ReORIENT by Andre Gunder Frank -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Contents Preface 1: Introduction to Real World History vs. Eurocentric Social Theory

Holistic Methodology and Objectives Globalism, not Eurocentrism

Smith, Marx, and Weber Contemporary Eurocentrism and Its Critics Economic Historians Limitations of Recent Social Theory

Outline of a Global Economic Perspective Anticipating and Confronting Resistance and Obstacles

2: The Global Trade Carousel

An Introduction to the World Economy

Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Antecedents The Columbian Exchange and Its Consequences Some Neglected Features in the World Economy

World Division of Labor and Balances of Trade

Mapping the Global Economy The Americas Africa Europe West Asia

The Ottomans Safavid Persia

India and the Indian Ocean

North India Gujarat and Malabar Coromandel Bengal

Southeast Asia

Archipellago and Islands Mainland

Japan China

Population, Production, and Trade China in the World Economy

Central Asia Russia and the Baltics Summary of a Sinocentric World Economy

3: Money Went Around the World and Made the World Go Round

World Money: Its Production and Exchange

Micro- and Macro-Attractions in the Global Casino Dealing and Playing in the Global Casino The Numbers Game

Silver Gold Credit

How Did the Winners Use Their Money

The Hoarding Thesis Inflation or Production in the Quantity Theory of Money Money Expanded the Frontiers of Settlement and Production

In India In China Elsewhere in Asia?

4: The Global Economy: Comparisons and Relations

Quantities: Population, Production, Productivity, Income, and Trade

Population, Production, and Income Productivity and Competitiveness World Trade 1400-1600

Qualities: Science and Technology

Eurocentrism Regarding Science and Technology in Asia

Guns Ships Printing Textiles Metallurgy, Coal, and Power Transport

World Technological Development

Mechanisms: Economic and Financial Institutions

Comparing and Relating Asian and European Institutions Global Institutional Relations

In India In China

5: Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory

Simultaneity Is No Coincidence Doing Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory

Demographic/Structural Analysis A “Seventeenth-Century Crisis”? The 1640 Silver Crises Kondratieff Analysis The 1762-1790 Kondratieff “B” Phase: Crisis and Recessions A More Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory?

6: Why Did the West Win (Temporarily)

Is There a Long-Cycle Roller Coaster? The Decline of the East Preceded the Rise of the West

The Decline in India The Decline Elsewhere in Asia

How Did the West Rise?

Climbing Up on Asian Shoulders Supply and Demand for Technological Change Supplies and Sources of Capital

A Global Economic Demographic Explanation

A Demographic Economic Model A High-Level Equilibrium Trap? The Evidence: 1500-1750 The 1750 Inflection Challenging and Reformulating the Explanation The Resulting Transformations in India, China, Europe, and the World

In India In China In Western Europe The Rest of the World

Past Conclusions and Future Implications

7: Historiographic Conclusions and Theoretical Implications

Historiographic Conclusions: The Eurocentric Emperor Has No Clothes

The Asiatic Mode of Production European Exceptionalism A European World-System or a Global Economy? 1500: Continuity or Break? Capitalism? Hegemony? The Rise of the West and the Industrial Revolution Empty Categories and Procrustean Beds

Theoretical Implications: Through the Global Looking Glass

Holism vs. Partialism Commonality/Similarity vs. Specificity/Differenees Continuity vs. Discontinuities Horizontal Integration vs. Vertical Separation Cycles vs. Linearity? Agency vs. Structure Europe in the World Economic Nutshell Jihad vs. McWorld in the Anarchy of the Clash of Civilizations?

References Index

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