Adam Smith in Beijing : lineages of the twenty-first century - Arrighi, Giovanni (London ; New York : Verso, 2008)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [390]-408) and index.
Keywords: Smith, Adam, -- 1723-1790.; Capitalism -- China; Economic development -- China; China -- Foreign relations; China -- Economic conditions; China -- Politics and government