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Princeton University Press The Moral Background
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2016 Viviana Zelizer Award for Best Book, Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association Co-Winner of the 2015 Outstanding Published Book Award, Altruism, Morality and Social Solidarity Section of the American Sociological Association Honorable Mention for the 2015 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Sociology of Culture Section of the American Sociological Association "The most incisive and theoretically sophisticated entry into the 'new sociology of morality' movement that has consolidated in recent years."--Omar Lizardo, Contemporary Sociology "The Moral Background is an ambitious, deeply researched, and engaging book... Abend's account is both thorough and broad, and the erudition he displays is astounding... [A] masterful book."--Simone Polillo, Social Forces "Abend combines history, philosophy, and social science to suggest a comprehensive base for understanding moral behavior. While the book's focus is on business ethics, the insights presented have many applications."--Choice "[A] stimulating book, essential to understand the place of the business world ... in the moral landscape of America today, but also ... to grasp the contemporary trends in corporate social responsibility."--Michel Anteby, Sociologie du Travail "This is an enormously ambitious book packed with history, ethics, and philosophy of science as well as sociology. It is more historical than much history of philosophy and takes business ethics more seriously than most ethicists do. It is an important contribution to creating a field in which researchers in a variety of traditions mutually inform each other about morality."--Dale Jamieson, European Journal of Sociology "The Moral Background discerns and details moral patterns in the echo chamber where business protagonists talk, mostly to each other, about ethical motives, obligations, and opportunities. Abend has done a yeoman's job in excavating, analyzing, and systematizing the discursive surrounds of business ethics, pushing us all to think about who can and cannot be seen in the moral background."--Robin Wagner-Pacifici, European Journal of Sociology "Especially important among the virtues of Abend's research is his ability to work through a huge body of historical material ... and to find meaning in these disparate sources that point back to the 'moral backgrounds' from which they emanate. This is a truly gigantic task of intellectual integration, and Abend's book sets a high bar for future studies of the cultural meaning of intellectual, practical, and normative social realities."--Daniel Little, Understanding Society Blog "The Moral Background is an intriguing and useful book. Abend develops and promotes an analytical concept that contemporary sociology desperately needs. I think it will be influential as cultural sociology continues to seek the right balance between culture as a repertoire of skills and styles and culture as something deeper--something that shapes the thoughts we think and provides the menu for the kinds of people we can aspire to be."--Stephen Vaisey, European Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. Moral Causes 1 2. Business Ethicists 5 3. History, Morals, and Markets 10 4. The Arguments 15 5. The Plan 20 Chapter 1. The Moral Background 28 1.1. Morality as an Object of Inquiry 28 1.2. What the Background Comprises 33 1.3. What Makes the Background a Background 52 1.4. Background Theorists 56 1.5. What the Background Is For 66 Chapter 2. Ethics as a Business Proposition 71 2.1. Glaucon's Challenge 71 2.2. Today's Business Ethicists 76 2.3. The Business Case 79 2.4. Do the Right Thing 84 2.5. Policy and Self-Interest 88 2.6. Yesterday's Business Ethicists 95 2.7. Balance Sheets 99 2.8. He Profits Most Who Serves Best 106 Chapter 3. Christian Motives 115 3.1. Enlightened Scots 115 3.2. Springs of Action 120 3.3. Machiavellian Appearances 126 3.4. Compromises 132 3.5. Duties and Motives 142 3.6. The Religion of the Heart 148 3.7. One Question Too Many 156 Chapter 4. The Good of American Business 161 4.1. The Pesky Calf 161 4.2. The Chamber 165 4.3. Government Will 174 4.4. The Principles of Business Conduct 183 4.5. Codes of Ethics 190 4.6. American Business 195 4.7. The Uses of Ethics 202 Appendix 205 Chapter 5. The Good of American Society 207 5.1. Inculcating Ethics 207 5.2. Business Schools 210 5.3. The Intellectual and the Ethical Arguments 224 5.4. Ethics at Work 234 5.5. The Good of America 249 Chapter 6. Standards of Practice 260 6.1. Types 260 6.2. The Science of Ethics 264 6.3. Science and Ethics at the Business School 276 6.4. Cases 282 6.5. Metaethics 290 6.6. Service and the Golden Rule 299 Chapter 7. The Christian Merchant 306 7.1. Moral Exemplars 306 7.2. Mammon 310 7.3. Ambivalence 316 7.4. Metaphysics 326 7.5. Stewardship 332 7.6. Stewardship Metaphysics 341 7.7. Spheres 347 Conclusion 357 1. Business Is Business 357 2. Back to the Background 364 3. The Science of Morality 372 4. Whither the Science of Morality? 379 Acknowledgments 387 Index 389
£27.00
Princeton University Press Beyond the Invisible Hand
Book SynopsisOne of the central tenets of mainstream economics is Adam Smith's proposition that, given certain conditions, self-interested behavior by individuals leads them to the social good, almost as if orchestrated by an invisible hand. This deep insight has, over the past two centuries, been taken out of context, contorted, and used as the cornerstone ofTrade Review"Alluring... [Basu's] latest book, subtitled Groundwork for a New Economics, aims to show that many economists have dogmatically accepted capitalist theories as fact and have failed, as a result, to scrutinize their own discipline... Basu devotes the bulk of the text to deconstructing some sacrosanct tenets of capitalism that have become entrenched in government policy over the past 60 years."--Timothy R. Homan, Bloomberg "A most interesting and ... a most significant book... Basu's book is the first serious study of the modern myth related to the 'Invisible Hand' I have seen anywhere."--Gavin Kennedy, Adam Smith's Lost Legacy "Basu has rethought and modernized socialism in this book. He has done so without cluttering it up with Marxist jargon or abstract mathematics; the worst the reader will encounter in this book is game theory, which, though it is not all fun and games, is pretty easy to follow. It is a book worth reading by the socialist types who run our country, as well as those who need to understand socialism to dissent from it."--Business World "[A] very rewarding read... This is Basu's most ambitious and rewarding book, and it works--there's no public policy debate in India it's not relevant to."--The Economic Times "This book should be read by anyone interested in economics for its in-depth thinking, although its targeted readership is more basically professional economists."--Wladimir Andreff, European Legacy "Beyond the Invisible Hand will be useful to political economists who want to see how game theory can shed light on the ways that groups and races of rational actors may assume surprising dynamics. It could also be useful to policymakers who must justify arguments about group policies in standard economic terms. [The] author's contributions to political economy deserves to be taken seriously."--Jonathan Schlefer, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsPreface ix Chapter 1: In Praise of Dissent 1 Discontent and Discourse 1 Smith's Myth 9 The Lay of the Land 11 On Understanding 13 Chapter 2: The Theory of the Invisible Hand 16 Competition and Social Welfare 16 The Standard Critiques 20 Chapter 3: The Limits of Orthodoxy 24 The Dual Interpretation 24 Evolving Feasible Set 27 Evolving Preference 31 Social Norms and Culture 33 A Comment on Incentive Compatibility 41 On Methodological Individualism 43 On Knowledge 49 Chapter 4: The Economy according to Law 55 Kafka's Invisible Hand 55 Law's Economy: The Standard View 57 The Law as Focal Point 60 Implications of the Focal View of Law 66 A Game-Theoretic Illustration of Law as Focal Point 71 A Research Agenda 73 Chapter 5: Markets and Discrimination 77 Do Free Markets Reduce Discrimination? 77 The Literature 79 The Self-Reinforcement of Productivity 83 The Entrepreneur 85 Toward a New Theoretical Model 89 Appendix: Aptitude Test Administered to Slum Children at Anandan in Calcutta 95 Chapter 6: The Chemistry of Groups 97 Identity and Methodological Individualism 97 The Ingredients of Theory 101 Altruism, Trust, and Development 104 The Janus Face of In-group Altruism 110 The Malignancy of Identity 120 Chapter 7: Contract, Coercion, and Intervention 130 Principle of Free Contract 130 Coercion and Voluntariness 138 The Large Numbers Argument 141 Acts and Rules 148 Multiple Equilibria 153 Domains of Intervention 155 Chapter 8: Poverty, Inequality, and Globalization 157 Governance and the Globe 157 Inequality 158 Some Facts of Globalization 161 Some Analytics of Globalization 165 Inequality and Poverty: The Quintile Axiom 167 Poverty-Minimizing Inequality, with or without Globalization 171 Policy Implications 176 Chapter 9: Globalization and the Retreat of Democracy 180 Democracy in Deficit 180 Globalization and Influence 185 Dollarization and Democracy 187 Democratic Global Institutions 189 Chapter 10: What Is to Be Done? 193 Interpreting the World and Changing It 193 The'Environmental Case' against Inequality 199 Despair and Hope 208 Notes 213 References 235 Index 259
£999.99
Princeton University Press Lending to the Borrower from Hell
