sprouts of capitalism (fwd)

>Dear list members,
>I have been following the debates ongoing in the "Which Marxism" threads
>and
>appreciate the discussion. I am interested in WS theory and in pursuing a
>critique of development generally and of a particular historiographic
>school
>in Korea--internal development theory. The details are complex (and I
>dont
>have them all yet) but one thing I want to argue is against what is
>called
>the "English model" in which domestic or national, rather than imperial
>or
>world systemic factors are seen as accountable for the rise of capitalism
>and industrialism. This model seems pretty widespread even today at
>historiographic and more lay narrative levels.

jim, first, it is necessary to clarify which _thinkers_ you have in mind
that you think are associated with the _English model_. then, we can
discuss it. which historiographic models seem inappropriate to you? could
you please provide specific names and intellectual traditions? 


regards,
 
Mine Doyran
Phd Candidate
Dept of Pol Scie
SUNY/Albany
Graduate School-Nelson A. Rockefeller College
NY/Albany