Why Europe Was First: Social Change and Economic Growth in Europe and East Asia, 1500-2050 Book

Why Europe Was First: Social Change and Economic Growth in Europe and East Asia, 1500-2050, For most of its history Europe was a thoroughly average part of the world: poor, uncouth, technologically and culturally backward. By contrast, China was always far richer, more sophisticated and advanced. Yet it was Europe that first became modern, and b, Why Europe Was First: Social Change and Economic Growth in Europe and East Asia, 1500-2050

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Why Europe Was First: Social Change and Economic Growth in Europe and East Asia, 1500-2050
Written by author Erik Ringmar
Published by Anthem Press, March 2007
For most of its history Europe was a thoroughly average part of the world: poor, uncouth, technologically and culturally backward. By contrast, China was always far richer, more sophisticated and advanced. Yet it was Europe that first became modern, and b
An engaging and enigmatic historical review of the way in which some countries have become economic successes, leaving others in their wake.

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The logic
The Nature & Origin of Modern Society     1
The Failure & Success of East Asia     13
The Self-Transforming Machine     27
Reflection
The Discovery of Distance     43
The Face in the Mirror     61
Institutions that Reflect     75
Entrepreneurship
Origins of the Entrepreneurial Outlook     95
The Age of the Demiurge     113
Institutions that Get Things Done     131
Pluralism
A World in Pieces     151
The Polite Alternative     171
Institutions that Deal with Conflicts     187
European paths to modernity
Institutions & Revolutions     205
China
Reflection     221
Entrepreneurship     243
Pluralism     259
Europe & China Compared     275
Reform & revolution in Japan & China
Foreign Challenges, Japanese Responses     293
Japan & China in a Modern World     309
The future of modern society
The New Politics of Modernization     325
Notes     339
Bibliography     369
Index     393

Title: Why Europe Was First: Social Change and Economic Growth in Europe and East Asia, 1500-2050

Item Number: 9781843312413

Publication Date: March 2007

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Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)

Width: 5.500 cm (2.17 inches)

Heigh : 8.500 cm (3.35 inches)

Depth: 0.950 cm (0.37 inches)

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Everyone who lives in the United States should read this book. It illuminates the origins of our culture and relationships to one another. Beautifully worded and attention to detail is unmatched for a period journal from this time.

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