How Society Makes Itself: The Evolution of Political and Economic Institutions: The Evolution of Political and Economic Institutions

by Sherman; Howard J

• ISBN13: 9780765616517
• ISBN10: 0765616513
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Author Biography

Howard J. Sherman is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Riverside, and is Visiting Scholar in Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Prehistoric Communal Institutions in the Middle East

From Communal Equality to Slavery in the Middle East

From Slavery to Feudalism in Western Europe

From Feudalism to Capitalism in Western Europe

From Pre-Capitalism to Capitalism in the United States, 1776-1865

Slavery in the United States, 1776-1865

Rise of Corporate Capitalism in the United States, 1865-1900

Growth and Depression in the United States, 1900-1940

Development of the United States Under Global Capitalism, 1940-2004

Inequality in the United States Under Global Capitalism

Economic Instability and Environment in the United States Under Global Capitalism

Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union

Beginnings of Economic Democracy

Lessons from the Story of Evolution

Appendix: History of Evolutionary Thought

References

Index

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