The Pristine Culture of Capitalism: A Historical Essay on Old Regimes and Modern States

by Ellen Meiksins Wood

Book Overview

A historical essay on old regimes and modern states In this lively and wide-ranging book, Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that what is supposed to have epitomized bourgeois modernity, especially the emergence of a "modern" state and political culture in Continental Europe, signaled the persistence of pre-capitalist social property relations. Conversely, the absence of a "modern" state and political discourse in England testified to the presence of a well-developed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784781037
• ISBN13: 9781784781033
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"