BOOK REVIEWS edited by Adam D. Morton: Eric H. Mielants The Origins of Capitalism and the ‘Rise of the West’

Abu-Lughod, J.L. ( 1989) Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350 (Oxford University Press).

Duchesne, R. ( 2006) ‘Asia First?’ Journal of the Historical Society, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 69-91.

Frank, A.G. ( 1998) ReOrient: Global Economy in the Asian Age ( University of California Press).

Hall, J.A. ( 1986) Powers and Liberties: The Causes and Consequences of the Rise of the West (Penguin).

Hobson, J.M. ( 2006) ‘Explaining the rise of the West: A reply to Ricardo Duchesne’, Journal of the Historical Society, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 579-99.

Jones, E.L. ( 1988) Growth Recurring: Economic Change in World History ( Clarendon).

North, D.C. & R.P. Thomas ( 1973) The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History (Cambridge University Press).

Pomeranz, K. ( 2000) The Great Divergence: China, Europe and the Making of the Modern World (Princeton University Press).