The mechanics of modernity in Europe and East Asia : the institutional origins of social change and stagnation / Erik Ringmar
- Bib ID:
- 3305499
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- Book
- Author:
- Ringmar, Erik
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- New York, NY : Routledge, 2005
- 266 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0415342546
- Series:
- Routledge explorations in economic history ; 29.
- Full contents:
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- 1. The nature and origin of modern society
- 2. The failure and success of East Asia
- 3. The self-transforming machine
- 4. The discovery of distance
- 5. The face in the mirror
- 6. Institutions that reflect
- 7. Origins of the entrepreneurial outlook
- 8. The age of the demiurge
- 9. Institutions that get things done
- 10. A world in pieces
- 11. The polite alternative
- 12. Institutions dealing with conflicts
- 13. Institutions and revolutions
- 14. Reflection
- 15. Entrepreneurship
- 16. Pluralism
- 17. Europe and China compared
- 18. Foreign challenges, Japanese responses
- 19. Japan and China in a modern world
- 20. The new politics of modernisation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-257) and index.
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