num_pages: 256
description: Eric Mielants provides a fresh interdisciplinary interpretation of the origins of modernity in general and of capitalism in particular. He argues that contrary to established thinking the Rise of the West should not be examined through the lens of the Industrial Revolution or the colonization of the New World but viewed through long-term developments that began in the Middle Ages.
language: English
title: The Origins of Capitalism and the "Rise of the West"
publisher: Temple University Press