About this title: Andre Gunder Frank asks us to re-orient our views away from Eurocentrism - to see the rise of the West as a mere blip in what was, and is again becoming, an Asia-centered world. In a bold challenge to received historiography and social theory he turns on its head the world according to Marx, Weber, and other theorists, including Polanyi, Rostow, Braudel, and Wallerstein. Frank explains the Rise of the West in world economic and demographic terms that relate it in a single historical sweep to the decline of the East around 1800. European states, he says, used the silver extracted from the ...
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Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520214743ISBN:0520214749
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Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520214743ISBN:0520214749
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Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520214743ISBN:0520214749
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Date Published: 1998
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Description: Brand New in Brand New jacket. Condition: NEW ~ A great virtue of this stimulating book is its relentless push to redefine our framework for thinking about the early modern economy. Frank us to Reorient our views away from Eurocentrism-to see the Rise of the West as a mere blip in what was, and is again becoming, an Asia-centered world. Andre Gunder Frank asks us to ReQRIENT our views away from Eurocentrism-to see the Rise of the West as a mere blip in what was, and is again becoming, an Asia ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of California, Berkeley
Date Published: 1998
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"Frank's thesis is simple - throughout most of history the global economy has been driven by China, and the current Western-oriented world economic situation is but a minor aberration, probably a temporary one. This is one of those books that at first seems to challenge common knowledge, but then argues its case so well that it seems as though we've known what he's saying all along. Columbus, after all, did not "sail the ocean blue" on a whim, but because finding an all-water route to Asia was a vital economic necessity for Europe's growth. Adam Smith acknowledges this when, in the "Wealth of Nations," he refers specifically to China as "a much richer country than any part of Europe," and discusses the importance of the silver brought in from the New World as a means for Europeans to buy Asian products. Even Karl Marx paid homage to the "wealth of the Orient."
Frank is a monetarist economist and an adherent of the Braudelian school of history (an updated Marxist analysis), so his perspective is largely materialist-driven. This makes his theory all the more challenging for those who believe in the importance of the individual in creating history, and he brings a large amount of data to support it. Anyone concerned about the final outcome of the current "global" economic crisis (less so in China and Vietnam!) should read this book and seriously consider what it has to teach."
"Global historical capital bullion flows? YES! This is one of the most innovative and status-quo-challenging explanations of the modern period of economics I've had the chance to read. Full of points and arguments, many of which at least seem to stick; some don't quite work. If you're interested in global finance in a very huge scope context, read this book."
"Andre can always be a little exaggerated and silly, but the basic argument of the book is correct and is a good addition to (rather than substitute for) the growing volume of lit on this subject. Basically, China and East Asia's recent rise is not something new but rather a return to what things were like prior to the damage of European colonialism. As the cliche goes, China just had a couple of bad centuries, but NOW their back!"
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