A01=Erik Ringmar
Author_Erik Ringmar
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Category=NHF
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Product details
- ISBN 9781843312413
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 135 x 211mm
- Publication Date: 07 Mar 2007
- Publisher: Anthem Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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For most of its history Europe was a thoroughly average part of the world: poor, uncouth, technologically and culturally backward. By contrast, China was always far richer, more sophisticated and advanced. Yet it was Europe that first became modern, and by the nineteenth century China was struggling to catch up. This book explains why. Why did Europe succeed and why was China left behind? The answer, as we will see, does not only solve a long-standing historical puzzle, it also provides an explanation of the contemporary success of East Asia, and it shows what is wrong with current theories of development and modernization.
Erik Ringmar is a Professor at the National Chiao Tung Unviersity, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