Book SynopsisWhy do lenders time and again loan money to sovereign borrowers who promptly go bankrupt? When can this type of lending work? As the United States and many European nations struggle with mountains of debt, historical precedents can offer valuable insights. Lending to the Borrower from Hell looks at one famous case--the debts and defaults of PhilipTrade Review"A thoroughly enjoyable economic history book with great relevance for the present debate on sovereign borrowing."--Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist "Lending to the Borrower from Hell is a wonderful example of what becomes possible when one takes economic theory on a trip to the archive and actually reads the small print of each contract. It provides for the first time an economically sound explanation for Spain's ability to borrow in the sixteenth century that actually fits the facts. That is an outstanding achievement."--Regina Grafe, EH.Net "[T]his innovative monograph substantially enriches our understanding of Castile's government borrowing, as well as the nature of sovereign default in early modern Europe. And it will most certainly conquer a central place in the literature and future debates on public debt and finance from a historical perspective."--Benoit Marechaux, CritCom "Intensely researched."--Elvira Vilches, Renaissance QuarterlyTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix PROLOGUE 1 CHAPTER 1 Lending to the Sound of Cannon 9 CHAPTER 2 Philip's Empire 45 CHAPTER 3 Taxes, Debts, and Institutions 74 CHAPTER 4 The Sustainable Debts of Philip II 105 CHAPTER 5 Lending to the Borrower from Hell 132 CHAPTER 6 Serial Defaults, Serial Profits 173 CHAPTER 7 Risk Sharing with the Monarch 211 CHAPTER 8 Tax, Empire, and the Logic of Spanish Decline 243 EPILOGUE Financial Folly and Spain's Black Legend 271 REFERENCES 281 INDEX 297
£999.99
Princeton University Press Why Did Europe Conquer the World
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of Bloomberg Businessweek's Best Books of 2015, chosen by Barry Eichengreen "Brilliant."--Edward Rothstein, Wall Street Journal "[Why Did Europe Conquer the World?] is a very interesting addition to the flourishing history of the world genre."--Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist "History and counterfactuals blend into a fluent thesis, underpinned by diverting tables of data."--Martin Vander Weyer, Daily Telegraph "Fascinating."--G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs "A confident and sure-footed book."--Robert Fulford, National Post "Big-picture economic history at its best. Hoffman's answer: chronic military conflict that gave European leaders incentives to harness widely known gunpowder technologies more effectively than leaders in other parts of the world. Also a good reminder of what economic history brings to today's economic and political table."--Barry Eichengreen, Bloomberg Businessweek "A hugely ambitious book and one that no scholar analyzing transitions in global history can overlook. It is a daunting task to attempt such an endeavor, let alone succeed as Hoffman has. [How Did Europe Conquer the World?] will change interpretations of European warfare, the financing of conflicts, transitions in other regions of the world, the causes of the Industrial Revolution, and the Great Divergence--topics that are at the forefront of history, economics, and political science today... Impressive and persuasive... [T]his book is a classic of economic history, which should be required reading."--Jari Eloranta, EH.net "Impressive."--Jan De Vries, American Historical Review "A powerful argument that resonates strongly with recent work in international political economy (Herman Schwartz) and political science (Ned Lebow)."--SurvivalTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 How the Tournament in Early Modern Europe Made Conquest Possible 19 Chapter 3 Why the Rest of Eurasia Fell Behind 67 Chapter 4 Ultimate Causes: Explaining the Difference between Western Europe and the Rest of Eurasia 104 Chapter 5 From the Gunpowder Technology to Private Expeditions 154 Chapter 6 Technological Change and Armed Peace in Nineteenth-Century Europe 179 Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Price of Conquest 205 Appendix A Model of War and Technical Change via Learning by Doing 215 Appendix B Using Prices to Measure Productivity Growth in the Military Sector 228 Appendix C Model of Political Learning 231 Appendix D Data for Tables 4.1 and 4.2 233 Appendix E Model of Armed Peace and Technical Change via Research 234 Acknowledgments 239 Bibliography 241 Index 263
£17.09
Princeton University Press Europes Orphan
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFinancial Times Best Books in Economics of the Year One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books in Economics 2015, chosen by Martin Wolf "Refreshingly eccentric."--Wolfgang Streek, London Review of Books "Well-written and closely argued,Europe's Orphanought to delight the smarter supporters of European integration and will challenge some long-held assumptions of their euroskeptic opponents, not least the perception that the currency union has gnawed away at the international competitiveness of the eurozone's weaker economies."--Andrew Stuttaford, Wall Street Journal "Books that attack the conventional wisdom are refreshing. They force us to rethink. That is what Martin Sandbu'sEurope's Orphandoes--and what makes it stand out in the increasingly crowded field of eurocrisis analysis... [S]timulating and important."--Paul De Grauwe, Financial Times "[A] stimulating and entertaining book... [Sandbu] has performed a public service by challenging the present dreary consensus on the fate of the euro and, in his final chapter, by reminding us what the single currency was for."--Richard Lambert, Prospect "Financial Times writer Sandbu (Just Business) looks past current headlines to the ideals and realpolitik strategy behind the Eurozone, arguing that it remains Europe's best hope for preserving global relevance... The book cogently explains why scapegoating the euro for Europe's economic and political disunity is nonsense."--Publishers Weekly "A highly intelligent, thought-provoking book, to be read by anyone who follows contemporary macroeconomic policy."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "Martin Sandbu's book is a robust and generally well-informed critique of the handling of the euro-area crisis."--Patrick Honohan, Irish Times "The book provides a sophisticated 'liquidationist' alternative to the dominant rhetoric."--Martin Wolf, Financial Times, a FT Best Book of 2015 "[A] valuable recent book on the Euro crisis."--Arthur Goldhammer, The American Prospect "Intelligent, well-sourced, controversial."--Anders Horntvedt, Finansavisen "These provocative and insightful arguments are particularly valuable at a time when austerity retains its intellectual luster despite its manifest failures."--Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs "A spirited defense and a thoughtful reinterpretation of the eurozone's unpromising recent history."--Mark Harrison, Enterprising InvestorTable of ContentsPREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION xi PREFACE xvii 1 A Giant Historic Mistake? 1 Spinelli's Proposition 1 Vindication of the Sceptics? 4 A Politics of Blackmail 7 The Disowned Currency 9 The Overlapping Goals of Monetary Unification 12 A Currency Designed by Economists 15 Misplaced Misgivings 17 Europe's Economic Drift 20 2 Before the Fall 25 A Honeymoon for the Single Currency 25 The Euro and the Genesis of the Crisis 28 One Size Fits None 29 The 'Export Competitiveness' Conundrum 35 The Euro's Lopsided Capital Flows 39 Losing the Printing Press 45 The Euro's Innocence 47 3 Greece and the Idolatry of Debt 48 The Promise of Europe 48 A Country Runs Out of Credit 51 The Difficulty of Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 53 Three Great Morality Plays 55 The Costs of Compromise 59 Economic Tragedy 62 The Alternative That Could Not Be Named 67 An Escape from the Euro? 70 Killing Democracy in Its Cradle 73 Disenfranchisement without Respite 76 4 Ireland: The Private Is Political 80 An Interview Out of the Ordinary 80 One Letter and Six Months 82 Europe's Banking Addiction 85 Too Big to Fail 87 Pulled Down by a Helping Hand 90 Alternatives 93 Quid Pro Quo 98 Lehman Syndrome 101 5 Europe Digs Deeper 106 Doubling Down 106 Austere Solidarity: All Must Tighten 107 The Eurozone's Self-inflicted Second Downturn 110 Letting Zombie Banks Roam 116 Death by Accounting 118 Irreversibility Reversed 122 The Mutualisation Fix 126 The Tyranny of Technocracy 130 Germany's Conditions 133 The Logical Extreme 137 6 Righghting the Course: From Bail-Out to Bail-In 139 Learning from Failure 139 Accepting Default 140 Learning the Irish Lesson 144 Prising Loose a Deadly Embrace 146 Testing the Waters 149 Plunging In 150 Fiscal and Monetary Let-Up 155 Whatever It Takes 157 Lasting Injury 161 7 If Europe Dared to Write Down Debt 165 Renouncing 'There Is No Alternative' 165 A Stroll through Counterfactual History 166 Fail Early, Fail Often 168 Ending the Cult of the Sovereign Signature 173 Sovereign Contagion 177 Restructuring Politics: Dealing with Greece 181 Restructuring Politics: A Less Conflicted Europe 183 8 Europe's Real Economic Chahallenges 189 Three Tasks 189 Making the Eurozone Safe from Sudden Stops 190 Idling Europe's Economic Engine 197 A Pact Long in Need of Reform 204 Encouraging Long-term Growth 208 Unexploited Opportunities 215 9 The Politics Thahat the Euro Needs 217 Cracks in the Consensus? 217 A 'New Deal'? 217 Choosing an Alternative 221 France: The Duumvir that Abdicated 226 Germany: The Reluctance of the Hegemon 228 Insurrections 232 From Restored National Autonomy to Renewed European Integration 239 10 Great Britain or Little England? 243 The Real Choice for Britain in Europe 243 Counterfactual History: Crisis Policy with Britain in the Euro 244 Brown's Five Tests Today 251 Greater Guernsey? 260 The Euro and National Power 265 11 Remembmbering Whahat the Euro Is For 267 What Is at Stake 267 Exonerating the Euro: A Summary of the Argument 268 The Euro and Economic Strength 270 Unity in Diversity 272 NOTES 275 INDEX 307
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Princeton University Press Capitalism
