what was, and is again becoming, an Asia-centered world. In a challenge to received historiography and social theory he … turns on its head the world according to Marx, Weber, and other theorists, including Polanyi, Rostow, Braudel, and … Wallerstein. Frank explains the Rise of the West in world economic and demographic terms that relate it in a single historical …

Introduction : geographical and historical background -- The world economy at the turn of the first millennium -- World … trade 1000-1500 : the economic consequences of Genghis Khan -- World Trade 1500-1650 : old world trade and new world silver … -- World trade 1650-1780 : the age of mercantilism -- Trade and the industrial revolution -- World trade 1780-1914 : the great …