East and West, 1500-1900 -- The rise of the Oriental West: identity/agency, global structure and contingency.
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=19939
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=19940
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