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The Eastern origins of Western civilisation /
John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the Rise of the West. He describes the rise of the 'Oriental West', arguing that Europe assimilated Eastern inventions and appropriated Eastern resources through imperialism. Hobson's book places Eastern peoples at...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the Rise of the West. He describes the rise of the 'Oriental West', arguing that Europe assimilated Eastern inventions and appropriated Eastern resources through imperialism. Hobson's book places Eastern peoples at the forefront of the story of world history. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-368) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511211409 0511211406 9780521838351 0521838355 0511213174 9780511213175 0511214987 9780511214981 0511216777 9780511216770 9780511489013 0511489013 1280540907 9781280540905 0511327277 9780511327278 9786610540907 661054090X 1107150604 9781107150607 0511207824 9780511207822 |