Arrighi, Giovanni.

Adam Smith in Beijing : lineages of the twenty-first century / Giovanni Arrighi. - 1st paperback ed. - London ; New York : Verso, 2008. - xiii, 418 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [390]-408) and index.

Pt. 1. Adam Smith and the new Asian age -- Marx in Detroit, Smith in Beijing -- The historical sociology of Adam Smith -- Marx, Schumpeter, and the "endless" accumulation of capital and power -- Pt. 2. Tracking global turbulence -- The economics of global turbulence -- Social dynamics of global turbulence -- A crisis of hegemony -- Pt. 3. Hegemony unraveling -- Domination without Hegemony -- The territorial logic of historical capitalism -- The world state that never was -- Pt. 4. Lineages of the new Asian age -- The challenge of "peaceful ascent" -- States, markets, and capitalism, east and west -- Origins and dynamic of the Chinese ascent.

9781844672981 1844672980

99935285403


Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.


Capitalism--China.
Economic development--China.


China--Foreign relations.
China--Economic conditions.
China--Politics and government.

HC427.95 / .A77 2008

338.951