Open AccessGlobal history in the age of crisis: metanarratives of material progress and the rise of Asia
Author(s) -
Sakis Gekas
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
historein
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2241-2816
pISSN - 1108-3441
DOI - 10.12681/historein.163
Subject(s) - world history , financial crisis , economic history , history , economics , keynesian economics , ancient history
Metanarratives of material progress have been around at least since the time of Smith, Marx and Weber. This article reviews some works in global (economic) history and the history of financial crises and discusses the relationship between the rise of global history and the rise of Asia.