Cultures Merging: A Historical and Economic Critique of CulturePrinceton University Press, 10 jan 2009 - 328 pagina's "Economists agree about many things--contrary to popular opinion--but the majority agree about culture only in the sense that they no longer give it much thought." So begins the first chapter of Cultures Merging, in which Eric Jones--one of the world's leading economic historians--takes an eloquent, pointed, and personal look at the question of whether culture determines economics or is instead determined by it. |
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... Asia's Experience 161 8. Economic Changes, Cultural Responses 9. Cultural Protection 194 223 PART III CONCLUSION 10. Culture as Reciprocity 255 Bibliography 273 Index 291 Preface As early as 1879 Frederick Amasa Walker, first president.
... Asia did and not hankering after an " African way . " 11 Cultural relativism takes little account of its own eco- nomic implications — the costs that ensue ( and fall most heavily on the poor ) from insisting on cultural separateness ...
... Asia had been built on neo-Confucian cultural val- ues, notably thrift, hard work, education, and concern for the community rather than the individual.16 The corollary of Asia's value-based economic success was to be the crumbling of. 15 ...
... Asia's prosperity just when the Asian Values School was most loudly touting its wares. The sheer speed of economic growth in East Asia ac- cordingly meant that its version of cultural relativism was soon seen to be inadequate ...
... Asia and the failure of the interventionist policies recommended to unfortunate regions like sub-Saharan Africa. This began to turn certain economists back toward thinking that culture might after all provide deeper clues to growth than ...
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9780691117379_6CH5 | 108 |
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9780691117379_8CH7 | 161 |
9780691117379_9CH8 | 194 |
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9780691117379_11CON | 253 |
9780691117379_12BIB | 273 |
9780691117379_13IND | 291 |
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