The origin of capitalism : a longer view / Ellen Meiksins Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Ellen Meiksins, author.

Contributor:

Verso (Firm : London, England), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--History.

Capitalism.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

213 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

[New, revised and expanded edition].

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2017.

Summary:

"How did the dynamic economic system we know as capitalism develop among the peasants and lords of feudal Europe? In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, Ellen Meiksins Wood offers readers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism, imperialism, and the modern nation state. Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is a late and localized product of very specific historical conditions, which required great transformations in social relations and in the relationship between humans and nature."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Histories of the transition. The commercialization model and its legacy ; Marxist debates ; Marxist alternatives

Part II. The origin of capitalism. Commerce or capitalism? ; The agrarian origin of capitalism

Part III. Agrarian capitalism and beyond. Agrarian capitalism and beyond ; The origin of capitalist imperialism ; Capitalism and the nation state ; Modernity and postmodernity

Conclusion.

Notes:

Previous edition published: New York : Monthly Review Press, ©1999.

Edition statement from page 8.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.

ISBN:

9781786630681

1786630680

OCLC:

949913339

Publisher Number:

99987027873