Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction

• Everything you ever wanted to know about capitalism in one Very Short Introduction
• Goes right back to basics by asking such questions as 'what is capital?'
• Considers contemporary examples: the telecoms and dot-com bubbles, Telework in India, tourism, the NHS plan, deflation in Japan, and the Enron scandal in America
• Looks at the origins of capitalism, did it originate in Europe?

Readership: General readers, those interested in sociology, contemporary issues such as globalization, ecology, and current affairs; and students of sociology, modern history, and geography.

James Fulcher, James Fulcher is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester.

1: What is capitalism?
2: Where did it come from?
3: How did we get here?
4: Is capitalism the same everywhere?
5: Has capitalism gone global?
6: Crisis? What crisis?
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