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Adam Smith in Beijing
Giovanni Arrighi
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Description for Adam Smith in Beijing
Paperback. In the late eighteenth century, the political economist Adam Smith predicted an eventual equalization of power between the conquering West and the conquered non-West. This book demonstrates Smith's continued relevance to understanding China's extraordinary rise. Num Pages: 432 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 690.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
688g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844672981
SKU
V9781844672981
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About Giovanni Arrighi
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Adam Smith in Beijing
Arrighi is a student of the French historian Fernand Braudel, and the book has the range and ambition of Braudel's work.
Financial Times
Adam Smith in Beijing follows, and completes, his previous volume The Long Twentieth Century. Together they constitute a stunning work of world history with theoretical and political intent whose intellectual roots lie in a mix ... Read more
Financial Times
Adam Smith in Beijing follows, and completes, his previous volume The Long Twentieth Century. Together they constitute a stunning work of world history with theoretical and political intent whose intellectual roots lie in a mix ... Read more