The relentless revolution
Subtitle: a history of capitalism
By: Joyce Appleby.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9780393068948
Subjects: Capitalism -- History; Economic history
Description: With its deep roots and global scope, the capitalist system provides the framework for our lives--a framework of constant change, sometimes measured and predictable, sometimes drastic and out of control. Yet what is now ubiquitous was not always so. Capitalism took shape centuries ago, starting with a handful of isolated changes in farming, trade, and manufacturing, clustered in early-modern England. Astute observers began to notice these changes and consider their effects. Those in power began to harness these new practices to the state, enhancing both. A system generating wealth, power, and new ideas arose to reshape societies in a constant surge of change. Approaching capitalism as a culture, as important for its ideas and values as for its inventions and systems, award-winning historian Joyce Appleby gives us a fascinating introduction to this most potent creation of mankind from its origins to the present.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The puzzle of capitalism; title: Trading in new directions; title: Crucial developments in the countryside; title: Commentary on markets and human nature; title: The two faces of eighteenth-century capitalism; title: The ascent of Germany and the United States; title: The industrial leviathans and their opponents; title: Rulers as capitalists; title: War and depression; title: A new level of prosperity; title: Capitalism in new settings; title: Into the twenty-first century; title: Of crises and critics.