Reorient: Global Economy in the Asian Age
Andre Gunder Frank
(Author)
Description
Frank explains the Rise of the West from 1400 forward in world economic and demographic terms, with a sweeping historical perspective that places it in clear conjunction with the Decline of the East around 1800. Anyone interested in Asia, in world systems and world economic and social history, in international relations, and in comparative area studies will have to take into account Frank's exciting reassessment of our global economic past and future.Product Details
Price
$40.74
Publisher
University of California Press
Publish Date
July 31, 1998
Pages
352
Dimensions
5.98 X 8.91 X 1.06 inches | 1.28 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780520214743
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About the Author
Andre Gunder Frank (1929-2005), of the University of Toronto, published more than thirty books. He coedited, with Barry Gills, World System: Five Hundred Years or Five Thousand? (1996).
Reviews
"A hugely important contribution to the critique of Eurocentric history. . . . This book is powerful and important. Read it."--"Journal of Historical Geography