The East in the West /
The East in the West reassesses Western views of Asia. Traditionally many European historians and theorists have seen the societies of the East as 'static' or 'backward'. Jack Goody challenges these assumptions, beginning with the notion of a special Western rationality which ena...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1996.
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| Series: | ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the West's problem with the East
- 1. Rationality in review
- 2. Rationality and ragioneria: the keeping of books and the economic miracle
- 3. Indian trade and economy in the medieval and early colonial periods
- 4. The growth of Indian commerce and industry
- 5. Family and business in the East
- 6. From collective to individual? The historiography of the family in the West
- 7. Labour, production and communication
- 8. Revaluations
- Appendix: early links between East and West.
