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Janet L. Abu-Lughod (Author)
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.
Author Biography
Janet L. Abu-Lughod is Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University (Emeritus)
Number of Pages: 464Dimensions: 0.81 x 8.4 x 5.42 INIllustrated: YesPublication Date: February 21, 1991
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