Books by John M. (University of Sydney) Hobson

The Wealth of States is the first sustained analysis of the overlap between historical sociology and international relations.

This book, first published in 2000, provides an overview of theories of the state found in International Relations. The author surveys realist, liberal, Marxist, constructivist and neo-Weberian approaches, and offers an introduction to the subject. The book will be of interest to students of sociology and politics, as well as International Relations.

John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the Rise of the West. He describes the rise of the 'Oriental West', arguing that Europe assimilated Eastern inventions and appropriated Eastern resources through imperialism. Hobson's book places Eastern peoples at the forefront of the story of world history.