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Critiques of Capital in Modern Britain and America
. Ed(S): Bevir, Mark; Trentmann, Frank
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Paperback. Editor(s): Bevir, Mark; Trentmann, Frank. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This book is an innovative collection of essays by a new generation of British and American historians and political theorists. Moving beyond a conventional action/reaction view of capitalism and its critics, the volume explores how critical traditions and beliefs have helped to shape capitalism. Chapters follow diverse critiques in Britain and America and explore their Atlantic and imperial exchanges. The volume includes chapters on questions of law and property in the Victorian empire; traditions of land reform in nineteenth century America and Britain; the influence of American romanticism on British socialism; the role of Britain in American progressivism; American and ... Read more
This book is an innovative collection of essays by a new generation of British and American historians and political theorists. Moving beyond a conventional action/reaction view of capitalism and its critics, the volume explores how critical traditions and beliefs have helped to shape capitalism. Chapters follow diverse critiques in Britain and America and explore their Atlantic and imperial exchanges. The volume includes chapters on questions of law and property in the Victorian empire; traditions of land reform in nineteenth century America and Britain; the influence of American romanticism on British socialism; the role of Britain in American progressivism; American and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
Number of Pages
227
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349430192
SKU
V9781349430192
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Bevir, Mark; Trentmann, Frank
CHRISTOPHER BEAUCHAMP Doctoral Student in History, University of Cambridge JAMIE BRONSTEIN Associate Professor of History, New Mexico State University SIMON CANEY Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of Newcastle SANDRA DEN OTTER Assistant Professor of History, Queen's University KEVIN GRANT Assistant Professor, Department of History, Hamilton College COLIN HAY Professor of Political Analysis, Department of Political Science and International Studies, ... Read more
Reviews for Critiques of Capital in Modern Britain and America
' Critiques of Capital in Modern Britain and America demonstrates the vitality of the new transnational impulse in modern history and political science. In shifting the focus from Britain to political and intellectual exchanges between Britain and the United States, its essays illuminate afresh the struggles over contract, trust, property, consumer rights, and global crisis that have defined the modern ... Read more