Book Synopsis"First published in Germany under 'Geschichte des Kapitalismus', by Jeurgen Kocka." --Title page verso.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 "'Capitalism' is a commonly used term that resists simple definition or straightforward history. Kocka adds lucidity and erudition in this excellent overview... [B]road in its intellectual sweep, covering a range of social science disciplines; and well informed by the literature in both economic and social history... [Capitalism] provides a paradigm of what a short history of an important concept should accomplish."--Choice "Jurgen Kocka is one of the most well known experts in the field of European History and like his previous books this compact book has all of his virtues: it's extremely clear and conceptually tight as well as very succinct."--Stephen Darori, Israel Book Review "A brief and lively overview which is likely to attract a wide readership... Entertaining and informative, it will prove useful and reassuring to many who are troubled by the onset of the capitalist crisis in 2008 but who are still wedded to the system."--Henry Heller, Labour-Le TravailTable of ContentsPreface to the English Edition vii 1. What Does Capitalism Mean? 1 The Emergence of a Controversial Concept 1 Three Classics: Marx, Weber, and Schumpeter 7 Other Voices and a Working Definition 16 2. Merchant Capitalism 25 China and Arabia 26 Europe: Dynamic Latecomer 35 Interim Findings around 1500 49 3. Expansion 54 Business and Violence: Colonialism and World Trade 54 Joint-Stock Company and Finance Capitalism 58 Plantation Economy and Slavery 65 Agrarian Capitalism, Mining, and Proto-Industrialization 70 Capitalism, Culture, and Enlightenment: Adam Smith in Context 84 4. The Capitalist Era 95 The Contours of Industrialization and Globalization since 1800 96 From Ownership to Managerial Capitalism 104 Financialization 114 Work in Capitalism 124 Market and State 145 5. Analysis and Critique 162 Notes 171 Bibliography 181 Index of Names 197
£16.14
Princeton University Press The Promise and Peril of Credit
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, American Philosophical Society""Winner of the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History and Culture, Association for Jewish Studies""[Trivellato] deftly demonstrates how dangerous such stories [about credit] can be—and how widespread their effects."---Rebecca L. Spang, Times Literary Supplement"Extraordinary. . . . Trivellato’s excellent book shows the power and the necessity of credible history to fight ever corrosive and dangerous legends alive and thriving in our own technologically-advanced yet troubled times."---Jacob Soll, New Republic"Part history, part mystery . . . . [A] tour de force history of economic thought that gives deep insight into the evolution of thought towards (and mainly against) Jews . . . . The Promise and Peril of Credit was a true pleasure to read. For anyone interested in the history of early modern economic thought or Jewish economic history, this book is a must read."---Jared Rubin, The Journal of Economic History"Trivellato’s close, convincing analysis makes for stimulating reading."---Thomas Max Safley, Economic History Review"Trivellato’s The Promise and Peril of Credit bristles with intelligence, insight, and ingenuity: it is one of the most sophisticated, thoughtful, and thought-provoking books I have read (and enjoyed reading) in recent years."---Lars Fischer, Jewish Historical Studies"[An] important and potentially field-changing [book]. . . . Trivellato’s work has much contemporary resonance."---Flora Cassen, Jewish Quarterly Review"The Promise and Peril of Credit masterfully traces changing European attitudes to finance and commerce in the early modern and modern periods."---Francesca Bregoli, Journal of Modern History"A meticulous survey of the early modern commercial and economic literature. . . . The Promise and Peril of Credit is a book as erudite as it is sweeping. With ease and elegance, the author crosses not only language barriers, but also the trans-temporal divide between early modern and modern times. . . . Trivellato adds important nuance to our understanding of anti-Judaism."---Daniel Jütte, Eighteenth-Century Studies"“The book’s long subtitle promises to tell us what this forgotten legend reveals ‘about the making of European commercial society.’ It is a testament to the author’s erudition, patient research, and intellectual ecumenism that her book delivers so richly on this promise.”"---Rowan Dorin, Law and History Review"Moving deftly through economic history, law, and the annals of anti-Semitism."---Elka Weber, Segula Jewish History Magazine"[An] important book deserving the widest possible readership across disciplines. . . . [Its] subject is nothing less than the making of the modern world."---Robert Fredona, Business History Review"The book is highly relevant today and truly inspiring."---Tom Tölle, H-Soz-u-Kult"The valuable study by Francesca Trivellato, who transcends national and linguistic boundaries . . . shows how a study of “international” anti-Semitism can be done by focusing on one particular example such as a legend on Jewish economic activity and its subsequent spread throughout Europe."---Oliver Schulz, QUEST- Issues in Contemporary Jewish History"Astonishing book."---Germano Maifreda, QUEST- Issues in Contemporary Jewish History"Trivellato’s study makes an important contribution to both Jewish Studies and the wider history of economic thought, the bridging of which is an express purpose of the work. . . . The book is an important contribution to the history of Jews in economic thought and to the study of the relationship between law and language."---Joshua Teplitsky, Antisemitism Studies"This book is a gem. Francesca Trivellato has produced a multifaceted exploration of the complex relation between evolving Christian ideas about Jews and the development of modern commercial society."---Arthur Wilson, EH.net
£37.80
Princeton University Press The Winding Road to the Welfare State
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of the book’s great strengths is the way in which is seeks to integrate the history of social policy with the history of living standards more generally, and the book is enhanced by the author’s efforts to place both living standards and social protection in an international context. - Bernard Harris" * Journal of Economics *"An important, and useful, addition to the literature on the history of social welfare in modern Britain."---John Stewart, Journal of Social Policy
£37.80
Princeton University Press Dark Matter Credit
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Highly recommended for anyone interested in economic history, regardless of their disciplinary backgrounds and areas of specialization."---Francesca Trivellato, EH.Net"Deeply researched, lean, and stimulating. . . . I was left with a reflection that is rare upon finishing an academic monograph: wishing it were longer."---Paul Cheney, Journal of Modern History
£31.50
Princeton University Press The Central Asian Economies in the TwentyFirst
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A succinct elaboration of core ideas and a complex web of insightful underpinnings. It is a valuable and timely research."---Gouranga Gopal Das, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature"The book is a thought-provoking study analysing the complicated relationship between history, politics, and economics. . . . Pomfret provides country-specific analyses with enough detail, which can also serve as a springboard for students who would like to specialise in the Central Asia region to conduct further in-depth academic research."---Özge Söylemez, Rest Journal
£37.80
Princeton University Press Empires of the Weak
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] provocative argument . . . As a critique of prevailing modes of thinking about global politics, Empires of the Weak succeeds admirably."---Alan Mikhail, New York Times Book Review"Without assuming prior knowledge, Empires of the Weak, demonstrates the problems with the theoretical assumptions of the military revolution thesis."---Sarah Kinkel, Times Higher Education"Sharman builds a provocative, yet cogent argument, wide-ranging and readable."---Ephraim Nissan, Quaderni di Studi Indo-Mediterranei"[Empires of the Weak is] intellectually challenging and makes observers think about where they stand before they call in their bets on the sweep of history. . . . people who are willing to challenge their views . . . should relish the book."---I. William Zartman, Rest Journal"An interesting and thought-provoking narrative. . . . Empires of the Weak is a valuable addition to the underrepresented topic of non-Western military history as part of the growing literature on the underlying causes of the great divergence from the vantage point of global military and political history."---Kaveh Yazdani, International Review of Social History
£29.75
Princeton University Press The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2017 James Henry Breasted Prize, American Historical Association""This book must surely sweep the field. Whether one is an undergraduate student, an early-career scholar, has been chewing over the ancient economy for a career, or is simply a general reader with a curiosity about how the ancient economy worked, this is now the go-to work. [Bresson] has produced a book that is at the same time something of an encyclopaedia of the ancient Greek economy, full of in-depth discussions about more or less every product and every economic phenomenon, a sourcebook of texts, particularly epigraphic texts, illustrating economic phenomena, and a book with an argument."---Professor Robin Osborne, Classics for All"This authoritative introduction to and survey of the ancient Greek economy translates, updates, expands, and combines the author's original two-volume French edition. Bresson documents the unprecedented and unparalleled economic growth of the Greek world from the Archaic through the Hellenistic periods. . . . [A] thoroughly informed masterwork." * Choice *"An irreplaceable reference work for knowledge of the economy of ancient Greece."---Adolfo J. Domínguez, Ancient West and East
£36.00
Princeton University Press The Currency of Politics
