The origins of capitalism and the "rise of the West"

X, 241 S.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Perspectives on the origins of merchant capitalism in Europe -- Orthodox marxism -- Brennerism (or the Brenner approach) -- The modernization theory -- World-systems analysis -- Temporal predisposition -- Spatial predisposition -- 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 (c. 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 -- (c. 1200-1500 AD) -- 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 (13th-15th centuries) -- North African cities and states and the balance of power in the Mediterranean -- Conclusions -- Conclusion -- Was the Western-European city-state in the Middle Ages a European miracle?

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