Europe and the Americas: state formation, capitalism and civilizations in Atlantic modernity
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1. Verfasser: Smith, Jeremy (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden Brill 2006
Schriftenreihe:International comparative social studies v. 12
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-332) and index
Atlantic modernity and its dimensions -- Civilizational sociology and the Atlantic -- Absolutism and post-absolutism in Europe's empires -- Civilization and pre-colonial traditions -- 'Discovery' in the west -- Mercantilism, slavery and the part played by the transatlantic empires in the formation of capitalism -- Communities of the colonial order -- War and imperial re-division between Utrecht and the seven years war -- 'Raising the decibels': republican revolutions of the colonial order -- The Atlantic's distinct modernity
This volume takes up current debates in comparative and historical sociology that deal with multiple modernities and civilizations. It does so through an examination of patterns of state formation, civilization and the development of capitalism in the interaction of European and American worlds over three centuries. The early part of the argument explores cutting-edge theoretical debates around the nature of early modern formations
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 340 p.)
ISBN:9004152296
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