{"product_id":"before-european-hegemony-9780195067743","title":"Before European Hegemony","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this important study, Janet Abu-Lughod presents a groundbreaking reinterpretation of global economic evolution and 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 fourteenth 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. She concludes with a provocative analysis of our current world economy, suggesting that we may be moving towards a pluralistic world similar in important respects to that of the thirteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Abu-Lughod's humanity is evident throughout this work as she describes in personalized yet dignifying prose the variety and commonalty of cultures acorss space and time. This book is both a gem and a landmark study.' Philip McMichael, Cornell University, Theory and Society, 22, 1993","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862453223767,"sku":"9780195067743","price":36.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780195067743.jpg?v=1759917847","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/before-european-hegemony-9780195067743","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}