The origin of capitalism
Subtitle: a longer view
By: Ellen Meiksins Wood
Contributors: Verso (Firm : London, England)
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781786630681
Subjects: Capitalism; History
Description: "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"--Back cover.
Notes: "First published by Monthly Review Press 1999"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I. Histories of the transition. The commercialization model and its legacy ; Marxist debates ; Marxist alternatives; title: Part II. The origin of capitalism. Commerce or capitalism? ; The agrarian origin of capitalism; title: Part III. Agrarian capitalism and beyond. Agrarian capitalism and beyond ; The origin of capitalist imperialism ; Capitalism and the nation state ; Modernity and postmodernity; title: Conclusion.