| Edition |
First Norton paperback edition. |
| Description |
xii, 494 pages ; 21 cm |
|
text rdacontent |
|
unmediated rdamedia |
|
volume rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-459) and index. |
| Summary |
"With its deep roots and global scope, the capitalist system provides the framework for our lives--a framework of constant change, sometimes measured and predictable, sometimes drastic and out of control. Yet what is now ubiquitous was not always so. Capitalism took shape centuries ago, starting with a handful of isolated changes in farming, trade, and manufacturing, clustered in early-modern England. Astute observers began to notice these changes and consider their effects. Those in power began to harness these new practices to the state, enhancing both. A system generating wealth, power, and new ideas arose to reshape societies in a constant surge of change. Approaching capitalism as a culture, as important for its ideas and values as for its inventions and systems, award-winning historian Joyce Appleby gives us a fascinating introduction to this most potent creation of mankind from its origins to the present"--From publisher description. |
| Original Version |
Original version in hardcover: New York : Norton, 2010. |
| Subject |
Capitalism -- History.
|
|
Economic history.
|
| Other Editions: |
Original 2010 hardcover version (OCoLC)317919631 9780393068948 |
| ISBN |
9780393339390 |
|
