Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350 - Softcover

Abu-Lughod, Janet L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195067746 ISBN 13: 9780195067743

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1991

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Janet L. Abu-Lughod is Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University (Emeritus)

Review:

"A provocative, well-researched, imaginative book."--Contemporary Sociology

"A useful and stimulating economic history that juxtaposes data from many different regions....The book should prove useful and popular in world history courses."--American Historical Review

"An important work in historical sociology."--Science & Society

"A beautifully written work, whose scope is comparable to those of Immanuel Wallerstein and Fernand Braudel."--American Sociological Association

"World history at its best, combining breadth and depth, pattern with detail....A first-class contribution that will become a major reference point in future scholarship."--American Journal of Sociology

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0195067746
• ISBN 13: 9780195067743
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464