02375nam a2200349 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095015001900112016001800131020003100149020002800180040002100208035002100229050002400250082001800274100002000292245010100312260005200413300001400465504006600479505109400545533015201639650001601791650002701807655002901834710001701863856012601880999001902006ebr10210838CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||061114s2007    pau     sb    001 0 eng    z  2006037484  aGBA7395632bnb7 z0137520192Uk  z9781592135752 (alk. paper)  z1592135757 (alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)22943285614aHB501b.M635 2007eb04a330.94/012221 aMielants, Eric.14aThe origins of capitalism and the "rise of the West"h[electronic resource] /cEric H. Mielants.  aPhiladelphia :bTemple University Press,c2007.  ax, 241 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [163]-236) and index.0 aPerspectives 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?  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aCapitalism. 0aCivilization, Western. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10210838zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c124525d124525