The Information Nexus: Global Capitalism from the Renaissance to the Present

ISBN-13: 9781107519633 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 262 str.

Steven Marks

Opis

A provocative new book calling into question everything we thought we knew about capitalism and what makes it unique.

Recenzje

'If we agree that the duty of historians is to examine the past out of a commitment to the present and the future of the societies in which they live, then The Information Nexus clearly fulfills this duty and as such, can be seen as a timely and well-deserved contribution to the economic history bookshelf.' Amir Lavie, The Prospectus

Spis treści

Part I. 'Capitalism', Word and Concept: 1. Cries of pain: the word 'capitalism'; 2. 'Capitalism' in the mirror of the twentieth century; 3. The myths of capitalism; Part II. The Information Nexus: 4. Early modern Europe's expanding field of vision: the origins of capitalism; 5. Age of electricity and engines: America's mass market; 6. The digital age and the globalization of capitalism; Conclusion; Index.