The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia: Institutional Origins of Social Change and StagnationWhy, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of sustained economic growth, while others stagnated? This text looks at the kind of institutions that are required in order for change to take place, and Ringmar concludes that for sustained development to be possible, change must be institutionalized. Taking a global view, Ringmar investigates the implications of his conclusion on issues facing the developing world today. |
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Countries such as China and Japan were always at least as 'sophisticated' and 'advanced' as the countries of Europe. In the sixteenth century the first European visitors to this part of the world acknowledged as much and were profoundly ...
Countries such as China and Japan were always at least as 'sophisticated' and 'advanced' as the countries of Europe. In the sixteenth century the first European visitors to this part of the world acknowledged as much and were profoundly ...
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Foreigners were banned from Japanese soil between 1639 and 1868 and in China they were strictly controlled by the ... And while neither China nor Japan ever formally was colonised, from this time onward elites in both countries began ...
Foreigners were banned from Japanese soil between 1639 and 1868 and in China they were strictly controlled by the ... And while neither China nor Japan ever formally was colonised, from this time onward elites in both countries began ...
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While Europe was modern, China and Japan had failed to modernise. Compare the latter part of the twentieth century where a strange, inverted, echo of this discussion suddenly could be heard. Again the topic concerned modernisation and ...
While Europe was modern, China and Japan had failed to modernise. Compare the latter part of the twentieth century where a strange, inverted, echo of this discussion suddenly could be heard. Again the topic concerned modernisation and ...
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At the turn of the twentieth century European collectors discovered the rarefied aesthetics of Japanese arts, and woodblock prints and Japanese ceramics soon lent sophistication to well-to-do European homes. With Gilbert and Sullivan's ...
At the turn of the twentieth century European collectors discovered the rarefied aesthetics of Japanese arts, and woodblock prints and Japanese ceramics soon lent sophistication to well-to-do European homes. With Gilbert and Sullivan's ...
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packed opera houses, the craze for things Japanese reached a peak.11 Japan corresponded to everyone's dream of the exotic East, and the sexual imagery behind the exoticism was compelling. Japanese culture was regarded as fundamentally ...
packed opera houses, the craze for things Japanese reached a peak.11 Japan corresponded to everyone's dream of the exotic East, and the sexual imagery behind the exoticism was compelling. Japanese culture was regarded as fundamentally ...
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| Title | The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia: Institutional Origins of Social Change and Stagnation Routledge Explorations in Economic History |
| Author | Erik Ringmar |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2004 |
| ISBN | 1134292635, 9781134292639 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development Business & Economics / Economics / General Business & Economics / Economics / Theory Business & Economics / General Business & Economics / International / Economics & Trade |
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