Description:In writing these celebrated essays Robert Brenner had an electric impact on the debate regarding the transition from feudalism to capitalism. His epochal 1976 essay in "Past and Present" launched what became known as the "Brenner debate." His 2007 lecture at the British Academy was an elegant synthesis of his views and has generated a new discussion. The magnitude of Brenner's contribution to the world of ideas cannot be underestimated. This series of brilliant essays represent what is probably the most powerful single contribution from a materialist viewpoint to historical thought of the past half century. "Property and Progress" brings these texts together in a single volume for the first time. Intellectually audacious and academically rigorous, they vary in range, offering novel perspectives on the nature of pre-capitalist and capitalist societies, socio-economic evolution in the medieval and early modern period through to the industrial revolution and a provocative comparison between England and the Yangtze Delta in China.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Property and Progress: The Historical Origins and Social Foundations of Self Sustaining Growth. To get started finding Property and Progress: The Historical Origins and Social Foundations of Self Sustaining Growth, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
400
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Verso Books
Release
2009
ISBN
1844673189
Property and Progress: The Historical Origins and Social Foundations of Self Sustaining Growth
Description: In writing these celebrated essays Robert Brenner had an electric impact on the debate regarding the transition from feudalism to capitalism. His epochal 1976 essay in "Past and Present" launched what became known as the "Brenner debate." His 2007 lecture at the British Academy was an elegant synthesis of his views and has generated a new discussion. The magnitude of Brenner's contribution to the world of ideas cannot be underestimated. This series of brilliant essays represent what is probably the most powerful single contribution from a materialist viewpoint to historical thought of the past half century. "Property and Progress" brings these texts together in a single volume for the first time. Intellectually audacious and academically rigorous, they vary in range, offering novel perspectives on the nature of pre-capitalist and capitalist societies, socio-economic evolution in the medieval and early modern period through to the industrial revolution and a provocative comparison between England and the Yangtze Delta in China.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Property and Progress: The Historical Origins and Social Foundations of Self Sustaining Growth. To get started finding Property and Progress: The Historical Origins and Social Foundations of Self Sustaining Growth, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.