Global History : A View from the South

Responding to the need to take a fresh look at world history, hitherto dominated by Eurocentric ideologues and historians in their attempt to justify the nature and character
of modern capitalism, this book looks at the ancient world system and how it influenced
the development of the modern world It also analyses the origin and nature of modern
globalisation and the challenges it presents in achieving socialism.

Amin, one of the best-known thinkers of his generation, examines a theme that has been
primordical to his cotribution to political and economic thought: the question of unequal
development. This is refreshing the creative work that is necessary reading for anyone
wanting to understand the real process of history.