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Best First Book Prize, Foundations of Political Theory section of the American Political Science Association""A fresh and splendidly clear guide to the intellectual history of monetary policy. . . . The Currency of Politics is an invaluable guide to why — and how to think about what comes next."---Felix Martin, Financial Times"Eich’s extraordinary book provides an essential guide to thinking about the politics of money." * Adam Tooze *"Eich offers a rich treatment of each historical episode. But the chapters on the two Englishmen, Locke and Keynes, stand out. . . . pathbreaking."---Jonathan Levy, Project Syndicate"Eich’s book is ultimately a call to revive democratic debate about money…this excellent book…does not tell us what to do, but he does show us something can be done."---Geoff Mann, New Statesman"A pathbreaking new intellectual history of monetary policy. In examining how key thinkers approached the economic crises of their respective times, Eich offers a map for navigating the politics of money today."---Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, The Nation"Eich’s work is sure to be a landmark in political science. His argument is bold and ambitious; his writing clear and engaging; and his message timely, persuasive and imperative."---Erik Jones, Survival"A deep examination of the theoretical and political foundations of money that rescues the money discussion from economists."---Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Open Magazine"An intellectual history of money that theoretically grounds the works of others working on democratizing money. The Currency of Politics is a great addition to the philosophy of money."---Valerie Schreur, Oeconomia"A very good book. . . . Eich takes us on a fascinating journey."---Paul Sagar, Perspectives on Politics"Exquisitely written."---Jorge González-Gallarza, The Critic"Eich’s contribution demarcates a new space for political thought on money, and brings together key theorists on the structuration of money both to show that political thought often has a direct effect on the type of monetary system that is maintained, and to show that democratic agency vis-a-vis money is often wilfully ignored."---Dominic Burbidge, Politics and Poetics"[The Currency of Politics] fits well into the growing critical debate on neoliberal policies that have dominated the economic discussion in the latest decades. . . . [and] helps us to understand that monetary policy must be the prerogative of a healthy and fruitful public and thus political debate."---Giampaolo Conte, The Journal of European Economic History
£34.20
Princeton University Press Painting by Numbers
Book SynopsisAn innovative application of economic methods to the study of art history, demonstrating that new insights can be uncovered by using quantitative and qualitative methods together, which sheds light on longstanding disciplinary inequitiesTrade Review"Winner of a Millard Meiss Publication Fund Grant, College Art Association""Painting by Numbers…[is] careful and systematic…it is a solid demonstration that “counting things” matters. It leaves audiences to wonder what work the book will inspire as other researchers draw from the quantitative foundation Greenwald has established… [I]t’s clear that the author’s expertise in art and data pair brilliantly” –Lydia Pyne, Hyperallergic""The real power of [Painting by Numbers] is. . . . prompting art historians to ask questions about the values underpinning their definition of their objects of study. . . . [Diana Greenwald] has done a valuable service to the field in asking us to rethink our fundamental categories of disciplinary concern and our responsibilities to the vast range of visual and material culture that might fall within their purview." * CAA Reviews *"Diana Seave Greenwald’s Painting by Numbers: Data-Driven Histories of Nineteenth-Century Art is an ambitious study that synthesizes two disparate approaches of scholarship: art history and economic analysis. . . . Greenwald is a pioneer in the field who is willing to explore new perspectives and challenge past presumptions. The book paves the way for similar interdisciplinary studies to follow. . . . Painting by Numbers shows the promise of what can be achieved when an abundance of information is wedded with insightful scholarship."---Matt Garklavs, ARLIS/NA Reviews"[Diana Greenwald] presents novel evidence on the artistic production of the nineteenth-century in France, the USA, and England and focusses on crucial topics in the art history of that period, namely, industrialization, gender, and the history of empire, providing new points of view. . . . [Painting by Numbers] represents a concrete application of the benefits of an interdisciplinary approach in humanities and social sciences."---Laura Paganl, Journal of Cultural Economics"[A] great benefit to art historians unpracticed in economic theory."---Elizabeth L. Block, Panorama"Painting By Numbers offers methods and interpretations that may revise art historians’ assumptions about what we do and how we do it."---Julie Codell, Winterthur Portfolio"Using hard, quantitative data in order to test, critique or support conventional wisdom is very unusual in art-historical research. Painting by Numbers succeeds in making a convincing case for that kind of study, which makes it a model of methodological innovation, and a very welcome one."---Jorge Sebastián Lozano, Art History
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Princeton University Press An Infinite History
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the American Library in Paris Book Award""Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize, McGill University""Winner of the PROSE Award in European History, Association of American Publishers""Winner of the Leo Gershoy Award, American Historical Association""Rothschild rightly rejects what she describes as an ‘ideological’ division of the dead by historians between ‘important’—the people with substantial records—and ‘the unimportant . . . who can be counted, but cannot be understood.' Rather, as this book demonstrates, a focus on the ‘ordinary’ can offer new perspectives on periods of extraordinary change."---Laura O’Brien, Times Literary Supplement "[An Infinite History] is a family history unlike any other because of the way Rothschild tells it. . . . By starting with the names and tracing them over space and especially time, Rothschild not only upends the usual methods of study but also compels a rethinking of many prevailing views about the politics, economy, and society of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France."---Lynn Hunt, New York Review of Books"Captivating. . . . One of the most successful attempts to put Ginzburg and Poni’s ‘science of the lived’ into action."---David A. Bell, The Nation"[A] remarkable inquiry into the town of Angoulême, in southwestern France, beginning with the story of 'an inquisitive, illiterate woman, Marie Aymard,' and five generations of her extended family in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: the sort of history that has been exceedingly hard to tell, and therefore not often told." * Harvard Magazine *"Emma Rothschild leaves no stone unturned in her quest to trace one family through centuries and five generations... this is an inspiring and enjoyable demonstration of what can be achieved by skill, perseverance and a bit of luck." * Family Tree Magazine *"This innovative study of ordinary people in a French provincial town is a remarkable achievement of both painstaking research and historical imagination . . . . the result is a fascinating exercise in history from below, a history of chance encounters and social networks, of ambition and opportunity."---Alan Forrest, Family and Community History"This is a tremendously engaging book which reads, paradoxically, like a capacious nineteenth-century novel. And not least because of its elusive dénouements and the absence of an authorial omniscience straining our suspension of disbelief, it is enriched by the certainty, validated by scholarship of the highest quality, that none of it is invented."---Robert Lethbridge, Journal of European Studies
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Princeton University Press The Industrialists
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The accomplished historian Jennifer Delton has written an extremely important book on one of the United States’ leading business organizations, the National Association of Manufacturers . . . . [A] meticulously researched study." * Business History Review *
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Princeton University Press Adam Smiths America
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers""Intriguing. . . . Capacious. . . . Rich."---Kim Phillips-Fein, New Republic"How did Adam Smith become as American as apple pie? Wisely skipping over the ‘mesmerizingly mundane’ life of the man, about whom we know little, Glory Liu offers a biography of Adam Smith the idea. Traversing three centuries of American thought in fluid prose, Ms. Liu finds traces of Smith in his inspiration of the founding generation, as grist for 19th-century debates over free trade, and as a celebrated apostle of the free market during the Cold War. Synthesizing a wave of recent scholarship on Smith, Ms. Liu elevates his Theory of Moral Sentiments over his canonical Wealth of Nations."---Jennifer Burns, Wall Street Journal (Five Best Biographies of Economists)"A fascinating tour of American economic theory and debate from the late 18th century to the present. . . . Liu’s book is more than an examination of the twists and turns in American economic debate, for it also raises profound questions about economics as a discipline and terrain of debate."---Colin Kidd, New Statesman"This is an excellent book."---Branko Milanovic, Global Inequality and More 3.0"[Adam Smith’s America] illuminates how the ways that readers approach a text become part of that text’s story. . . . A model for doing reception history well."---Rebecca Brenner Graham, Slate"Exemplary. . . . Liu presents Smith’s reception history as a unique window into what she calls the nation’s ‘politics of political economy.’ She is right. . . . Liu demonstrates just how malleable ideologically the interpretation of Smith has been over time."---Jonathan Levy, Boston Review"[A] provocative analysis of Scottish moral philosopher Adam Smith’s influence on U.S. politics and business. . . . This is a rewarding reconsideration of an influential thinker." * Publishers Weekly *"The iconic economist has become all things to all people over time, from Friedman-esque libertarian to anti-capitalist crusader. . . . Even if Chicago, the Heritage Foundation, and other right-leaning entities have tried to seize him for their cause, Liu examines the possibility that he may be ‘closer to the values of the contemporary left’—thus are the many ambiguities in his work. A bracing study not just of Smith’s ideas, but also of how scholars and activists have used (and misused) them." * Kirkus Reviews *"Masterful."---David Bahnsen, Religion & Liberty Online"Fascinating."---Greg Olear, PREVAIL"Lucid and compelling. . . . Adam Smith’s America is an impressively researched and deftly executed book."---Robin Douglass, Global Intellectual History"Maybe it’s a moonshot to imagine lanyard-festooned Seattleite techies as a revolutionary vanguard, but, whatever your political visions: There’s a Smith for that."---Adam Willems, The Stranger"Outstanding work."---Matteo Santarelli, Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas"A detailed and well-researched account of the reception of Adam Smith in America."---Maria Pia Paganelli, History of Economic Thought and Policy
