num_pages: 352
description: The assumption still made in much social science research that Europe provides a universal model of development is fundamentally mistaken, according to R. Bin Wong. The solution is not, however, simply to reject Eurocentric norms but to build complementary perspectives, such as a Sinocentric one, to evaluate current understandings of European developments. A genuinely comparative perspective, he argues, will free China from wrong expectations and will allow those working on European problems to recognize the distinct character of Western development.
language: English
title: China Transformed: Historical Change and the Limits of European Experience
titlecomplete: China Transformed: Historical Change and the Limits of European Experience
genres: History, Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, World History, Nonfiction, China
ratings_count: 50
publisher: Cornell University Press