Europe and the Americas : state formation, capitalism and civilizations in Atlantic modernity / by Jeremy Smith ; with an introduction by S.N. Eisenstadt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Jeremy, 1966-

Series:

International comparative social studies ; v. 12.

International comparative social studies, 1568-4474 ; v. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The--History.

State, The.

Europe--Civilization.

Europe.

Europe--Colonies--America.

Europe--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume takes up current debates in comparative and historical sociology that deal with multiple modernities and civilizations. It does so through an examination of patterns of state formation, civilization and the development of capitalism in the interaction of European and American worlds over three centuries. The early part of the argument explores cutting-edge theoretical debates around the nature of early modern formations. Sections on state formation, civilizational identities and capitalist development introduce new perspectives on both Europe and America. They bring into question classical images of Western expansion and modernization, providing an alternative picture of colonialism and inter-civilizational encounters. This book brings the Atlantic zone into rich fields of sociological thinking about civilizations and modernity.

Contents:

Introduction by S. N. Eisenstadt

1. Atlantic Modernity and Its Dimensions

2. Civilizational Sociology and the Atlantic

3. Absolutism and Post-absolutism in Europe's Empires

4. Civilization and Pre-colonial Traditions

5. 'Discovery' in the West

6. Mercantilism, Slavery and the Part Played by the Transatlantic Empires in the Formation

of Capitalism

7. Communities of the Colonial Order

8. War and Imperial Re-Division between Utrecht and the Seven Years War

9. 'Raising the Decibels': Republican Revolutions of the Colonial Order

10. The Atlantic's Distinct Modernity

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-332) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-281-39988-4

9786611399887

90-474-1011-4

OCLC:

923613785

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047410119 DOI