The Information Nexus: Global Capitalism from the Renaissance to the Present - Couverture souple

Marks, Steven G.

 
9781107519633: The Information Nexus: Global Capitalism from the Renaissance to the Present
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1107519632 ISBN 13 : 9781107519633
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Capitalism is central to our understanding of contemporary economic and political life and yet what does it really mean? If, as has now been shown to be the case, capital and property rights existed in pre-modern and pre-capitalist societies, what is left of our understanding of capitalism? Steven G. Marks' provocative new book calls into question everything we thought we knew about capitalism, from the word's very origins and development to the drivers of Western economic growth. Ranging from the Middle Ages to the present, The Information Nexus reveals that the truly distinctive feature of capitalism is business's drive to acquire and analyze information, supported by governments that allow unfettered access to public data. This new interpretation of capitalism helps to explain the rise of the West, puts our current information age into historical perspective, and provides a benchmark for the comparative assessment of economic systems in today's globalized environment.

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À propos de l?auteur

Steven Marks is Professor of History at Clemson University, South Carolina. He has written books and articles on Russian economic and cultural history, all with a comparative global focus, including How Russia Shaped the Modern World (2003), on the international reception of Russian ideas, and Road to Power (1991), on the creation of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The Information Nexus is the summation of his thinking on world economic history and the history of capitalism, subjects he has taught for more than twenty years. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1988.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1107519632
ISBN 13 
9781107519633
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
262
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ISBN 10 :  1107108683 ISBN 13 :  9781107108684
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2016
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