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  • 2017
  • [New, revised and expanded edition].

The origin of capitalism

a longer view

Ellen Meiksins Wood

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"How did the dynamic economic system we know as capitalism develop among the peasants and lords of feudal Europe? In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, 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."--Page 4 of cover.

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Title Statement The origin of capitalism: a longer view / Ellen Meiksins Wood.
Author Wood, Ellen Meiksins
Publication London: Verso,2017.
Edition [New, revised and expanded edition].
Extent of Item 213 pages ;
ISBN 9781786630681 (trade paperback)
Other Number pr01228500
General Notes Previous edition published: New York : Monthly Review Press, ©1999.
Contents Introduction --Part I. Histories of the transition. The commercialization model and its legacy ; Marxist debates ; Marxist alternatives -- Part II. The origin of capitalism. Commerce or capitalism? ; The agrarian origin of capitalism -- Part III. Agrarian capitalism and beyond. Agrarian capitalism and beyond ; The origin of capitalist imperialism ; Capitalism and the nation state ; Modernity and postmodernity -- Conclusion.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "How did the dynamic economic system we know as capitalism develop among the peasants and lords of feudal Europe? In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, 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."--Page 4 of cover.
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