Capitalism a global history
"A landmark event eight years in the making, a brilliant global narrative that unravels the defining story of the past thousand years of human history Sven Beckert, founder of Harvard's Program on the Study of Capitalism, has made a profound impact on his field, including his Bancroft-Prize-winning...
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Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
2025.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Islands of capital
- Capitalists without capitalism
- Part I: Building capitalism. The great connecting, 1450-1650 ; Transforming the countryside, 1550-1750 ; Intensifying industry, 1600-1750 ; The perfect storm
- Part II: The great leap. The rise of industrial capitalism, 1760-1850 ; Capturing the hinterland, 1780-1860 ; A capitalist civilization, 1830-1880 ; Rebellions: the crisis of old-regime capitalism, 1830-1870
- Part III: Global reconstructions. Reconstructing capital, 1870-1914 ; Reconstructing labor, 1870-1920 ; Enclosures ; A time of monsters: industrial capitalism, 1918-1945 ; Insurgents ; Taming industrial capitalism, 1945-1973
- Part IV: The future of capitalism. Riding the tiger: a neoliberal age, 1973-2008
- Epilogue: The possibilities of an island and the future of capitalism.
