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Book SynopsisRace, Nation, and Capital in the Modern World is a comprehensive yet concise book that traces the history of racism, nationalism and capitalism from their combined origins at the end of the fifteenth century to the present.
This book describes the development of legal codes and institutional practices that brought vast wealth and power to their chief beneficiaries, along with great suffering, exploitation and destruction to its victims. Instead of understanding racism as an aberration or dark flaw in the troubled past of a world power like the United States, this synthesis places race and racism in the forefront of the unfolding history of nationalism and capitalism. The work de-emphasizes the uniqueness of each nation's particular experience by showing the interdependence of capitalist and racist practices. The narrative follows the leading hegemonic national powers as they expanded from mercantile conquests through plantation enslavement, massive displac
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"Placing nationalism and social inequality at the center of his story, Professor Nicholson proves to be a reliable and refreshingly readable guide to understanding the struggles and conflicts of the past and present..."
Steven Seidman, University at Albany - State University of New York, Sociology department
"This important text demystifies the siloed approach to these issues, and, instead, unearths the cohesive connectivity of capital, nation and race, in a way that is both informative and engaging."
Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, professor of international history and politics, the Geneva Graduate Institute
Table of Contents1. Taking Shape: Race, State & Capital to 1600 2. Mercantile Capital, Racialized Agriculture: 1600-1713 3. Liberty, Law & Enslavement: 1713-1865 4. The Pressure Cooker of Race, Nation and Capital: 1865-1914 5. Furies Unleashed: 1914-1945 6. Cold War Double Standards: 1945-1991 7. Enduring Inequalities: 1991-2020s
