The origins of capitalism and the "rise of the West"
By: Eric H. Mielants.
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781592135752
Description: Eric Mielants argues that, contrary to established thinking, the 'rise of the West' should not be examined through the lens of the Industrial Revolution or of the colonization of the New World but viewed through long-term developments that began in the Middle Ages.