The Great Transformation
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: March 28, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780807056431
Subjects: Cultural studies; Social History; General; History; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; History: World; Political Science / General; Economics; Economic History
Description: "In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polonyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the "great transformation" of the Industrial Revolution. His analysis explains not only the deficiencies of the self-regulating market, but the potentially dire social consequences of untempered market capitalism. New introductory material reveals the renewed importance of Polanyi's seminal analysis in an era of globalization and free trade."--BOOK JACKET.