{"product_id":"the-eastern-origins-of-western-civilisation-9780521547246","title":"The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation","description":"John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the \"Rise of the West\" that assume that Europeans have pioneered their own development, and that the East has been a passive by-stander. Describing the rise of what he calls the \"Oriental West\", Hobson argues that Europe first assimilated many Eastern inventions, and then appropriated Eastern resources through imperialism. Hobson's book thus propels the hitherto marginalized Eastern peoples to the forefront of the story of progressive world history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHobson, John M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John M. Hobson is a Senior Lecturer in Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. He is the author of The State and International Relations (2000), The Wealth of States: A Comparative Sociology of International Economic and Political Change (1997), and co-author (with Linda Weiss) of States and Economic Development: A Comparative Historical Analysis (1995).","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460359655698,"sku":"9780521547246","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a13d5ad7-db52-4ce6-94fc-c058b23f506c.jpg?v=1730039086","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-eastern-origins-of-western-civilisation-9780521547246","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}