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Princeton University Press Power and Possession in the Russian Revolution
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Princeton University Press Empires of the Weak The Real Story of European
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Princeton University Press W. Arthur Lewis and the Birth of Development
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Tignor's book is one for enthusiasts of development, of social science research and of African history. It is long, closely written, tightly researched and scrupulously comprehensive."---Lawrence Haddad, Times Higher Education Supplement"This book can be read on two levels. On the human level, it is the story of triumph against adversity. . . . [A]t the level of the contribution made by a professional economist to economic development, this book reads as a story of intellectual failure in the face of political reality. . . . Each of these chapters is thoroughly researched, judiciously blending discussions of Lewis's personal life and of the changes taking place in the world."---Ranald Michie, Business History Review"In this splendid intellectual biography, Robert L. Tignor examines Lewis's career and thought, giving particular emphasis to his experiences in Africa. . . . This is an important biography, and one that will benefit scholars seeking to understand the enormous gap between economic aspirations and achievements in much of the developing world, as well as the struggle for racial justice. For students of post-independence Africa the book has special relevance."---Alfred E. Eckes, International History Review"Robert Tignor has produced an impressive intellectual biography of the remarkable economist, policy advisor, and educator, Sir W. Arthur Lewis."---James B. Stewart, Journal of African American History
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Princeton University Press The Winding Road to the Welfare State
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of the book’s great strengths is the way in which is seeks to integrate the history of social policy with the history of living standards more generally, and the book is enhanced by the author’s efforts to place both living standards and social protection in an international context. - Bernard Harris" * Journal of Economics *"An important, and useful, addition to the literature on the history of social welfare in modern Britain."---John Stewart, Journal of Social Policy
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Princeton University Press The Promise and Peril of Credit
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, American Philosophical Society""Winner of the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History and Culture, Association for Jewish Studies""[Trivellato] deftly demonstrates how dangerous such stories [about credit] can be—and how widespread their effects."---Rebecca L. Spang, Times Literary Supplement"Extraordinary. . . . Trivellato’s excellent book shows the power and the necessity of credible history to fight ever corrosive and dangerous legends alive and thriving in our own technologically-advanced yet troubled times."---Jacob Soll, New Republic"Part history, part mystery . . . . [A] tour de force history of economic thought that gives deep insight into the evolution of thought towards (and mainly against) Jews . . . . The Promise and Peril of Credit was a true pleasure to read. For anyone interested in the history of early modern economic thought or Jewish economic history, this book is a must read."---Jared Rubin, The Journal of Economic History"Trivellato’s close, convincing analysis makes for stimulating reading."---Thomas Max Safley, Economic History Review"Trivellato’s The Promise and Peril of Credit bristles with intelligence, insight, and ingenuity: it is one of the most sophisticated, thoughtful, and thought-provoking books I have read (and enjoyed reading) in recent years."---Lars Fischer, Jewish Historical Studies"[An] important and potentially field-changing [book]. . . . Trivellato’s work has much contemporary resonance."---Flora Cassen, Jewish Quarterly Review"The Promise and Peril of Credit masterfully traces changing European attitudes to finance and commerce in the early modern and modern periods."---Francesca Bregoli, Journal of Modern History"A meticulous survey of the early modern commercial and economic literature. . . . The Promise and Peril of Credit is a book as erudite as it is sweeping. With ease and elegance, the author crosses not only language barriers, but also the trans-temporal divide between early modern and modern times. . . . Trivellato adds important nuance to our understanding of anti-Judaism."---Daniel Jütte, Eighteenth-Century Studies"“The book’s long subtitle promises to tell us what this forgotten legend reveals ‘about the making of European commercial society.’ It is a testament to the author’s erudition, patient research, and intellectual ecumenism that her book delivers so richly on this promise.”"---Rowan Dorin, Law and History Review"Moving deftly through economic history, law, and the annals of anti-Semitism."---Elka Weber, Segula Jewish History Magazine"[An] important book deserving the widest possible readership across disciplines. . . . [Its] subject is nothing less than the making of the modern world."---Robert Fredona, Business History Review"The book is highly relevant today and truly inspiring."---Tom Tölle, H-Soz-u-Kult"The valuable study by Francesca Trivellato, who transcends national and linguistic boundaries . . . shows how a study of “international” anti-Semitism can be done by focusing on one particular example such as a legend on Jewish economic activity and its subsequent spread throughout Europe."---Oliver Schulz, QUEST- Issues in Contemporary Jewish History"Astonishing book."---Germano Maifreda, QUEST- Issues in Contemporary Jewish History"Trivellato’s study makes an important contribution to both Jewish Studies and the wider history of economic thought, the bridging of which is an express purpose of the work. . . . The book is an important contribution to the history of Jews in economic thought and to the study of the relationship between law and language."---Joshua Teplitsky, Antisemitism Studies"This book is a gem. Francesca Trivellato has produced a multifaceted exploration of the complex relation between evolving Christian ideas about Jews and the development of modern commercial society."---Arthur Wilson, EH.net
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Princeton University Press Plinys Roman Economy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Saller’s book is truly interesting in many ways. Not only does it do justice to the existence of a reflection on economy in Western antiquity and to its few points of convergence with modern economic thought, but [it] also . . . raises a question that goes beyond antiquity: that of the conditions that make long-term economic growth and development possible, with a particular interest in cultural causes."---Etienne Helmer, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Princeton University Press Credit Nation Property Laws and Institutions in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An informative and deeply researched book that explores how property law influenced the development of the English colonies and, ultimately, the United States."---Aaron L. Chin, H-Early-America
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Princeton University Press Albert Ballin Business and Politics in Imperial
Book SynopsisBased on the author's thesis, Johns Hopkins University.Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Key to Abbreviations, pg. xiii*I. Hamburg and the HAPAG, 1880-1900, pg. 1*II. The World Is My Field: The West, pg. 27*III. The World Is My Field: The East, pg. 63*IV. Prussians and Politicians, pg. 98*V. A Place in the Sun, pg. 143*VI. Peace or War with England?, pg. 175*VII. The Phantom Fleet, pg. 214*VIII. A Voice in Berlin, pg. 248*IX. War with America, pg. 285*X. "An End with Dread", pg. 314*XI. Conclusion, pg. 348*Bibliographical Essay, pg. 357*Index, pg. 371
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Princeton University Press Albert Ballin Business and Politics in Imperial
Book SynopsisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Key to Abbreviations, pg. xiii*I. Hamburg and the HAPAG, 1880-1900, pg. 1*II. The World Is My Field: The West, pg. 27*III. The World Is My Field: The East, pg. 63*IV. Prussians and Politicians, pg. 98*V. A Place in the Sun, pg. 143*VI. Peace or War with England?, pg. 175*VII. The Phantom Fleet, pg. 214*VIII. A Voice in Berlin, pg. 248*IX. War with America, pg. 285*X. "An End with Dread", pg. 314*XI. Conclusion, pg. 348*Bibliographical Essay, pg. 357*Index, pg. 371
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University Press of Kansas Prairie Populism Fate of Agrarian Radicalism in
Book SynopsisThrough a comparison of economics and politics in two Populist states - Kansas and Nebraska - and one non-Populist state - Iowa - this work shows that economic conditions alone cannot explain why the People's Party flourished or floundered in the period 1880 to 1892.
