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The Cambridge history of capitalism
- Title
- The Cambridge history of capitalism / edited by Larry Neal and Jeffrey G. Williamson.
- Publication
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
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| v.2 | Text | Request in advance | HB501 .C2417 2014 v.2 | Off-site | |
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- Description
- 2 volumes : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Modern economic growth, defined as a sustained rise in per capita income (Kuznets 1966C001-025), has created higher levels of prosperity for many more people on earth than was ever thought possible before it began. Moreover, it began not so very long ago, perhaps as late as the middle of the nineteenth century and certainly not before the end of the seventeenth century"--
- Alternative Title
- History of capitalism
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Volume I. The rise of capitalism : from ancient origins to 1848 -- Introduction / Larry Neal -- Babylonia in the first millennium BCE--economic growth in times of empire / Michael Jursa -- Capitalism and the ancient Greek economy / Alain Bresson -- Re-constructing the Roman economy / Willem M. Jongman -- Trans-Asian trade, or the Silk Road deconstructed (antiquity, middle ages) / Étienne De La Vaissière -- China before capitalism / R.B. Wong -- Capitalism in India in the very long run / Tirthankar Roy -- Institutional change and economic development in the Middle East, 700-1800 / Şevket Pamuk -- Markets and coercion in medieval Europe / Karl Gunnar Persson -- The via italiana to capitalism / Luciano Pezzolo -- The Low Countries / Oscar Gelderblom and Joost Jonker -- The formation of states and transitions to modern economies : from England, Europe, and Asia compared / Patrick Karl O'Brien -- Capitalism and dependency in Latin America / Richard Salvucci -- The emergence of African capitalism / Morten Jerven -- Native American and exchange : strategies and interactions before 1800 / Ann M. Carlos and Frank D. Lewis -- Britishn and European industrialization / C. Knick Harley -- America : capitalism's promised land / Jeremy Atack -- The political economy of rising capitalism / José Luís Cardoso --
- Volume II. The spread of capitalism : from 1848 to the present -- Introduction : the spread of and resistance to global capitalism / Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson -- The spread of manufacturing / Robert C. Allen -- Growth, specialization, and organization of world agriculture / Giovanni Federico -- Technology and the spread of capitalism / Kristine Bruland and David C. Mowery -- Spread of legal innovations defining private and public domains / Ron Harris -- Firms and global capitalism / Geoffrey Jones -- Enterprise models : freestanding firms versus family pyramids / Randall Morck and Bernard Yeung -- Financial capitalism / Ranald Michie -- International capital movements and the global order / Harold James -- Capitalism and the colonies / Gareth Austin -- Capitalism at war / Mark Harrison -- Modern capitalism : enthusiasts, opponents, and reformers / Jeffry Frieden and Ronald Rogowski -- Labor movements / Michael Huberman -- Private welfare and the welfare state / Peter H. Lindert -- Capitalism and human welfare / Leandro Prados de la Escosura -- The future of capitalism / Larry Neal and Jeffrey G. Williamson.
- ISBN
- 9781107019638 (hardback)
- 110701963X (hardback)
- 9781107019645
- 1107019648
- 1107036941 (cloth)
- 9781107036949 (cloth)
- 9781107583283 ( v. 1 : paperback)
- LCCN
- 2013023080
- OCLC
- ocn855209149
- 855209149
- SCSB-14254904
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries