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"PREFACE I Introduction to Real World History vs. Eurocentric Social Theory Holistic Methodology and Objectives Globalism, not Eurocentrism Smith, Marx, and Weber Contemporary Eurocentrism and Its Critics Economic Historians Limitations of Recent Social Theory Outline of a Global Economic Perspective Anticipating and Confronting Resistance and Obstacles 2 The Global Trade Carousel 1400-1800 An Introduction to the World Economy Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Antecedents The Columbian Exchange and Its Consequences Some Neglected Features in the World Economy World Division of Labor and Balances ofTrade Mapping the Global Economy The Americas Mrica Europe WestAsia The Ottomans Safavid Persia India and the Indian Ocean North India Gujarat and Malabar Coromandel Bengal Southeast Asia Archipellago and Islands Mainland Japan China Population, Production, and Trade China in the World Economy Central Asia Russia and the Baltics Summary of a Sinocentric World Economy 3 Money Went Around the World and Made the World Go Round World Money: Its Production and Exchange Micro- and Macro-Attractions in the Global Casino Dealing and Playing in the Global Casino The Numbers Game Silver Gold Credit How Did the Winners Use Their Money? The Hoarding Thesis Inflation or Production in the Quantity Theory of Money Money Expanded the Frontiers of Settlement and Production In India In China Elsewhere in Asia 4 The Global Economy: Comparisons and Relations Quantities: Population, Production, Productivity, Income, and Trade Population, Production, and Income Productivity and Competitiveness World Trade 1400-1800 Qualities: Science and Technology Eurocentrism Regarding Science and Technology in Asia Guns Ships Printing Textiles Metallurgy, Coal, and Power Transport World Technological Development Mechanisms: Economic and Financial Institutions Comparing and Relating Asian and European Institutions Global Institutional Relations In India In China 5 Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory Simultaneity Is No Coincidence Doing Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory Demographic; Structural Analysis A ""Seventeenth-Century Crisis""? The 1640 Silver Crises Kondratieff Analysis The 1762-1790 Kondratieff""B"" Phase: Crisis and Recessions A More Horizontally Integrative Macrohistory? 6 Why Did the West Win (Temporarily)? Is There a Long-Cycle Roller Coaster? The Decline of the East Preceded the Rise of the West The Decline in India The Decline Elsewhere in Asia How Did the West Rise? Climbing Up on Asian Shoulders Supply and Demand for Technological Change Supplies and Sources of Capital A Global Economic Demographic Explanation A Demographic Economic Model A High-Level Equilibrium Trap? The Evidence: 1500-1750 The 1750 Inflection Challenging and Reformulating the Explanation The Resulting Transformations in India, China, Europe, and the World In India ln China In Western Europe The Rest of the World Past Conclusions and Future Implications 7 Historiographic Conclusions and Theoretical Implications Historiographic Conclusions: The Eurocentric Emperor Has No Clothes The Asiatic Mode of Production European Exceptionalism A European World-System or a Global Economy? 1500: Continuity or Break? Capitalism? Hegemony? The Rise of the West and the Industrial Revolution Empty Categories and Procrustean Beds Theoretical Implications: Through the Global Looking Glass Holism vs. Partialism Commonality/Similarity vs. Specificity/Differences 3 Continuity vs. Discontinuities Horiwntal Integration vs. Vertical Separation Cycles vs. Linearity Agency vs. Structure Europe in the World Economic Nutshell Jihad vs. McWorld in the Anarchy of the Clash of Civilizations? REFERENCES INDEX"