Cultures merging : a historical and economic critique of culture /
Eric L. Jones.
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006.
- xvii, 297 p. ; 23 cm.
- Princeton economic history of the Western world .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The revival of cultural explanation -- Cultures fluid and sticky -- Culture as mediocrity -- The means of merging -- Institutions as cryptogams -- Cultures of immigration -- East Asia's experience -- Economic changes, cultural responses -- Cultural protection -- Culture as reciprocity.