These texts by Samir Amin have been selected for the purpose of encouraging readers to learn more about his work to trace the historical trajectory of capitalism, which has consistently produced polarization at the global level. Thus the dominated peripheries cannot hope to catch up with the...

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; The Political Economy of the Twentieth Century; World Poverty, Pauperization and Capital Accumulation; Political Islam in the Service of Imperialism; The Trajectory of Historical Capitalism and Marxism's Tricontinental Vocation; China 2013; The...