The False Dichotomy in Explaining Western Economic Ascendancy
The argument that Western economic success must be attributed to either internal factors (like scientific creativity and the rule of law) or external exploitation (like colonialism and slavery) presents a false dichotomy. A more integrated view holds that both sets of factors were essential and interdependent. For instance, the Industrial Revolution relied on both European innovation and the resources, such as cotton and sugar, produced by enslaved people in the colonies.
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Historians debating the rise of industrial economies often present two competing narratives: one focusing on internal developments like legal systems and technological breakthroughs, and the other on external factors like colonial resource extraction. Viewing these two explanations as mutually exclusive is an example of a __________, as many scholars now argue the two were deeply interconnected.
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