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Global History: A View from the South

By Samir Amin

Book information

Publisher
Pambazuka Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9781906387969, 9781906387976, 9788182911109
Open Library ID
OL25093459M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6290207 bytes)
Pages
202\202
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Responding to the need to take a fresh look at world history, hitherto dominated by Eurocentric ideologues and historians in their attempt to justify the nature and character of modern capitalism, Samir Amin looks in this book at the ancient world system and how it has influenced the development of the modern world. He analyses the origin and nature of modern globalization and the challenges it presents in achieving socialism and examines the role played by Central Asia in determining the course of world history as well as the different roads taken by Europe and China. The book looks closely at a theme that has been primordial to his contribution to political and economic thought: the question of unequal development.

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