
The Origin of Capitalism A Longer View
Wood, Ellen Meiksins Publisher: Verso Pages: 224pp Resource Type: Book
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.
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Table of Contents:
Part I HISTORIES OF THE TRANSITION 1 The Commercialization Model and Its Legacy 2 Marxist Debates 3 Marxist Alternatives
PART II THE ORIGIN OF CAPITALISM 4 Commerce or Capitalism? 5 The Agrarian Origin of Capitalism
PART III AGRARIAN CAPITALISM AND BEYOND 6 Agrarian Capitalism and Beyond 7 The Origin of Capitalist Imperialism 8 Capitalism and the Nation State 9 Modernity and Postmodernity
Conclusion Notes Index
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