American Capitalism by Sven Beckert
American Capitalism presents cutting-edge research that makes capitalism a subject of historical inquiry. Venturing new angles on finance, debt, and credit; women's rights; slavery and political economy; labor; the racialization of capitalism; and the production of knowledge, it demonstrates the breadth and scope of the new history of capitalism.
Sven Beckert and Christine Desan are leaders in the burgeoning history of capitalism field, and they have put together a volume of outstanding scholars whose essays, in their chronological reach and subject matter, show this new literature at its bestA very fine and promising collection. -- Steven Hahn, New York University
Sven Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University and cofounder of the Program on the Study of Capitalism. He is the author of Empire of Cotton: A Global History (2014). Christine Desan is Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard University and cofounder of the Program on the Study of Capitalism. She is the author of Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism (2014).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780231185240 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231185243 |
| Title | American Capitalism |
| Author | Sven Beckert |
| Series | Columbia Studies In The History Of Us Capitalism |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 2018-02-06 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Association of American Publishers, Honorable Mention - PROSE Awards in US History 2019 |
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