Capitalism and Modernity: The Great Debate

Abstract

This title investigates how the West attained its current position of economic and social advantage. In an incisive historical analysis, Jack Goody examines when and why Europe (and Anglo-America) started to outstrip all other continents in socio-economic growth. Culture and the economy in early Europe -- The sixteenth century -- The other side of the coin -- Malthus and the East -- The challenge of China -- The growth and interchange of merchant cultures.