The Agrarian Seeds Of Empire: The Political Economy of Agriculture in US State Building
By (Author) Brad Bauerly
Haymarket Books
Haymarket Books
27th March 2018
United States
General
Non Fiction
Social classes
History of the Americas
Political economy
Social and cultural history
Environmental economics
Paperback
310
Width 152mm, Height 232mm
This groundbreaking work argues that the origins of American capitalism planted its roots in the strong farmers movements that were so central to the nations early political development. It was the combined force of these social movements and efforts at state building that converged to produce agro-industrialization in the U.S.