Capitalism : histories /

Charts the emergence and development of capitalism across the world from a variety of perspectives, providing a deep understanding of how capitalism came to be the dominant economic force.This book re-examines the historical emergence and evolution of capitalism. Why did a radically new way of organ...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ingram, Robert G. (Editor), Vaughn, James M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2025.
Series:People, markets, goods ; v. 23.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • List of Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1 Capitalism: Histories and Institutions
  • 2 Origin Stories: Expressions and Presentations of Capitalism in Early British America
  • 3 Creativity and Capitalism in the Nineteenth-Century United States
  • 4 The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Birth of the Business Cycle
  • 5 Violence and Capitalism in Early Modern European Overseas Expansion
  • 6 Capitalism in Africa: Two Histories, 1650s-1940s
  • 7 European Empires and the Origins of Global Capitalism
  • 8 Capitalism in a Feudal Society? Property Rights and Economic Development in Russia under Serfdom
  • 9 Capitalism in South Asia: Three Transitions
  • 10 Capitalism, Caste and Subaltern Aspirations in India: Bengal, c.1500-1859
  • 11 Chinese Capitalism c.1500-1850: Institutions, Dimensions, Dynamics and Limitations
  • 12 Why the Soybean Export Failed to Trigger the Reemergence of Coercive Labour Control in Eighteenth-Century Manchuria
  • 13 Property Law at the Transition to Exponential Growth: Examples from Japan
  • Index