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Social Security History and Politics from the
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA theoretically informed, historically accurate, and valuable guide to Social Security's development.... Serves as an ideal vantage point from which to view today's debate. - Edward D. Berkowitz, author of Mr. Social Security: The Life of Wilbur J. Cohen ""There are few social scientists with sufficient expertise to understand the debates over Social Security reform and even fewer who can make them comprehensible to non-experts. Beland's beautifully written and carefully researched book places these debates in their historical context and explains them in a thoughtful and balanced manner."" - Jill Quadagno, author of The Transformation of Old Age Security ""Because Beland's powerful analysis significantly advances current debates about the role of ideas, political institutions, gender, and race in the formation of Social Security, it is must reading for scholars in the field. But since it is uncommonly well written, it will also serve as an important guide for the uninitiated trying to make sense of contemporary debates."" - John Myles, author of Old Age in the Welfare State ""Provides valuable insights about Social Security politics over time, including convincing evidence about the enduring emphasis on self-reliance and individualism, the diminishing role of business and labor, and the relative impact of gender and race."" - Pamela J. Larson, Executive Vice President, National Academy of Social Insurance
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Inside the Nixon Administration
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas A Most Magnificent Machine America Adopts the
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas IndianMade Navajo Culture in the Marketplace
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Pluto Press Reconstructing Karl Polanyi
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented analysis of the revered political economist Karl Polyani's life and work, drawn from newly discovered primary sources.Trade Review'Indispensable for understanding and applying Polanyian thought. Dale's book is a model of critical scholarship, placing Polanyi in historical context and skillfully tracing thedevelopment of his theory' -- Wolfgang Streeck, Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, author of Buying Time and How Will Capitalism End?'A great asset for the left in the critique of capitalist market economy’ -- Tamás Krausz, author of Reconstructing Lenin: An Intellectual Biography (Monthly Review Press, 2015)'A magisterial culmination of the author’s extensive decade-long research' -- LSE Review of Books'Revitalises, brings back, and inverts Polanyi's thought' -- Alicia Girón, Professor and Researcher of the Economic Research Institute (IIEc) at the National University of Mexico'No one digs deeper than Gareth Dale into Polanyi's mindset, into his politics as well as his scholarship' -- Chris Hann, Director, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany'Full of gems and every paragraph reads like a dense fascinating summary of big debates ... there is much of interest here' -- Green Left WeeklyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Reconstructing Sociology 2. The Marxist Orbit: Polanyi’s Double Movement 3. Capital versus the Demos 4. Democratic Tyranny: The Soviet Union 5. Reconstructing The Great Transformation 6. Regionalism and the European Union 7. Intellectuals and the Red Scare 8. Redistribution and Market Exchange in Mesopotamia 9. Markets in Ancient Greece: The Challenge of the New Institutionalism (with Matthijs Krul) Notes Index
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Pluto Press Civilizing Money
Book SynopsisAn engaging and unique study of Enlightenment philosopher David Hume's understanding of moneyand his role in the rise of capitalismTrade Review'Caffentzis has been the philosopher of the anticapitalist movement from the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. A historian of our own times, he carries the political wisdom of the twentieth century into the twenty-first. Here is capitalist critique and proletarian reasoning fit for our time' -- Peter Linebaugh, author of 'The Magna Carta Manifesto' (University of California Press, 2008)Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Foreword An Autobiographical Preface Introduction: Who is a Philosopher of Money? PART I: HUME AND HIS CLASS'S PROBLEMATIC 1. On the Scottish Origins of Civilization 2. Civilizing the Highlands: Hume, Money and the Annexing Act 3. Hume’s Monetary Education in Bristol PART II: HUME'S PHILOSOPHY AND HIS STRATEGY 4. Why was Hume a Metallist? 5. Did Hume read Berkeley’s The Querist? Notions and Conventions in their Philosophies of Money 6. Fiction or Counterfeit? Specie or Paper? 7. Wages and Money: Pegasus’ Mirror Conclusion: Locke, Berkeley and Hume as Philosophers of Money Coda: A Critique of Marx’s Thesis 11 on Feuerbach Notes Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press Clipped Coins Abused Words and Civil Government
Book SynopsisA classic examination of John Locke's philosophy of economics, language and historyTrade Review'Caffentzis is a practical philosopher and a pure teacher. His reasoning even at its most abstract always tends to the political. The street is his classroom. This is truly vulgar Marxism, that is, it is a critique by, with, and for the vulgus, or common people (you and I)' -- Peter Linebaugh, author of 'The Magna Carta Manifesto' (University of California Press, 2008)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on the New Edition Foreword Introduction to the New Edition Preface Introduction 1. Clipped Coins 2. Civil Government 3. Abused Words Conclusion: Weaving an Origin Postface: John Locke, the Philosopher of Primitive Accumulation Notes Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd State and Society in PostWar Japan
Book SynopsisState and Society in Post--War Japan integrates the previous work of disciplinary specialists into a coherent account of how Japanese society has changed since the war.Trade Review"... a book which can be safely recommended to colleagues and students who want or need to know more about contemporary Japan." (Times Higher Education Supplement) "[a] comprehensive study" (International Review of Administrative Sciences) "an outstanding contribution. ...[this book] corrects many popular misconceptions about Japan ... a useful book because of the broad arguments that it develops." (British Journal of Industrial Relations) "A substantial example of critical empirical sociology. It should become a standard text in the sociology of Japan and of industrial society." (Reviewing Sociology)Table of ContentsAbbreviations. Acknowledgements. 1. Conflict or Consensus: Competing Images of Japan. 2. An Economic Structure of Interdependent Rivals. 3. A Flexible Labour Market. 4. A Planned Market Economy. 5. The Japanese Polity. 6. Social Divisions in Japan. 7. Continuity and Change in the Japanese Social Process. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Silent Surrender The Multinational Corporation in Canada
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University of British Columbia Press Investing in Place Economic Renewal in Northern
Book SynopsisA compelling exploration of place-based development as a timely, pragmatic approach to renewing rural and small-town economies in northern British Columbia.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction1 Introduction: Foundations for Renewal2 Northern British Columbia: General Processes3 The Whole Community ApproachPart 2: Creating a Space-Based Economy4 Province Building5 Restructuring and Response6 Struggles in TransitionPart 3: Moving to a Place-based Economy7 An Economy of Place8 Mobilizing for Change9 DirectionsPart 4: Conclusion10 On Intervention: Constructing a Northern Place11 Conclusion: Renewal for Rural and Small-Town Northern BCNotes; Works Cited; Index
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Cornell University Press Fair Shares Unions Pay and Politics in Sweden
Book SynopsisConflict between labor and capital reflects the competitive and conflict-laden relations within the working class itself, Peter Swenson maintains. Fair Shares examines the internal conflicts of organized labor regarding distribution of wages in order to explain both union leaders' market-structuring objectives in the "political economy", and...Trade Review"Fair Shares is an excellent book which will make a significant impact on our understanding of industrial and organized class relations in Sweden and Germany, as well as on comparative theory." -- Peter Lange, Duke Universtiy
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Cornell University Press The Familial State Ruling Families and Merchant
Book SynopsisThe seventeenth century was called the Dutch Golden Age. Over the course of eighty years, the tiny United Provinces of the Netherlands overthrew Spanish rule and became Europe's dominant power. Eventually, though, Dutch hegemony collapsed as quickly...Trade ReviewSeldom have two hundred pages displayed such ambitious goals and achieved them with such a remarkable fluency. Julia Adams examines state formation and familial institutions in three early modern European countries: the Netherlands, France, and England. In so doing, she restores the Dutch experience to the centrality that it commanded in the seventeenth century. The book also suggests to national historians and historical sociologists that a narrow focus just cannot answer the big questions posed by the very histories so ubiquitously practiced by the current generation of one-nation historians. Comfortable being both genuinely comparative and firmly grounded in her own field, historical sociology, Adams further argues that the old categories deployed by historical analysis—state structures, class, religion, and patronage—cannot address the complexity of power without also addressing gender—more precisely, patrimony—as a force of immense historical significance.... This is a book that should now become required reading in every graduate seminar in early modern European history. It challenges us all to think outside the box that is the history of the nation, and it rewards such thinking with fresh insight into issues of gender, class, and state formation. It is a triumph. -- Margaret C. Jacob * Journal of Modern History *
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MB - Cornell University Press Diamond Stories Enduring Change on 47th Street
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Cornell University Press An Anatomy of Trade in Medieval Writing
Book SynopsisEconomics, in our modern sense of the term, was not a discipline in the Middle Ages, although the history of economic thought is often written as though it were. Lianna Farber restores the core economic concept of trade to its medieval contexts...Trade ReviewFarber demonstrates a firm grasp of the texts and the issues involved, deconstructing the expositions in a deft manner and delving into how the medieval mind construed economic activity. * Economic History Review *Painstakingly alive to the nuances of the texts she describes, Farmer admirably realizes the difficult goal she sets out to attain in her book: to describe accurately how writers understood trade during a time when the category of the 'economic' was nonexistent. This sensible, jargon-free, and evenhanded study makes an impressive contribution both to literary criticism and to the history of ideas. * Studies in the Age of Chaucer *
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Cornell University Press Governing Finance
