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Janet L. Abu-Lughod
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Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350 |
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English |
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Paperback |
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464 |
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1991-02-21 |
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0195067746 |
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Oxford University Press, USA |
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1.46 pounds |
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5.35 x 0.79 x 8.27 inches |
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2 Eduardo J. Rocha (USA: TX), Eduardo J. Rocha (USA: TX) |
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Product Description
In this important study, Abu-Lughod presents a groundbreaking reinterpretation of global economic evolution, arguing that the modern world economy had its roots not in the sixteenth century, as is widely supposed, but in the thirteenth century economy--a system far different from the European world system which emerged from it. Using the city as the working unit of analysis, Before European Hegemony provides a new paradigm for understanding the evolution of world systems by tracing the rise of a system that, at its peak in the opening decades of the 14th century, involved a vast region stretching between northwest Europe and China. Writing in a clear and lively style, Abu-Lughod explores the reasons for the eventual decay of this system and the rise of European hegemony.
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