Global History: A View from the South

by Samir Amin

Responding to the need to take a fresh look at world history, hitherto dominated by Eurocentric ideologues and historians in their attempt to justify the nature and character of modern capitalism, Samir Amin looks in this book at the ancient world system and how it has influenced the development of the modern world. It also analyses the origin and nature of modern globalisation and the challenges it presents in achieving socialism. Amin examines the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906387966
• ISBN13: 9781906387969
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Pambazuka Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"