Book SynopsisThe international financial community blamed the Asian crisis of 19971998 on deep failures of domestic financial governance. To avoid similar crises in the future, this community adopted and promoted a set of international best practice standards of financial governance. The G7 asked specialized public and private sector bodies to set international standards, and tasked the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank with their global dissemination. Non-Western countries were thereby encouraged to emulate Western practices in banking and securities supervision, corporate governance, financial disclosure, and policy transparency.In Governing Finance, Andrew Walter explains why Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailandkey targets and test cases of this international standards projectwere placed under intense pressure to transform their domestic financial governance. Walter finds that the depth of the economic crisis, and more enduring aspects of Asian capitalism, such aTrade Review"Walter does excellent work laying out the politico-economic dynamic by which governments navigate between the regulatory neoliberals and domestic pressure groups. One of his conclusions is that this push and pull results in compliance regimes that are highly variable and not likely to converge quickly, if at all, with the stated (and ever changing) ideal of Western-oriented multilateral agencies and Western governments."—Choice"Global finance can be a lightning rod for crisis and economic collapse. Some of the world's most powerful policymakers believe they can manage these risks by promoting `international standards.' Andrew Walter's rigorous book demonstrates why they might be wrong. It is a must-read for students, scholars, and practitioners of global finance and regulation."—Ngaire Woods, Oxford University and author of The Globalizers: The IMF, the World Bank, and their Borrowers"Nearly everyone expected the Asian Crisis to foster massive reforms—but it did not. Walter brilliantly illuminates why 'mock compliance' with international financial standards took precedence over substantive change."—Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics"Andrew Walter's book highlights important differences between the appearance and substance of financial governance reforms in Asia. He also makes a valuable contribution to explaining how power and interest shape differential reform outcomes by placing domestic political forces at the heart of his analysis."—Garry Rodan, Director, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University"Andrew Walter's Governing Finance introduces to the field of international financial regulation the extremely useful concept of 'mock compliance.' International financial markets are not so constraining that governments in developing countries don't pretend to comply with international regulations and standards. To the question of why international investors don't punish such governments with capital flight, Walter points out that international investors may be satisfied with mock compliance as long as they believe the government can and will bail out the local companies should the need arise. This book combines keen insight with a detailed account of international regulatory compliance—or lack thereof—in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Korea."—Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Damon Wells Professor of Political Science, Yale University
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Cornell University Press Americas First Great Depression
Book SynopsisFor a while, it seemed impossible to lose money on real estate. But then the bubble burst. The financial sector was paralyzed and the economy contracted. State and federal governments struggled to pay their domestic and foreign creditors. Washington was incapable of decisive action. The country seethed with political and social unrest. In America''s First Great Depression, Alasdair Roberts describes how the United States dealt with the economic and political crisis that followed the Panic of 1837.As Roberts shows, the two decades that preceded the Panic had marked a democratic surge in the United States. However, the nation''s commitment to democracy was tested severely during this crisis. Foreign lenders questioned whether American politicians could make the unpopular decisions needed on spending and taxing. State and local officials struggled to put down riots and rebellion. A few wondered whether this was the end of America''s democratic experiment.RobTrade ReviewAmerica's First Great Depressionis an engaging book that could spark classroom debate on a number of important topics: internal improvements, the changing role of state governments, Anglo-American relations, immigration, urbanization, Jacksonian democracy, the Bank War, tariff issues, and the federal role in regulating the economy, slavery, and westward expansion. Roberts does a particularly fine job of placing this period of US history within a global perspective. As it is only 216 pages of text, this reviewer will assign this book in his Early US History survey class. -- Dave Bush * The Historian *Alasdair Roberts has written a thoughtful and timely book about how Americans in the past responded to global economic and political forces beyond their control. Roberts masterfully reinterprets the period for historians, but his goal is not primarily historical. Political scientists, policymakers, and citizens have much to learn from the economic crisis following 1837. -- Johann N. Neem * Political Science Quarterly *By recasting the Panic of 1837 as the start of the 'First Great Depression,' this book offers a clear attempt at creating a ‘usable past’ that can help modern citizens understand how our current unsettling economic landscape is not the first one Americans have been forced to navigate. -- Sean Patrick Adams * The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography *For the first 50 years after achieving independence, Americans had every reason to believe theirs to be the most fortunate of nations. Then came the Panic of 1837, which caused a hopelessness rendered worse by the optimism that had preceded it and resulted in a crisis that lasted until 1848.... Alasdair Roberts reveals how this disaster led to epochal shifts in policy and culture, and his lively narrative and commitment to character ensure that the human cost is never out of sight. Roberts is especially keen to demonstrate how this mid-19th century ordeal relates to America's current woes. The 'hard times' of the 1830s led to financial ruin for state governments, a near-cessation of federal aid, and an outbreak of violent protests in many major cities. * Publishers Weekly *Roberts examines the financial, political, and social upheavals that occurred in the United States in the decade following the Panic of 1837, which he calls the First Great Depression.... Parallels to the country's current economic recession are clear throughout the text, and Roberts makes explicit comparisons in his conclusion. This timely book will be of great use not just to students of economic history but also to readers who wish to find historical precedent for today's uncertain, turbulent times. * Library Journal *Roberts makes a valuable contribution to the scholarship of nineteenth-century economic downturns and their impact upon American society. He succeeds in showing that the Panic had a significant ripple effect through American society and that these historical examples can serve as useful references as Americans deliberate how best to recover from the damage caused by the 'Panic of 2008.' Importantly, Roberts illustrates how a severe economic downturn impacts a society well beyond just the world of finance. We should hope that America's First Great Depression will be a catalyst for further examination of nineteenth-century business cycles and economic downturns. * Essays in Economic and Business History *Roberts provides a striking picture of the decade's economic woes, drawing extensively on contemporary commentaries from both sides of the Atlantic and informed by a vivid sense of American geography...The author of a damning critique of the Bush White House, as well as books on government secrecy and on the architecture of neoliberal regulation, he is not an economist but a scholar of public administration. A principal aim of America’s First Great Depression is to assess the political outcomes of the economic turmoil, at both domestic and international level: what were its effects on the nascent party system, on tensions between states’ rights, federal efficacy and executive power, on territorial expansionism? -- Tom Mertes * New Left Review *Roberts's book is based on careful archival research that is quite uncommon in the study of public administration anywhere.... He dubbed his method the macrodynamics of administrative development, which is somewhat visible in Leonard White's four-volume administrative history and, more important, acknowledges the need of attention for both human agency and institutional context.... The book is well written and in my view an attractive example of how administrative history informs the present. * American Review of Public Administration *The parallels between pre-industrial America's 1837 financial crisis and that of our own time are particularly strong. The beauty of Roberts’s book is that the reader can see the entire arc of the crisis, from beginning to end, in a historical context.... Roberts nicely combines narrative history with analysis. His book is accessible to both the expert and the novice in economic history. Highly recommended. -- Daniel Littman * Forefront *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Back to the Future1. Boom and Bust Hard times Gauging the losses The bubble The collapse2. The States' Crisis Defaulting on state debts Disgrace in Europe Shackling the states3. The Federal Government's Crisis Gridlock in Washington The fraying national compact Losing the arms race Reconciling with the superpower4. Law and Order Rebellion in Rhode Island The anti- rent war Cannon fire in Philadelphia Building civic armies5. The End of the Crisis A proxy war in Mexico RedemptionConclusion: Freedom, Order, and Economic CrisisNote on Method and Acknowledgments Notes Index
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Cornell University Press The Familial State
Book SynopsisThe seventeenth century was called the Dutch Golden Age. Over the course of eighty years, the tiny United Provinces of the Netherlands overthrew Spanish rule and became Europe''s dominant power. Eventually, though, Dutch hegemony collapsed as quickly as it had risen. In The Familial State, Julia Adams explores the role that Holland''s great families played in this dramatic history. She charts how family patriarchswho were at the time both state-builders and merchant capitalistsshaped the first great wave of European colonialism, which in turn influenced European political development in innovative ways.On the basis of massive archival work, Adams arrives at a profoundly gendered reading of the family/power structure of the Dutch elite and their companies, in particular the VOC or Dutch East India Company. In the United Provinces, she finds the first example of the power structure that would dominate the transitional states of early modern Europethe familial state. ThisTrade ReviewSeldom have two hundred pages displayed such ambitious goals and achieved them with such a remarkable fluency. Julia Adams examines state formation and familial institutions in three early modern European countries: the Netherlands, France, and England. In so doing, she restores the Dutch experience to the centrality that it commanded in the seventeenth century. The book also suggests to national historians and historical sociologists that a narrow focus just cannot answer the big questions posed by the very histories so ubiquitously practiced by the current generation of one-nation historians. Comfortable being both genuinely comparative and firmly grounded in her own field, historical sociology, Adams further argues that the old categories deployed by historical analysis—state structures, class, religion, and patronage—cannot address the complexity of power without also addressing gender—more precisely, patrimony—as a force of immense historical significance.... This is a book that should now become required reading in every graduate seminar in early modern European history. It challenges us all to think outside the box that is the history of the nation, and it rewards such thinking with fresh insight into issues of gender, class, and state formation. It is a triumph. -- Margaret C. Jacob * Journal of Modern History *
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Cornell University Press The International Origins of the Federal Reserve
