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Abstract The debate over the "Rise of the West" has generally been over which factor or factors-cultural, geoographic, or material-in European history led Europe to diverge from the World's pre-industrial civilizations. This article aims to shift the terms of the debate by arguing that there were no causal factors that made Europe's industrialization inevitable or even likely. Rather, most of Europe would not and could not move toward industrialization any more than China or India or Japan. Rather, a very accidental combination of events in the late seventeenth century placed England on a peculiar path, leading to industrialization and constitutional democracy. These accidents included the compromise between the Anglican Church and Dissenters, and between Crown and Parliament, in the settlements of 1689; the adoption of Newtonian science as part of the cosmology of the Anglican Church and its spread to craftsmen and entrepreneurs throughout Britain; and the opportunity to apply the idea of the vacuum and mechanics to solve a particular technical problem: pumping water out of deep mine shafts in or near coal mines. Without these particular accidents of history, there is no reason to believe that Europe would have ever been more advanced than the leading Asian civilizations of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Journal Information Sociological Theory publishes work in all areas of theory, including new substantive theories, history of theory, metatheory, formal theory construction, and synthetic contributions. Peer reviewed and published quarterly, Sociological Theory is renowned for featuring the best international research and scholarship and is essential reading for sociologists. Publisher Information American Sociological Association Mission Statement: Serving Sociologists in Their Work Advancing Sociology as a Science and Profession Promoting the Contributions and Use of Sociology to Society The American Sociological Association (ASA), founded in 1905, is a non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good. With over 13,200 members, ASA encompasses sociologists who are faculty members at colleges and universities, researchers, practitioners, and students. About 20 percent of the members work in government, business, or non-profit organizations. As the national organization for sociologists, the American Sociological Association, through its Executive Office, is well positioned to provide a unique set of services to its members and to promote the vitality, visibility, and diversity of the discipline. Working at the national and international levels, the Association aims to articulate policy and impleme nt programs likely to have the broadest possible impact for sociology now and in the future. Rights & Usage This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. journal article Why Europe and the West? Why Not China?The Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 20, No. 2 (Spring, 2006) , pp. 3-22 (20 pages) Published By: American Economic Association https://www.jstor.org/stable/30033648 This is a preview. Log in to get access Journal Information The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) attempts to fill a gap between the general interest press and most other academic economics journals. The journal aims to publish articles that will serve several goals: to synthesize and integrate lessons learned from active lines of economic research; to provide economic analysis of public policy issues; to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas among the fields of thinking; to offer readers an accessible source for state-of-the-art economic thinking; to suggest directions for future research; to provide insights and readings for classroom use; and to address issues relating to the economics profession. Articles appearing in the journal are normally solicited by the editors and associate editors. Proposals for topics and authors should be directed to the journal office. Publisher Information Once composed primarily of college and university professors in economics, the American Economic Association (AEA) now attracts 20,000+ members from academe, business, government, and consulting groups within diverse disciplines from multi-cultural backgrounds. All are professionals or graduate-level students dedicated to economics research and teaching. Rights & Usage This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. In what way did the civilizations of China Europe and the Islamic world in the 15th century seem to be moving in the same direction?In what ways do the civilizations of China, Europe, and the Islamic world in the fifteenth century seem to be moving in the same direction, and in what respects were they diverging from one another? - All of these three civilizations continued to develop more political and governmental unity.
In what different ways did the peoples of the 15th century interact with one another?They interacted through webs of empire, large-scale political systems that brought together a variety of culturally different peoples; through webs of religion that linked far-flung peoples; and through long-established patterns of trade among peoples occupying different environments and producing different goods.
What is a striking similarity between China and Western Europe during the fifteenth century?What is a striking similarity between China and Western Europe during the fifteenth century? The power and authority of states increased in both China and Western Europe. What was the most notable change in the political realm of the Islamic world in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries?
In what ways did European maritime voyaging in the fifteenth century differ from that of China?The main difference between European and Chinese maritime voyaging was size. The European voyages consisted of 3-4 ships and carrying around 100 people, while Zheng He's Chinese fleet consisted of hundreds of ships carrying a crew in the thousands.
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In what ways did the civilizations of China Europe and the Islamic world move in the same direction during the 15th century?
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