Capitalism: The Reemergence Of A Historical Concept

Cover page
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Halftitle page
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Title page
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Copyright page
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Dedication
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Contents......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 9
1 Introduction......Page 12
Notes......Page 18
Part One Aspects and Dimensions......Page 22
2 Economic and Financial Crises......Page 24
Economic and financial crises since the mid-nineteenth century......Page 25
The historiography of economic and financial crises......Page 29
Crises and capitalism......Page 33
Notes......Page 38
3 Work and Labor Relations......Page 44
The classical interpretation of capitalism with regard to work and labor, shared by liberal, conservative, and Marxist authors......Page 45
Re-definitions of capitalism with regard to work and labor......Page 47
Approaches and scientific networks of re-defining capitalism and labor......Page 48
Labor relations between regulation, remuneration, coercion, and independence......Page 49
From a sequence of stages to synchronicity......Page 59
The transfer of values from labor to capital......Page 62
Wage labor and capitalism: A privileged relationship?......Page 67
Capturing the value......Page 69
In search of the “historical subject”......Page 71
Notes......Page 75
Introduction......Page 82
How do consumers and consumption fit into the history of capitalism?......Page 84
How hyper-consumerism contributes to understanding the history of the present......Page 91
The rise and crisis of Europe’s mass-middle consumer regime......Page 96
“Made in Italy” as European bellwether......Page 99
The euro-moment......Page 102
Scenes from the future......Page 106
Notes......Page 111
The zigzags of business history about capitalism......Page 118
The lights of business history on capitalism......Page 123
What would change in the field of business history if the concept of capitalism was used more intensively?......Page 127
Conclusion......Page 134
Notes......Page 137
6 Finance Capitalism......Page 144
The trajectory of terms......Page 147
Historical origins......Page 149
Credit creation......Page 156
The reinvention of finance and globalization......Page 160
Notes......Page 171
Africanist historiography and the concept of capitalism......Page 176
Africa in a capitalist world......Page 178
Colonialism and forms of labor......Page 181
Decolonization and the “labor question”......Page 184
Conclusion......Page 187
Notes......Page 189
8 Capitalism as an Essential Concept to Understand Modernity......Page 198
Notes......Page 214
Part Two Comments and Conclusions......Page 216
9 The Return of Capitalism as a Concept......Page 218
1. Complexities of “capitalism”......Page 221
2. Distinguishing the histories of markets and capitalism......Page 225
3. Paid and unpaid work......Page 226
4. While “capitalism” was out of fashion, relevant work continued......Page 229
5. Present concerns and the agenda for the study of capitalism......Page 232
Conclusion......Page 236
Notes......Page 237
10 The New History of Capitalism......Page 246
Notes......Page 259
11 Final Thoughts......Page 262
Definitions......Page 266
Periods and types......Page 269
Patterns and trends......Page 271
Conclusion......Page 272
Notes......Page 273
Selected Bibliography......Page 278
Index......Page 286