02375nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10210838 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 061114s2007 pau sb 001 0 eng 2006037484 GBA739563 bnb 013752019 Uk 9781592135752 (alk. paper) 1592135757 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)229432856 HB501 .M635 2007eb 330.94/01 22 Mielants, Eric. The origins of capitalism and the "rise of the West" [electronic resource] / Eric H. Mielants. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007. x, 241 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-236) and index. Perspectives on the origins of merchant capitalism in Europe -- Orthodox Marxism -- Brennerism (or the Brenner approach) -- The modernization theory -- World-systems analysis -- The inter-city-state system of the Middle Ages -- Tentative conclusions -- The political economies of China and Europe compared -- The Chinese socioeconomic revolution during the Sung dynasty (circa 900-1280) -- China and the Mongols -- Ming China and Europe : divergent paths -- Conclusions vis-�a-vis European capitalism -- The political economies of South Asia and Europe compared -- Trade and commodity flows in the South Asian region -- States and state structures in South Asia -- The strategies of elites in South Asia and Europe -- The impact of the perilous frontier -- Conclusions -- The political economies of Western Europe and Northern Africa compared -- Northern Africa and the Sudanic states (circa 1200-1500) -- North African cities, states, and the balance of power in the Mediterranean -- Conclusions -- Conclusion : Was the Western-European city-state in the Middle Ages a European miracle? Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Capitalism. Civilization, Western. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10210838 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 124525 124525