Why Europe was first : social change and economic growth in Europe and East Asia 1500-2050 /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Anthem Press,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- The nature & origin of modern society
- The failure & success of East Asia
- The self-transforming machine
- The discovery of distance
- The face in the mirror
- Institutions that reflect
- Origins of the entrepreneurial outlook
- The age of the demiurge
- Institutions that get things done
- A world in pieces
- The polite alternative
- Institutions that deal with conflicts
- Institutions & revolutions
- Reflection
- Entrepreneurship
- Pluralism
- Europe & China compared
- Foreign challenges, Japanese responses
- Japan & China in a modern world
- The new politics of modernization.