Download or read book ReORIENT written by Andre Gunder Frank and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-07 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Frank shows how Marx and Weber got it all wrong. A fundamental rethinking of the rise of the West and the origin of the world-system. Absolutely essential to understanding world history."--Albert Bergesen, University of Arizona "The great virtue of this stimulating book is its relentless push to redefine our framework for thinking about the early modern economy. . . . A benchmark study."--R. Bin Wong, University of California, Irvine