Historians Debate the Rise of the West by Jonathan Daly

Author:Jonathan Daly [Daly, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781317681700
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2014-07-11T00:00:00+00:00

Conclusion

The work of scholars analyzed in this chapter attribute the West’s rise neither to alleged virtues of Europeans nor historical accidents but largely to policies and practices of Europeans enabling them to dominate peoples and resources beyond their shores. Many of these scholars describe a global division of labor and a hierarchy of economic control centered on the Northwestern European countries where capitalism and industrialization first developed and to which the peoples of Africa and Latin America and later Asia gave up labor and resources. Not all agree on exactly how and when the system emerged or what exactly other peoples contributed to its emergence. One emphasizes assistance from Eurasian flora and fauna. Another points to conceptual tools like the idea of property rights. Yet another dates the beginning of Europe’s rise to the Middle Ages. Still others downplay its importance by positing five thousand years of worldwide economic growth onto which Europe merely grafted itself as an outsider. What all these authors agree upon is that the rise of the West involved exceptional violence, aggression, and exploitation.

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