01819nam a22002297a 4500 20131003112126.0 ENG-108419 9788121512442 495.00 EN-91952 DBAD/PUB 330.9401 Mielants, Eric H. The origins of capitalism and the "rise of the West" / by Erich H. Mielants New Delhi Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers 2013 PO Box 5715, 54, Rani Jhansi Road Delhi 110055 x,241p. 24cm(pbk) Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-236) and index. 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? Capitalism. Civilization, Western lcc EN MIE 330.9401 79209 79209 0 0 0 1 NFIC DBAD DBAD 2013-09-09 DBAD/PUB 495.00 0 330.9401 MIE EN-91952 2013-09-09 00:00:00 1 495.00 EN