| The American Road to Capitalism: Studies in Class-Structure, Economic Development and Political Conflict, 1620-1877 Contributor(s): Post, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004201041 ISBN-13: 9789004201040 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $155.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Business & Economics | Free Enterprise & Capitalism - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 330.973 |
| LCCN: 2010051434 |
| Series: Historical Materialism Book |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (1.45 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Most US historians assume that capitalism either "came in the first ships" or was the inevitable result of the expansion of the market. Unable to analyze the dynamics of specific forms of social labour in the antebellum US, most historians of the US Civil War have privileged autonomous political and ideological factors, ignoring the deep social roots of the conflict. This book applies theoretical insights derived from the debates on the transition to capitalism in Europe to the historical literature on the US to produce a new analysis of the origins of capitalism in the US, and the social roots of the Civil War. Winner of the Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Book Award 2013 Short-listed for the 2011 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize. |
