Global History: A View from the South

Responding to the need to take a fresh look at world history, hitherto dominated by Eurocentric ideologues and historians in their attempt to justify the nature and character of modern capitalism, Samir Amin looks in this book at the ancient world system and how it has influenced the development of the modern world. He analyses the origin and nature of modern globalization and the challenges it presents in achieving socialism andexamines the role played by Central Asia in determining the course of world history as well as the different roads taken by Europe and China. The book looks closely at a theme that has been primordial to his contribution to political and economic thought: the question of unequal development."

Author: Samir Amin
Publisher: Pambazuka Press
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.42d
ISBN13: 9781906387969
ISBN10: 1906387966
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- Political Science | Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
- Business & Economics | Development | Economic Development

About the Author
Samir Amin is an economist, the director of Forum du Tiers Monde (Third World Forum) in Dakar, Senegal, and the chair of the World Forum for Alternatives. He is one of the best-known thinkers of his generation, both in development theoryand in the relativistic-cultural critique of the social sciences.
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