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Capitalists in Spite of Themselves

"Capitalists in Spite of Themselves is a narrative of how elites and other classes made and responded to political and religious revolutions while gradually creating the nation-states and capitalist markets which still constrain our behavior and order our world. It is for anyone wishing to understanding the economic and social history of early modern Europe."—BOOK JACKET.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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