Europe and people without history

Author: Erik Wolf
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book selects the year 1400 as a reference point for its research. At that juncture, we can joyfully observe the rapid rise of Europe as the core force of a new trend of change. Societies and ethnic groups from outside the European continent gradually become entangled in this global interconnected whole. The author upholds the fundamental concepts of Marx's theories on production methods and labor value, focusing on the changes in production methods and their expansion across continents to examine the responses of people from different cultural, political, and social environments to this profound transformation. This book selects the year 1400 as a reference point for its research. At that juncture, we can joyfully observe the rapid rise of Europe as the core force of a new trend of change. Societies and ethnic groups from outside the European continent gradually become entangled in this global interconnected whole. The author upholds the fundamental concepts of Marx's theories on production methods and labor value, focusing on the changes in production methods and their expansion across continents to examine the responses of people from different cultural, political, and social environments to this profound transformation.