Republic of Capital

"The combination of Adelman's persuasive argumentation and analysis makes this work an exceptional contribution to our understanding of nation building."

Autorentext

Jeremy Adelman is Professor of History at Princeton Univers

Klappentext

"This is an ambitious work that approaches from a new and original vantage point an unusually vast historical landscape. It is a first-rate contribution that brings significant enrichment to the field, and should exert an important influence on its future development."--Tulio Halperin-Donghi, University of California, Berkeley
"This book by Jeremy Adelman takes us on a marvelous journey from late colonialism through decolonization."--American Historical Review

Zusammenfassung
This is a political history of economic life. Through a description of the convulsions of long-term change from colony to republic in Buenos Aires, this book explores Atlantic world transformations in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Inhalt

1. Toward a political history of economic life; Part I. The Age of Revolution, 1780s-1820s: 2. Imperial reconstitution and the limits of political property; 3. The quest for equipoise in the shadow of revolution; 4. From revolution to civil war; Part II. The Age of 'Anarchy', 1820s-1850s: 5. Rosas Agonistes, or the political economy of Cronyism; 6. Chains of obligation: the duress of merchant law; 7. Reconsidering the republic; Part III. The Age of Order, 1850s-1860s: 8. Constitutional persuasions; 9. The new property of merchant capital; 10. Making money: the battle for monetary authority; 11. The unfinished revolution of the republic of capital; Notes' Bibliography; Index.