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The theft of history
Jack Goody
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements (page x)
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Introduction (page 1)
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Part One: A socio-cultural genealogy
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1 Who stole what? Time and space (page 13)
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2 The invention of Antiquity (page 26)
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3 Feudalism: a transition to capitalism or the collapse of Europe and the domination of Asia? (page 68)
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4 Asiatic despots, in Turkey or elsewhere? (page 99)
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Part Two: Three scholarly perspectives
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5 Science and civilization in Renaissance Europe (page 125)
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6 The theft of 'civilization': Elias and Absolutist Europe (page 154)
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7 The theft of 'capitalism': Braudel and global comparison (page 180)
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Part Three: Three institutions and values
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8 The theft of institutions, towns, and universities (page 215)
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9 The appropriation of values: humanism, democracy, and individualism (page 240)
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10 Stolen love: European claims to the emotions (page 267)
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11 Last words (page 286)
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References (page 307)
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Index (page 324)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JIH | 39.2 (Autumn 2008): 251-252 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/20143825 |
JBRS | 47.1 (Jan. 2008): 185-187 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/528627 |
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Published: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- 9780521870696 (hardcover)
- 9780521691055 (paper)
- 9780511259098 (ebook)