Europe and the rise of capitalism : [based on papers from a symposium organized in September 1985 at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, under the title of "The European miracle"

Baechler, Jean / Hall, John A. / Mann, Michael. Europe and the Rise of Capitalism. London, Basil Blackwell, 1988. 8°. IV, 249 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition. John A. Hall - States and Societies - The Miracle in Comparative Perspective / Jean Baehler - The Origins of Modernity: Caste and Feudality (India, Europe and Japan) / Chris Wickham - The Uniqueness of the East / Jean-Claude Garcin - The Mamlük Military System and the Blocking of Medieaval Moslem Society / Michael Cook - Islam: A Comment / Alain Besancon - The Russian Case etc. etc. Contents Preface Introduction by Ernest Gellner 1. European Development: Approaching a Historical Explanation by Michael Mann 2. States and Societies: the Miracle in Comparative Perspective by John A. Hall 3. The Origins of Modernity: Caste and Feudality (Europe, India and Japan) by Jean Baechler 4. The Uniqueness of the East by Chris Wickham 5. China as a Counterfactual by Mark Elvin 6. The Mamluk Military System and the Blocking of Medieval Moslem Society by Jean-Claude Garcin 7. Islam: A Comment by Michael Cook 8. The Modernization of Japan: Why has Japan Succeeded in its Modernization? by Jacques Mutel 9. The Russian Case by Alain Besançon 10. Political and Social Structures of the West, 300-1300 by Karl Ferdinand Werner 11. The Cradle of Capitalism: The Case of England by Alan Macfarlane 12. The European Tradition in Movements of Insurrection by Rene Pillorget 13. Republics of Merchants in Early Modern Europe by Peter Burke 14. The European Family and Early Industrialization by Peter Laslett Index