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oapen-20.500.12657-259342021-11-10T07:57:49Z How America Became Capitalist Parisot, James History USA North America History International Relations Capitalism Political Economy Colonies Virginia New England Civil War Settler Colonialism bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy In an age of political and economic uncertainty, from the Great Recession to the election of Donald Trump, it is essential to understand the ways capitalism and imperialism are central to the American way of life. The story told in this book brings together a new interpretation of American history beyond mainstream perspectives to chart the ways in which white-settler colonialism pushed expansion on the western frontier of empire, and locates the history through which empire gradually took on a capitalist form. It follows the pathway of expansion from the making of an Atlantic world market through the creation of white colonies in New England and Virginia. From here the book charts the growth of empire across the north and south, highlighting the gendered dynamics of empire-building, and culminates in a discussion of the Civil War and the consolidation of over two centuries of capitalist development explaining how a society with capitalism became a capitalist society. 2019-02-05 23:55 2020-03-17 03:00:34 2020-04-01T10:55:09Z 2020-04-01T10:55:09Z 2019-02-20 book 1004147 OCN: 1100543354 9781786803863;9781786803870 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25934 eng application/pdf n/a 1004147.pdf Pluto Press 102215 e7b13f6b-a18c-4c0b-97b8-d1891104b9c4 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781786803863;9781786803870 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 102215 KU Select 2018: HSS Frontlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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In an age of political and economic uncertainty, from the Great Recession to the election of Donald Trump, it is essential to understand the ways capitalism and imperialism are central to the American way of life.
The story told in this book brings together a new interpretation of American history beyond mainstream perspectives to chart the ways in which white-settler colonialism pushed expansion on the western frontier of empire, and locates the history through which empire gradually took on a capitalist form.
It follows the pathway of expansion from the making of an Atlantic world market through the creation of white colonies in New England and Virginia. From here the book charts the growth of empire across the north and south, highlighting the gendered dynamics of empire-building, and culminates in a discussion of the Civil War and the consolidation of over two centuries of capitalist development explaining how a society with capitalism became a capitalist society.
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