The Cambridge History of Capitalism 2 Volume Hardback Set

Cambridge University Press, 1/30/2014
EAN 9781107036949, ISBN10: 1107036941

Hardcover, 1400 pages, 20.3 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm
Language: English

The Cambridge History of Capitalism is a comprehensive two-volume work that provides an authoritative account of the evolution of capitalism and its spread and impact across the world. Adopting a wide geographical coverage and strong comparative perspective, an international team of leading scholars delve deep into the historical roots of capitalism and provide a definitive reference on the global development of capitalism and the varieties of responses to it. Volume 1 traces the rise of capitalism from distant origins in ancient Babylon to modern times, determining what features of modern capitalism were present at each time and place, and why the various precursors of capitalism did not survive. Volume 2 explores the global consequences that capitalism has had for industry, agriculture and trade, along with the reactions by governments, firms and markets. These groundbreaking volumes will have widespread appeal amongst historians, economists and political scientists.

Volume 1
1. Introduction Larry Neal
2. Babylonia in the first millennium BC – economic growth in times of empire Michael Jursa
3. Capitalism and the ancient Greek economy Alain Bresson
4. Re-constructing the Roman economy Willem M. Jongman
5. Trans-Asian trade, or the Silk Road deconstructed (Antiquity, Middle Ages) Étienne de la Vaissière
6. China before capitalism R. Bin Wong
7. Capitalism in India in the very long run Tirthankar Roy
8. Institutional change and economic development in the Middle East, 700–1800 Şevket Pamuk
9. Markets and coercion in medieval Europe Karl Gunnar Persson
10. The Via Italiana to capitalism Luciano Pezzolo
11. The Low Countries Oscar Gelderblom and Joost Jonker
12. The formation of states and transitions to modern economies
England, Europe and Asia compared Patrick Karl O'Brien
13. Pre-Columbian and Iberian America Richard Salvucci
14. The emergence of African capitalism Morten Jerven
15. Native Americans and exchange
strategies and interactions before 1800 Ann M. Carlos and Frank D. Lewis
16. British and European industrialization C. Knick Harley
17. America
capitalism's promised land Jeremy Atack
18. The political economy of rising capitalism José Luís Cardoso
Index. Volume 2
1. Introduction
the spread of and resistance to global capitalism Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson
2. The spread of manufacturing Robert C. Allen
3. Growth, specialization and organization of world agriculture Giovanni Federico
4. Technology and the spread of capitalism Kristine Bruland and David C. Mowery
5. Spread of legal innovations defining private and public domains Ron Harris
6. Firms and global capitalism Geoffrey Jones
7. Enterprise models
freestanding firms versus family pyramids Randall Morck and Bernard Yeung
8. Financial capitalism Ranald Michie
9. International capital movements and the global order Harold James
11. Capitalism at war Mark Harrison
12. Modern capitalism
enthusiasts, opponents, and reformers Jeffry Frieden and Ronald Rogowski
13. Labor movements Michael Huberman
14. 'Private welfare and the welfare state' Peter H. Lindert
15. Capitalism and human welfare Leandro Prados de la Escosura
16. The future of capitalism Larry Neal and Jeffrey G. Williamson
Index.