Overview
- Is ambitious in scope and original in spirit at a time of profound socioeconomic change
- Offers impressive historical sweep unmatched in the literature
- Presents a fast and reliable diagnosis of geopolitical changes with a historical focus
Part of the book series: Frontiers in Economic History (FEH)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theoretical Framework
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Rent, Elite Feuds and Imperial Expansion in Early Modern and Modern Europe
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Going Forward: What to Expect?
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A Survey of the Literature
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Back Matter
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About this book
Using the standard growth model it shows that improvements in living standards are dependent on access to raw materials, labour, capital, technology, and perhaps most importantly 'economies of scale'. Empires ensure scale economy through guaranteed access to markets and raw materials. The stability of the system depends on growth and distribution and it is not possible to have one without the other. However, the quest for growth and imperial expansion implies that one empire invariably comes into conflict with another. This is perhaps the most unstable and potentially dangerous characteristic of the capitalist system. Using extensive historical accounts the book shows that this inherent tension can be best managed by acknowledging mutual spheres of influence within the international system along the lines of the 1815 Vienna Congress.
This timely publication addresses not only students and scholars of economics, geography, political science, and history, but also general readers interested in a better understanding of economic development, international relations, and the history of global capitalism.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A History of Global Capitalism
Book Subtitle: Feuding Elites and Imperial Expansion
Authors: Sambit Bhattacharyya
Series Title: Frontiers in Economic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58736-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-58735-2Published: 01 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-58738-3Published: 02 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-58736-9Published: 31 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2662-9771
Series E-ISSN: 2662-978X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 239
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic History, Political History, Economic Growth, International Relations, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Development Economics