Book SynopsisThe argument in this book is of very great interest for understanding current battles over financial institutions around the world. And it is of great interest to students of institutional creation and design more broadly."—Political Science QuarterlyTrade ReviewA valuable book that opens a new perspective on the origins of the nation's most powerful financial institution. * Journal of American History *According to Broz, opportunities for the U.S. to become an international financial center constituted a major motive in the formation of the Federal Reserve System. * Choice *Essential reading in upper-division and graduate courses on money and banking and political economy. Broz has contributed an important and, until now, neglected element to the explanation of the origins of the Federal Reserve. * Perspectives on Political Science *If you have an interest in central bank theory, get this book. If you have an interest in macroeconomic history, get this book. If you have an interest in the origin and evolution of political institutions, get this book. Lawrence Broz presents an original and thought-provoking account of the origins of the Federal Reserve System that is a must read for students of central bank theory, history, and policy analysis.... Broz sheds new light on the 'origins' issue.... The International Origins of the Federal Reserve System is as close as possible to an academic 'can't-put-it-down' book. For those whose interest is sparked by the title, you will not be disappointed by this highly readable and original work. * Journal of Economic History *This fine book does, as promised, explain the emergence of central banking in the United States. That's value enough, but beyond that, the book provides leverage for handling an important collective action problem in the rationalist account of the creation of institutions.... The functionalism in efficiency explanations of institutions has always been a weakness, for it cannot explain the micro-incentives needed for action. Broz's approach provides a key conceptual road map out of that bind. The argument is of very great interest for understanding current battles over financial institutions around the world. And it is of great interest to students of institutional creation and design more broadly. * Political Science Quarterly *
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Cornell University Press Americas First Great Depression
Book SynopsisFor a while, it seemed impossible to lose money on real estate. But then the bubble burst. The financial sector was paralyzed and the economy contracted. State and federal governments struggled to pay their domestic and foreign creditors. Washington was incapable of decisive action. The country seethed with political and social unrest. In America''s First Great Depression, Alasdair Roberts describes how the United States dealt with the economic and political crisis that followed the Panic of 1837.As Roberts shows, the two decades that preceded the Panic had marked a democratic surge in the United States. However, the nation''s commitment to democracy was tested severely during this crisis. Foreign lenders questioned whether American politicians could make the unpopular decisions needed on spending and taxing. State and local officials struggled to put down riots and rebellion. A few wondered whether this was the end of America''s democratic experiment.RobTrade ReviewAmerica's First Great Depressionis an engaging book that could spark classroom debate on a number of important topics: internal improvements, the changing role of state governments, Anglo-American relations, immigration, urbanization, Jacksonian democracy, the Bank War, tariff issues, and the federal role in regulating the economy, slavery, and westward expansion. Roberts does a particularly fine job of placing this period of US history within a global perspective. As it is only 216 pages of text, this reviewer will assign this book in his Early US History survey class. -- Dave Bush * The Historian *Alasdair Roberts has written a thoughtful and timely book about how Americans in the past responded to global economic and political forces beyond their control. Roberts masterfully reinterprets the period for historians, but his goal is not primarily historical. Political scientists, policymakers, and citizens have much to learn from the economic crisis following 1837. -- Johann N. Neem * Political Science Quarterly *By recasting the Panic of 1837 as the start of the 'First Great Depression,' this book offers a clear attempt at creating a ‘usable past’ that can help modern citizens understand how our current unsettling economic landscape is not the first one Americans have been forced to navigate. -- Sean Patrick Adams * The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography *For the first 50 years after achieving independence, Americans had every reason to believe theirs to be the most fortunate of nations. Then came the Panic of 1837, which caused a hopelessness rendered worse by the optimism that had preceded it and resulted in a crisis that lasted until 1848.... Alasdair Roberts reveals how this disaster led to epochal shifts in policy and culture, and his lively narrative and commitment to character ensure that the human cost is never out of sight. Roberts is especially keen to demonstrate how this mid-19th century ordeal relates to America's current woes. The 'hard times' of the 1830s led to financial ruin for state governments, a near-cessation of federal aid, and an outbreak of violent protests in many major cities. * Publishers Weekly *Roberts examines the financial, political, and social upheavals that occurred in the United States in the decade following the Panic of 1837, which he calls the First Great Depression.... Parallels to the country's current economic recession are clear throughout the text, and Roberts makes explicit comparisons in his conclusion. This timely book will be of great use not just to students of economic history but also to readers who wish to find historical precedent for today's uncertain, turbulent times. * Library Journal *Roberts makes a valuable contribution to the scholarship of nineteenth-century economic downturns and their impact upon American society. He succeeds in showing that the Panic had a significant ripple effect through American society and that these historical examples can serve as useful references as Americans deliberate how best to recover from the damage caused by the 'Panic of 2008.' Importantly, Roberts illustrates how a severe economic downturn impacts a society well beyond just the world of finance. We should hope that America's First Great Depression will be a catalyst for further examination of nineteenth-century business cycles and economic downturns. * Essays in Economic and Business History *Roberts provides a striking picture of the decade's economic woes, drawing extensively on contemporary commentaries from both sides of the Atlantic and informed by a vivid sense of American geography...The author of a damning critique of the Bush White House, as well as books on government secrecy and on the architecture of neoliberal regulation, he is not an economist but a scholar of public administration. A principal aim of America’s First Great Depression is to assess the political outcomes of the economic turmoil, at both domestic and international level: what were its effects on the nascent party system, on tensions between states’ rights, federal efficacy and executive power, on territorial expansionism? -- Tom Mertes * New Left Review *Roberts's book is based on careful archival research that is quite uncommon in the study of public administration anywhere.... He dubbed his method the macrodynamics of administrative development, which is somewhat visible in Leonard White's four-volume administrative history and, more important, acknowledges the need of attention for both human agency and institutional context.... The book is well written and in my view an attractive example of how administrative history informs the present. * American Review of Public Administration *The parallels between pre-industrial America's 1837 financial crisis and that of our own time are particularly strong. The beauty of Roberts’s book is that the reader can see the entire arc of the crisis, from beginning to end, in a historical context.... Roberts nicely combines narrative history with analysis. His book is accessible to both the expert and the novice in economic history. Highly recommended. -- Daniel Littman * Forefront *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Back to the Future1. Boom and Bust Hard times Gauging the losses The bubble The collapse2. The States' Crisis Defaulting on state debts Disgrace in Europe Shackling the states3. The Federal Government's Crisis Gridlock in Washington The fraying national compact Losing the arms race Reconciling with the superpower4. Law and Order Rebellion in Rhode Island The anti- rent war Cannon fire in Philadelphia Building civic armies5. The End of the Crisis A proxy war in Mexico RedemptionConclusion: Freedom, Order, and Economic CrisisNote on Method and Acknowledgments Notes Index
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Cornell University Press Consumer Society in American History
Book SynopsisThis volume offers the most comprehensive and incisive exploration of American consumer history to date, spanning the four centuries from the colonial era to the present.Trade ReviewThe anthology presents a highly engaging sample of divergent viewpoints.... The strengths of the anthology are in the analytical breadth of its essays.. * History: Reviews of New Books *The book mixes the agenda-setting works of established historians and cultural critics... with case studies provided by younger scholars... and historians not usually associated with works on consumption... as well as statements made on the nature of consumerism by journalists and activists.... Glickman has provided a group of essays potentially more representative of future explorations into consumer society.... His book will be an extremely useful introduction to the current research on consumer history. * Business History *This thoughtful and solidly documented collection looks at consumption with an eye both to the past and to the world... Comprising 24 excellently chosen selections... the book enables the reader to see both how consumption changed over time, and how the analysis of consumption has changed over time. * Labor History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Born to Shop? Consumer History and American History - LAWRENCE B. GLICKMANPart I. Frameworks and Definitions 1. Consumer - RAYMOND WILLIAMS 2. Consuming Goods and the Good of Consuming - COLIN CAMPBELL 3. Consumer Society - JEAN BAUDRILLARD 4. What Is an Economy For? - JAMES FALLOWS 5. An Environmentalist's Perspective on Consumer Society - ALAN DURNINGPart II. Roots of American Consumer Society 6. The First Consumer Revolution - JAMES AXTELL 7. Narrative of Commercial Life: Consumption, Ideology, and Community on the Eve of the American Revolution - T. H. BREEN 8. Consumption in Early Modern Social Thought - JOYCE APPLEBYPart III. Class, Gender, and Modernity, 1880-1940 9. Encountering Mass Culture at the Grassroots: The Experience of Chicago Workers in the 1920s - LIZABETH COHEN 10. Familiar Sounds of Change: Music and the Growth of Mass Culture - GEORGE SANCHEZ 11. From Scarcity to Abundance: The Immigrant as Consumer - ANDREW HEINZE 12. Consuming Brotherhood: Men's Culture, Style and Recreation as Consumer Culture, 1880-1930 - MARK A. SWIENCICKI 13. "Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" - CHERYL GREENBERGPart IV. Consumerism Since World War II 14. The 'Work' Ethic and 'Leisure' Activity: The Hot Rod in Post-War America - H. F. MOORHOUSE 15. The Commodity Gap: Consumerism and the Modern Home - ELAINE TYLER MAY 16. The Revolution Will be Marketed: American Corporations and Black Consumers During the 1960s - ROBERT E. WEEMS, JR. 17. All Work and No Play. It Doesn't Pay - JULIET B. SCHOR 18. When High Wage Jobs Are Gone, Who Will Buy What We Make? - KIM MOODY 19. The Green Consumer - JOHN ELKINGTON, JULIA HAILES, AND JOEL MAKOWERPart V. Critiques and Celebrations 20. Delectable Materialism: Second Thoughts on Consumer Culture - MICHAEL SCHUDSON 21. The Tyranny of Choice - STEVEN WALDMAN 22. The Pleasures of Eating - WENDELL BERRY Coming Up for Air: Consumer Culture in Historical Perspective - JEAN-CHRISTOPHE AGNEWBibliographic Essay - LAWRENCE B. GLICKMAN Contributors Index
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Cornell University Press The New Empire
Book SynopsisThis classic work, by the distinguished historian Walter LaFeber, presents his widely influential argument that economic causes were the primary forces propelling America to world power in the nineteenth century. Cornell University Press is proud to...Trade Review"In this Beveridge Award-winning study, Walter LaFeber . . . probes beneath the apparently quiet surface of late nineteenth-century American diplomacy, undisturbed by major wars and undistinguished by important statements of policy. He finds those who shaped American diplomacy believed expanding foreign markets were the cure for recurring depressions. . . . In thoroughly documenting economic pressure on American foreign policy of the late nineteenth century, the author has illuminated a shadowy corner of the national experience. . . . The theory that America was thrust by events into a position of world power it never sought and was unprepared to discharge must now be re-examined. Also brought into question is the thesis that American policymakers have depended for direction on the uncertain compass of utopian idealism."—American Historical Review
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