Cultures Merging : : A Historical and Economic Critique of Culture / / Eric L. Jones.
"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--tak...
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Jones, Eric L., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Cultures Merging : A Historical and Economic Critique of Culture / Eric L. Jones. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009] ©2006 1 online resource (328 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The Princeton Economic History of the Western World ; 26 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I. CULTURAL ANALYSIS -- PART II. CULTURAL COMMENTARY -- PART III. CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star "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. Bringing immense learning and originality to the issue of cultural change over the long-term course of global economic history, Jones questions cultural explanations of much social behavior in Europe, East Asia, the United States, Australia, and the Middle East. He also examines contemporary globalization, arguing that while centuries of economic competition have resulted in the merging of cultures into fewer and larger units, these changes have led to exciting new syntheses. Culture matters to economic outcomes, Jones argues, but cultures in turn never stop responding to market forces, even if some elements of culture stubbornly persist beyond the time when they can be explained by current economic pressures. In the longer run, however, cultures show a fluidity that will astonish some cultural determinists. Jones concludes that culture's "ghostly transit through history" is much less powerful than noneconomists often claim, yet it has a greater influence than economists usually admit. The product of a lifetime of reading and thinking on culture and economics, a work of history and an analysis of the contemporary world, Cultures Merging will be essential reading for anyone concerned about the interaction of cultures and markets around the world. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Culture Economic aspects. Economics Sociological aspects. Social change Economic aspects. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110638592 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691117379 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827114 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400827114 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400827114.jpg |
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