MODERN CAPITALIST CULTURE

This lost classic by famous anthropological theorist Leslie A. White, published now for the first time, represents twenty-five years of his scholarship on the anthropology of modern capitalism. Drawing out his now classic formulations of social organization, cultural evolution, and the relationship between technology, ecology, and culture, this major theoretical work traces a vast expanse of history from the earliest forms of capitalism to the detailed inner workings of contemporary democratic institutions. A substantial foreword by Burton J. Brown, Benjamin Urish, and Robert Carneiro both sit

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	White, Leslie A.
Other Persons:	Carniero, Robert (contributor) ; Brown, Burton J. (contributor) ; Urish, Benjamin (contributor)
Publisher:	Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, Inc
Subject:	Kapitalismus \| Capitalism \| Sozialer Wandel \| Social change \| Kultur \| Culture \| Sozialstruktur \| Social structure \| Anthropologie \| Anthropology
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (701 p.)
Series:	One World Archaeology
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Contents; Foreword / Robert L. Carneiro, Ben Urish, and Burton J. Brown; 1. Introduction; 2. The Nature of Capitalist-Democratic Culture; 3. Early Development of Capitalist Culture: Tenth to Sixteenth Centuries; 4. Development of Capitalist-Democratic Culture: Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries; 5. The Fuel Revolution; 6. Socio-cultural Consequences of the Fuel Revolution; 7. The United States: From Colonial Times to World War I; 8. Jungle Capitalism; 9. The State-Church in Capitalist-Democratic Society; 10. Class Structure and Class Relations 11. Class Structure in the United States: Capital and Labor12. The Social Organization of Tenure and Control of Wealth; 13. Big Business and Government; 14. Small Business; 15. The Socialization of Wealth; 16. Distribution of Wealth and Income; 17. From Laissez-Faire to Welfare, Part I; 18. From Laissez-Faire to Welfare, Part II; 19. Subsidies: Government Interference in the Free Enterprise System; 20. Mutual Funds; 21. Pension Plans; Bibliography; Index;
ISBN:	978-1-59874-157-5 ; 978-1-59874-708-9 ; 978-1-59874-157-5
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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