Studies on pre-capitalist modes of production / edited by Laura da Graca, Andrea Zingarelli ; contributors, Carlos Astarita [and six others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Graca, Laura da, editor.

Zingarelli, Andrea Paula, editor.

Astarita, Carlos, contributor.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; Volume 97.

Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; Volume 97

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asiatic mode of production.

Production (Economic theory).

Marxian economics.

Economic history.

Economic anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Studies on Pre-Capitalist Modes of Production British and Argentinian historians analyse the Asiatic, Germanic, peasant, slave, feudal, and tributary modes of production by exploring historical processes and diverse problems of Marxist theory. The emergence of feudal relations, the origin of the medieval craftsman, the functioning of the law of value and the conditions for historical change are some of the problems analysed. The studies treat an array of pre-capitalist social formations: Chris Wickham works on medieval Iceland and Norway, John Haldon on Byzantium, Carlos García Mac Gaw on the Roman Empire, Andrea Zingarelli on ancient Egypt, Carlos Astarita and Laura da Graca on medieval León and Castile, and Octavio Colombo on the Castilian later Middle Ages. Contributors include: Chris Wickham, John Haldon, Carlos Astarita, Carlos García Mac Gaw, Octavio Colombo, Laura da Graca, and Andrea Zingarelli.

Contents:

Front Matter / Laura da Graca and Andrea Zingarelli

Introduction to Studies on Pre-Capitalist Modes of Production: Debates, Controversies and Lines of Argument / Laura da Graca and Andrea Zingarelli

Asiatic Mode of Production: Considerations on Ancient Egypt / Andrea Zingarelli

The Slave Roman Economy and the Plantation System / Carlos García Mac Gaw

Origins of the Medieval Craftsman / Carlos Astarita

Passages to Feudalism in Medieval Scandinavia / Chris Wickham

Peasant Mode of Production and the Evolution of Clientelar Relations / Laura da Graca

Mode of Production, Social Action, and Historical Change: Some Questions and Issues / John Haldon

Simple Commodity Production and Value Theory in Late Feudalism / Octavio Colombo

References / Laura da Graca and Andrea Zingarelli

Index / Laura da Graca and Andrea Zingarelli.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-26370-5

OCLC:

912278023

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004263703 DOI