Capitalism: Histories

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Capitalism: Histories

Edited by: Robert G. Ingram and James M. Vaughn
With contributions by: Gareth Austin , Ralph Austen , Peter Coclanis , Tracy Dennison , C. Alexander Evans , Emma Griffin , Anirban Karak , John Majewski , Mark Metzler , Kenneth Pomeranz , J. Mark Ramseyer , Tirthankar Roy and Horus T'an

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

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Charts the emergence and development of capitalism across the world from a variety of perspectives, providing a deep understanding of how capitalism came to be the dominant economic force.

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Ingram Robert G. :

ROBERT G INGRAM is Professor of Humanities at the University of Florida.Vaughn James M. :

JAMES M. VAUGHN is Assistant Instructional Professor in the Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago.

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History Historical Periods Modern History

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	x
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1 Capitalism: Histories and Institutions Robert G. Ingram Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2 Origin Stories: Expressions and Presentations of Capitalism in Early British America Peter A. Coclanis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	26
3 Creativity and Capitalism in the Nineteenth-Century United States John Majewski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	60
4 The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Birth of the Business Cycle Mark Metzler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
5 Violence and Capitalism in Early Modern European Overseas Expansion Ralph Austen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
6 Capitalism in Africa: Two Histories, 1650s–1940s Gareth Austin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
7 European Empires and the Origins of Global Capitalism Emma Grifn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	159
8 Capitalism in a Feudal Society? Property Rights and Economic Development in Russia under Serfdom Tracy Dennison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	180
9 Capitalism in South Asia: Three Transitions Tirthankar Roy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	200
10 Capitalism, Caste and Subaltern Aspirations in India: Bengal, c.1500–1859 Anirban Karak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
11 Chinese Capitalism c.1500–1850: Institutions, Dimensions, Dynamics and Limitations Kenneth Pomeranz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	246
12 Why the Soybean Export Failed to Trigger the Reemergence of Coercive Labour Control in Eighteenth-Century Manchuria Horus T’an Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	275
13 Property Law at the Transition to Exponential Growth: Examples from Japan C. Alexander Evans and J. Mark Ramseyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	294
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	309

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781805435259

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Keywords for this book

Capitalism; History of Economics; Economics; early modern world; common economic fate; social-scientific inquiry; world-systems theory; socioeconomic life; historical analysis

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