Birth of Capitalism - A 21st Century Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Henry Heller is a Professor of History at the University of Manitoba, Canada. He is the author of The Capitalist University (Pluto, 2016), The Birth of Capitalism: A 21st Century Perspective (Pluto, 2011) The Cold War and the New Imperialism: A Global History, 1945-2005 (Monthly Review Press, 2006) and The Bourgeois Revolution in France (Berghahn, 2006). Klappentext In the light of the deepening crisis of capitalism and continued non-Western capitalist accumulation, Henry Heller re-examines the debates surrounding the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe and elsewhere.Focusing on arguments about the origin, nature and sustainability of capitalism, Heller offers a new reading of the historical evidence and a critical interrogation of the transition debate. He advances the idea that capitalism must be understood as a political as well as an economic entity. This book breathes new life into the scholarship, taking issue with the excessively economistic approach of Robert Brenner, which has gained increasing support over the last ten years. It concludes that the future of capitalism is more threatened than ever before.The new insights in this book make it essential reading for engaged students and scholars of political economy and history. Zusammenfassung An intervention into the historical debate over the transition from feudalism to capitalism

Product details

• Authors: Henry Heller, Henry (University of Manitoba) Heller, Heller Henry
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.2011
• EAN: 9780745329598
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-2959-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: The Future of World Capitalism; The Future of World Capitalism
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political Economy, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures