Abstract
"Most scholarship on nineteenth-century America & rsquo;s transformation into a market society has focused on consumption, romanticized visions of workers, and analysis of firms and factories. Building on but moving past these studies, Capitalism Takes Command presents a history of family farming, general incorporation laws, mortgage payments, inheritance practices, office systems, and risk management & mdash;an inventory of the means by which capitalism became America & rsquo;s new revolutionary tradition. This multidisciplinary collection of essays argues not only that capitalism reached far beyond"--OCLC
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Place of Publication | Chicago |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Number of pages | 358 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780226977997 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780226451091, 9780226451107, 0226451097, 0226451100 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Capitalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Capitalism -- Social aspects -- United States
- קפיטליזם -- היבטים חברתיים -- ארצות הברית
- الرأس ماليّة -- جوانب اجتماعيّة -- الولايات المتّحدة
- קפיטליזם -- ארצות הברית -- היסטוריה -- המאה ה-19
- الرأس ماليّة -- الولايات المتّحدة -- التاريخ -- القرن الـ 19
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- ארצות הברית -- מצב חברתי -- המאה ה-19
- الولايات المتّحدة -- الأحوال الاجتماعية -- القرن ١٩
- ארצות הברית -- מצב כלכלי -- המאה ה-19
- الولايات المتّحدة -- الأحوال الاقتصادية -- القرن ١٩