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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Arrighi, Giovanni. Adam Smith in Beijing. London ; New York : Verso, 2007 (OCoLC)608149120 |
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Named Person: | Adam Smith; Adam Smith; Adam Smith; Adam Smith |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Giovanni Arrighi |
ISBN: | 9781844671045 1844671046 9781844672981 1844672980 |
OCLC Number: | 154707506 |
Description: | xiii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | pt. 1. Adam Smith and the new Asian age -- Marx in Detroit, Smith in Beijing -- The historical sociology of Adam Smith -- Marx, Schumpeter, and the "endless" accumulation of capital and power -- pt. 2. Tracking global turbulence -- The economics of global turbulence -- Social dynamics of global turbulence -- A crisis of hegemony -- pt. 3. Hegemony unraveling -- Domination without Hegemony -- The territorial logic of historical capitalism -- The world state that never was -- pt. 4. Lineages of the new Asian age -- The challenge of "peaceful ascent" -- States, markets, and capitalism, east and west -- Origins and dynamic of the Chinese ascent. |
Responsibility: | Giovanni Arrighi. |
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Abstract:
In the late 18th century, the political economist Adam Smith predicted an eventual equalization of power between the conquering West and the conquered non-West. Demonstrating Smith's continued relevance to understanding China's extraordinary rise, this book examines the events that have brought it about.
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