Europe & The Near East: The Presence And Absence Of Metals

Professor Jack R. Goody

jan. 2012 · AMSS UK

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Europe and the Near East: The Presence and Absence of

Metals queries the assumption of the earlier advantage of

the West in attaining industrialization. Professor Goody

contends that the Near East (an area which includes the

Middle East) started what archaeologists call civilization

with the Bronze Age, developing its own renaissance and

extension of trade influencing Europe. However, it was

always handicapped by the absence of iron and coal. And

it was the plentiful exploitation of these in Britain, with

the help of German metallurgists, that made way for the

industrial revolution in Europe, rather than any Protestant

ethic which represents a Europeanist point of view.

Om forfatteren

Professor Jack R. Goody kbe is an acclaimed social anthropologist, writer, Fellow of the

British Academy, and Emeritus William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at St.

John's College, University of Cambridge. He is also one of the world’s pre-eminent social

scientists. A prolific author he has published over 20 books on a number of diverse subjects

including kinship, literacy, culture, and history.