01740nam a22002057a 450000500170000001000150001702000260003203500130005803700130007108200130008410000230009724500810012026000530020127000530025430000230030750000670033050510940039765000160149165000270150720131003112126.0  aENG-108419  a9788121512442c495.00  aEN-91952  bDBAD/PUB  a330.9401  aMielants, Eric H.   aThe origins of capitalism and the "rise of the West" /cby Erich H. Mielants  aNew DelhibMunshiram Manoharlal Publishersc2013  aPO Box 5715, 54, Rani Jhansi RoadbDelhie110055  ax,241p.c24cm(pbk)  a Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-236) and index.  a 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-á-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?  aCapitalism.  a Civilization, Western