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How society makes itself : the evolution of political and economic institutions

Title: How society makes itself : the evolution of political and economic institutions / Howard J. Sherman.
Author: Sherman, Howard J.
Publication: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2006.

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Description

xi, 236 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-223) and index.

Contents

Prehistoric communal institutions in the Middle East -- From communal equality to slavery in the Middle East -- From slavery to feudalism in Western Europe -- From feudalism to capitalism in Western Europe -- From pre-capitalism to capitalism in the United States, 1776-1865 -- Slavery in the United States, 1776-1865 -- Rise of corporate capitalism in the United States, 1865-1900 -- Growth and depression in the United States, 1900-1940 -- Development of the United States under global capitalism, 1940-2004 -- Inequality in the United States under global capitalism -- Economic instability and environment in the United States under global capitalism -- Rise and fall of the Soviet Union -- Beginnings of economic democracy -- Lessons from the story of evolution.

ISBN

0765616513
9780765616517
0765616521
9780765616524

LCCN

2005009434
9780765616524

OCLC

ocm59003439
59003439
SCSB-8801964

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library