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“Arrighi dismisses neo-liberal interpretations of China's economic ‘miracle’ and credits instead China’s own robust market economy tradition. In the process, he leads us on a breathtaking tour of the history of world capitalism over the past three hundred years, and suggests where we may be headed in the future.” – William T. Rowe, John and Diane Cooke Professor of Chinese History, Johns Hopkins University

“In this wonderfully provocative and wide-ranging book, Arrighi offers a fresh and challenging interpretation of the economic ascent of China, along with its wider significance and possibilities.” – Gillian Hart, Professor of Geography, Berkeley, University of California

“The convincing power of Arrighi's argument lies in his choice to conceive geopolitics as the endless process of construction of political cultures associating class conflicts and collective commonwealth in different specific ways. It is in this frame that the ongoing struggle in China between the capitalist and the socialist roads should be analysed.” – Samir Amin, director of the Third World Forum

“In the vast landscape of literature on China rising Giovanni Arrighi´s Adam Smith in Beijing stands out as a beacon of bold creativity and as pursuing a sustained trail-blazing argument.” – Göran Therborn, Professor of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge

Giovanni Arrighi is Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Long Twentieth Century, and his work has appeared in many publications, including New Left Review.