ISBN:
9781474271066
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (IX, 286 Seiten)
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
Ebrary online
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als World Economic History Congress (16. : 2012 : Stellenbosch) Capitalism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als World Economic History Congress (16. : 2012 : Stellenbosch) Capitalism
DDC:
330.122
Keywords:
Kapitalismus
;
Wirtschaftsgeschichte
;
Ökonomische Ideengeschichte
;
HISTORY / World
;
Electronic books
;
Kapitalismus
;
Wirtschaft
;
Ideengeschichte
Abstract:
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Notes -- Part One Aspects and Dimensions -- 2 Economic and Financial Crises -- Economic and financial crises since the mid-nineteenth century -- The historiography of economic and financial crises -- Crises and capitalism -- Notes -- 3 Work and Labor Relations -- The classical interpretation of capitalism with regard to work and labor, shared by liberal, conservative, and Marxist authors -- Re-definitions of capitalism with regard to work and labor -- Approaches and scientific networks of re-defining capitalism and labor -- Labor relations between regulation, remuneration, coercion, and independence -- From a sequence of stages to synchronicity -- The transfer of values from labor to capital -- Wage labor and capitalism: A privileged relationship? -- Capturing the value -- In search of the "historical subject" -- Notes -- 4 The Crisis of Hyper-Consumerism: Capitalism's Latest Forward Lurch -- Introduction -- How do consumers and consumption fit into the history of capitalism? -- How hyper-consumerism contributes to understanding the history of the present -- The rise and crisis of Europe's mass-middle consumer regime -- "Made in Italy" as European bellwether -- The euro-moment -- Scenes from the future -- Notes -- 5 Is There a Return of Capitalism in Business History? -- The zigzags of business history about capitalism -- The lights of business history on capitalism -- What would change in the field of business history if the concept of capitalism was used more intensively? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Finance Capitalism -- The trajectory of terms -- Historical origins -- Credit creation -- The reinvention of finance and globalization -- Notes -- 7 Capitalism and Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa1.
Abstract:
Approaches and scientific networks of re-defining capitalism and labor -- Labor relations between regulation, remuneration, coercion, and independence -- From a sequence of stages to synchronicity -- The transfer of values from labor to capital -- Wage labor and capitalism: A privileged relationship? -- Capturing the value -- In search of the "historical subject" -- Notes -- 4 The Crisis of Hyper-Consumerism: Capitalism's Latest Forward Lurch -- Introduction -- How do consumers and consumption fit into the history of capitalism?
Abstract:
How hyper-consumerism contributes to understanding the history of the present -- The rise and crisis of Europe's mass-middle consumer regime -- "Made in Italy" as European bellwether -- The euro-moment -- Scenes from the future -- Notes -- 5 Is There a Return of Capitalism in Business History? -- The zigzags of business history about capitalism -- The lights of business history on capitalism -- What would change in the field of business history if the concept of capitalism was used more intensively? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Finance Capitalism -- The trajectory of terms -- Historical origins
Abstract:
Credit creation -- The reinvention of finance and globalization -- Notes -- 7 Capitalism and Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa1 -- Africanist historiography and the concept of capitalism -- Africa in a capitalist world -- Colonialism and forms of labor -- Decolonization and the "labor question" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8 Capitalism as an Essential Concept to Understand Modernity -- Notes -- Part Two Comments and Conclusions -- 9 The Return of Capitalism as a Concept -- 1. Complexities of "capitalism" -- 2. Distinguishing the histories of markets and capitalism -- 3. Paid and unpaid work
Abstract:
4. While "capitalism" was out of fashion, relevant work continued -- 5. Present concerns and the agenda for the study of capitalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 10 The New History of Capitalism -- Notes -- 11 Final Thoughts -- Definitions -- Periods and types -- Patterns and trends -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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