Capitalism Takes Command - The Social Transformation of Nineteenth-Century America

Informationen zum Autor Michael Zakim is associate professor of history at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Ready-Made Democracy: A History of Men's Dress in the American Republic! 1760-1860! also published by the University of Chicago Press. Gary J. Kornblith is professor of history at Oberlin College and the author of Slavery and Sectional Strife in the Early American Republic! 1776-1821. Klappentext Presents a history of family farming! general incorporation laws! mortgage payments! inheritance practices! office systems! and risk management - an inventory of the means by which capitalism became America's revolutionary tradition. This title includes a collection of essays. Zusammenfassung Presents a history of family farming! general incorporation laws! mortgage payments! inheritance practices! office systems! and risk management - an inventory of the means by which capitalism became America's revolutionary tradition. This title includes a collection of essays.

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• Authors: Michael Zakim, Michael Zakim, Michael (EDT)/ Kornblith Zakim, Michael Kornblith Zakim
• Assisted by: Gary J. Kornblith (Editor), Kornblith Gary J. (Editor), Michael Zakim (Editor), Zakim Michael (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2012
• EAN: 9780226451107
• ISBN: 978-0-226-45110-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas