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Giovanni Arrighi - Adam Smith in Beijing, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Adam Smith in Beijing

Lineages of the Twenty-First Century

Av Giovanni Arrighi

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Beskrivning
In the late eighteenth century, the political economist Adam Smith predicted an eventual equalization of power between the West and the territories it had conquered. In this magisterial new work, Giovanni Arrighi shows how China's extraordinary rise invites us to reassess radically the conventional reading of The Wealth of Nations. He examines how recent US attempts to create the first truly global empire were conceived to counter China's spectacular economic success Now America's disastrous failure in Iraq has made the People's Republic of China the true winner in the US War on Terror.China may soon become again the kind of noncapitalist market economy that Smith described, an event that will reconfigure world trade and the global balance of power.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2009-01-05
  • Mått: 157 x 236 x 32 mm
  • Vikt: 666 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 432
  • Förlag: Verso Books
  • ISBN: 9781844672981
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Giovanni Arrighi (1937-2009) was Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Long Twentieth Century, Adam Smith in Beijing, and, with Beverly Silver, Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System. His work has appeared in many publications, including New Left Review-who published an interview on his life-long intellectual trajectory in March-April 2009, and an obituary in Nov-Dec 2009-and there are more accounts on his memorial website.

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Arrighi is a student of the French historian Fernand Braudel, and the book has the range and ambition of Braudel's work.

Betyg & recensioner

1 recensioner, genomsnitt 5/5

  1. 5/5 Hans H

    Giovanni Arrighis bok "Adam Smith in Beijing" beskriver mekanismen bakom den ekonomiska utvecklingen under de senaste seklen mot bakgrund av Adam Smiths revolutionerande teorier i "The Wealth of Nations". Mot den som grund sätter han in Kinas historiska återkomst som ekonomiskt stormakt.

    Tillsammans med Arrighis tidigare bok: "The Long Twentieth Century" (På svenska "Det långa 1900-talet") ger "Adam Smith in Beijing" en bild av kapitalismens framväxt från de italienska stadsstaterna på medeltiden till dagens situation där Kina utmanar USA:s ledande roll i världsekonomin.

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