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The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation
The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation
Author: John M. Hobson
John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the "Rise of the West" that assume that Europeans have pioneered their own development, and that the East has been a passive by-stander. Describing the rise of what he calls the "Oriental West", Hobson argues that Europe first assimilated many Eastern inventions, and then app...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521547246
ISBN-10: 0521547245
Publication Date: 7/5/2004
Pages: 392
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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