Capitalist agriculture and the origins of the European world-economy in the sixteenth century /

Capitalist agriculture and the origins of the European world-economy in the sixteenth century / Immanuel Wallerstein.

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An examination of the beginnings and early conditions of the European economic system elucidates the social effects of division of labor, class-formation, and international commerce.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, 1930-2019
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Academic Press, 1974.
Series:	Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, 1930-2019. Modern world-system ; 1. Studies in social discontinuity.
Subjects:	Economic history > 16th century. Capitalism. Agriculture > Economic aspects > Europe > History > 16th century. Agriculture > Economic aspects. Economic history. Europe > Economic conditions > 16th century. Europe. History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: on the study of social change
Medieval prelude
The new European division of labor: c. 1450-1640
The absolute monarchy and statism
From Seville to Amsterdam: the failure of empire
The strong core states: class formation and international commerce
The European world economy: periphery versus external arena
Theoretical reprise.