Book description
The long-awaited magnum opus of one of Britain's most wide-ranging historians
Capitalist enterprise has existed in some form since ancient times, but the globalization and dominance of capitalism as a system began in the 1860s when, in different forms and supported by different political forces, states all over the world…
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1 author picked The Anxious Triumph as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I find this book highly interesting because it tells the story of capitalism from a cosmopolitan angle. It focuses on the history of market capitalism from the second half of the 19th century to the Great War. It was during this period that capitalism triumphed and swept around the world. Eventually, it led to globalization in many spheres, which causes problems today.
Sassoon explains how and why Britain became a world power and how other nations quickly caught up. It contains some 20 Tables with economic data illustrating this global triumph. One of the most interesting aspects of the book,…
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