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Perilous passage mankind and the global ascendancy of capital
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New Delhi
Oxford University Press
2005
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Table of Contents:
- Conceptual issues: Human development and capitalist growth 1 History of Human development as the subject of History 2 Construction of the European miracle 3 Profit seeking under actually existing capitalism and human development Capitalist competition and Human development in Europe 4 Race for dominance among the western European countries since the 16th century 5 Population growth and the mortality between the 16th and the 19th century: a first look 6 The Netherlands: Rise and fall of a hegemonic power 7 Delayed transition to a low morality regime in Europe and North America 8 Literacy in Western Europe since the 16th century The world beyond Europe in the age of emergence of European dominance 9 China's economic development and quality of life between the 16th and 18th centuries 10 India under Mughal rule and after 11 Conducting trade in Asia before and after the European advent 12 Reconsidering Japanese Exceptionalism 13 Capitalist competition, colonialism and the physical well being of non European peoples 14 Civilizing mission in Lands taken by European settlers from the original inhabitants 15 Civilizing mission and racialization: from native Americans to Asians 16 Intercontinental resource flows sustaining the ascent of the European powers 17 Colonial tribute and profits, 1870's onward 18 Demographic disasters in the colonies and semi-colonies in the heyday of European colonialism he 20th century: anti-systemic struggles, Wars and Challenges to global capital 19 Setting the stage for mega-wars 20 Revolution, Nazism, Japanese militarism and world war II 21 Imperialism and wars in the late 20th century 22 Capitalism and uneven development in the 20th century 23 Destruction and renewal in the neoliberal global order 24 Contradictions, challenges and resistance