A Macat Analysis of Janet L. Abu-Lughod's Before European Hegemony: The World-System A.D. 1250-1350

De: William R. Day Jr.

Narrado por: Macat.com

In the century before the Black Death swept across the developed world, economic relations flourished between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Before European Hegemony looks at this period. Without any dominant power, the world's economy revolved around eight interlocking sub-systems, with the major world cities and towns playing a crucial role in the system as a whole. But as economic activity spread across borders, so did the Black Death. In the East, its effects were exacerbated by the disintegration of the Mongol Empire and the collapse of the Mongol Peace, which enabled the West to rise from the ruins of the medieval world-system to dominate the modern capitalist world-system.

One of the most important texts available on what is known as world-systems analysis, Before European Hegemony offers a window into global economics as far back as the mid-13th century. Abu-Lughod's balanced approach and wide-ranging geographical analysis describes a thriving, multi-centered system brought down by unexpected forces.

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Abysmal.

One of the most vapid, superficial analyses I've ever heard. Not useful at all. Go find a relevant YouTube video. You'll get more out of it. This can and should have been shortened to no more than 20 minutes. The rest of the 2 hours is repeated restatements of the same theses. uncertain whether the authors actually read the book, or just a Wikipedia article. Audible, help me out and just commission the actual book would you?

helpful in dissecting the book

useful analysis makes dissection easy and more fruitful. if you need to cover this book in a world history context quickly this certainly won't hurt