American Capitalism: New Histories

by Sven Beckert

The United States has long epitomized capitalism. From its enterprising shopkeepers, wildcat banks, violent slave plantations, huge industrial working class, and raucous commodities trade to its world-spanning multinationals, its massive factories, and the centripetal power of New York in the world of finance, America has come to symbolize capitalism for two centuries and more. But an understanding of the history of American capitalism is as elusive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231185243
• ISBN13: 9780231185240
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.9"