East in the West

Name: East in the West
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ISBN: 9780521553605

ISBN-10: 0521553601

ISBN-13: 9780521553605

Edition: 1996

Authors: Jack Goody

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The East in the West reassesses Western views of Asia. Traditionally many European historians and theorists have seen the societies of the East as static or backward. Jack Goody challenges these assumptions, beginning with the notion of a special Western rationality which enabled us and not them to modernise. He then turns to book-keeping, which several social and economic historians have seen as intrinsic to capitalism, arguing that there was in fact little difference between East and West in terms of mercantile activity. Other factors said to inhibit the Easts development, such as the family and forms of labour, have also been greatly exaggerated. This Eurocentrism both fails to explain…

Book details

List price: $62.99
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/21/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 303
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.25" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Introduction: the Westï¿½s problem with the East



Rationality in review



Rationality and ragioneria: The Keeping of Books and the Economic Miracle



Indian trade and Economy in the Medieval and Early Colonial Periods



The Growth of Indian Commerce and Industry



Family and business in the East



From collective to individual? The historiography of the family in the West



Labour, Production and Communication



Revaluations