China and Historical Capitalism

Genealogies of Sinological Knowledge

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Editor:

Brook, Timothy
Blue, Gregory

Contribution by:

Aymard, Maurice
Revel, Jacques
Wallerstein, Immanuel

Series title:

Studies in Modern Capitalism Ser.

ISBN:

978-0-521-52591-6

Publication Date:

Sep 2002

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $29.99

Book Description:

Viewed through the lens of capitalist development, China appears as a failed version of the West. This volume seeks to identify this distortion and correct it through a series of essays from leading scholars in the field, and is an important contribution to the development of theories of world history.

Book Details

Pages:	304
Detailed Subjects:	Political Science / Political Ideologies / Capitalism Political Science / International Relations / General Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.889 x 8.931 x 0.897 Inches
Book Weight:	1.36 Pounds

Author Biography

(Editor)

Wallerstein studied at Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D. in sociology in 1959. His work has focused primarily on what he calls "world systems theory," which deals with the socioeconomic dynamics of global dependence and interdependence. As Wallerstein sees it, the wealthy nations of the world control and manipulate the destinies of weaker nations and keep them dependent. The world system is an outcome of historic global, political, and ideological forces leading to Western hegemony. 020

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