Capitalism : a short history

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Jürgen Kocka ; translated by Jeremiah Riemer

出版情報:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]

著者名:

• Kocka, Jürgen,
• Riemer, Jeremiah, 1952-

ISBN:

9781400873418 [140087341X]    

注記:

In this book, one of the world's most renowned historians provides a concise and comprehensive history of capitalism within a global perspective from its medieval origins to the 2008 financial crisis and beyond. From early commercial capitalism in the Arab world, China, and Europe, to nineteenth- and twentieth-century industrialization, to today's globalized financial capitalism, Jürgen Kocka offers an unmatched account of capitalism, one that weighs its great achievements against its great costs, crises, and failures. Based on intensive research, the book puts the rise of capitalist economies in social, political, and cultural context, and shows how their current problems and foreseeable future are connected to a long history. Sweeping in scope, the book describes how capitalist expansion was connected to colonialism; how industrialism brought unprecedented innovation, growth, and prosperity but also increasing inequality; and how managerialism, financialization, and globalization later changed the face of
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index
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