基本説明
Wide coverage of theoretical debates and key authors from Marx to Skocpol.
Full Description
This in an introductory undergraduate text providing a comparative guide to the historical development of Western capitalism and modernity. It is wide ranging in its coverage of theoretical debates, and rich in empirical detail.
Contents
Comparative/historical sociology - approaches and methods; feudalism and social change in western Europe; the emergence of capitalism in the West; the debate over Europe and Asia; pathways to modernity; the nature of the modern world.
