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Hobson, John M.
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East and West.
Civilization, Western -- History.
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The Eastern origins ...
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The Eastern origins of Western civilisation / John M. Hobson.
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Hobson, John M.
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2004.
Subjects
East and West.
Civilization, Western -- History.
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam041/2003063549.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam041/2003063549.html
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0521838355
0521547245 (pbk.) :
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xiii, 376 p. : map ; 24 cm.
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.
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Hawaii State Library
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909.09821 Ho
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