Capitalism from above and capitalism from below: an essay in comparative political economy

Abstract

Preface - Foreword - Maps: Prussia and North America - PART 1: THE PROBLEMATIC - Origins, Context and Method - The Agrarian Question, Diversity of Agrarian Transition and the Two Paths: 'Capitalism from Above' and 'Capitalism from Below' - PART 2: THE PRUSSIAN PATH: CAPITALISM FROM ABOVE - From 'One of Europe's Freest Peasantries' to Feudalism and the Eve of Abolition of Serfdom - The Prussian Transition: Full-Blooded Capitalism from Above and Its Consequences - PART 3: THE AMERICAN PATHS - Attempted Feudalism, Primitive Accumulation and Eradication of Native Populations - The South: Slavery - The Postbellum South: From Slavery, Through Unfree Labour to Wage Labour - The North and the West: From Early to Advanced Petty Commodity Production - PART 4: SOME CONCLUSIONS - The Comparison, Some Implications, and the Dangers of Drawing Contemporary Lessons - References - Index

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