The Age Of Capital: 1848-1875
Author(s): Eric Hobsbawm
A major treatment of the crucial years 1848-1875 - a penetrating analysis of the rise of capitalism throught the world. In the 1860s a new word entered the economic and political vocabulary of the world: capitalism. The global triumph of capitalism is the major theme of history in the decades after 1848. It was the triumph of a society which believed that economic growth rests on competitve private enterprise, on success in buying everything in the cheapest market (including labour) and selling it in the dearest.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Little Brown
- : Basic Books
- : 0.294
- : 01 October 2003
- : 2.6 Centimeters X 20 Centimeters X 13.1 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Eric Hobsbawm
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 909.81