{"product_id":"why-europe-was-first-social-change-and-economic-growth-in-europe-and-east-asia-1500-2050-9781843312413","title":"Why Europe Was First: Social Change and Economic Growth in Europe and East Asia 1500-2050","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Erik Ringmar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Anthem Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Anthem Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Development - Economic Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A thought-provoking and well-written book that provides a unique and idiosyncratic contribution to world history.'\u003cbr\u003e\"Professor John M. Honson, author of 'The Eastern Origins of Western Civilization'\" \u003cbr\u003e'Ringmar provides the most concise and powerful explanation that I have read, and in enjoyable and skillfully-wrought prose. This is an intellectual feast.'\u003cbr\u003e\"Jack A. Goldstone, Hazel Professor, George Mason University\" \u003cbr\u003eFor 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. \u003cbr\u003eErik Ringmar teaches political economy and cultural sociology at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. He received a PhD from Yale University in 1993 and between 1995 and 2006 he taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His \"Surviving Capitalism: How We Learned to Live with the Market and Remained Almost Human \"was published by Anthem Press in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthem Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413263376535,"sku":"9781843312413","price":1977.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781843312413.webp?v=1767444614","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/why-europe-was-first-social-change-and-economic-growth-in-europe-and-east-asia-1500-2050-9781843312413","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}