The relentless revolution : a history of capitalism / Joyce Appleby.

The relentless revolution : a history of capitalism / Joyce Appleby.

First edition.

9780393068948
0393068943

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., [2010]

©2010

English

xii, 494 pages ; 25 cm

HB501 .A648 2010

330.12/209

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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