{"product_id":"the-long-twentieth-century-isbn-9781844673049","title":"The Long Twentieth Century","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Long Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e traces the relationship between capital accumulation and state formation over a 700-year period. Arrighi argues that capitalism has unfolded as a succession of “long centuries,” each of which produced a new world power that secured control over an expanding world-economic space. Examining the changing fortunes of Florentine, Venetian, Genoese, Dutch, English and finally American capitalism, Arrighi concludes with an examination of the forces that have shaped and are now poised to undermine America’s world dominance. A masterpiece of historical sociology, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e rivals in scope and ambition contemporary classics by Perry Anderson, Charles Tilly and Michael Mann.\"A vivid, fact-filled expose of the cyclical monetary forces that surge through human society.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eObserver Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Long Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e has the grandeur of a sprawling epic and the schematic grace of a Richard Neutra blueprint ... It is the single most useful text on offer for anyone who wants to narrate the story of world capitalism—from its nascent form on the rim of the Mediterranean to the current reach of the United States’ empire, and beyond.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Made no concrete prediction, but nevertheless interpreted the rising power of Wall Street since the 1970s as a symptom of imminent US decline, followed perhaps by an era of Chinese global leadership.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—William Davies, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is one of the most comprehensive presentations concerning the history of capitalism from early modern times up to the present.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Joseph Vogl, \u003ci\u003eShepherd.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiovanni Arrighi\u003c\/b\u003e (1937–2009) was Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Long Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAdam Smith in Beijing\u003c\/i\u003e, and, with Beverly Silver, \u003ci\u003eChaos and Governance in the Modern World System\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e—who published\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.newleftreview.org\/?page=article\u0026amp;view=2771\"\u003e an interview on his life-long intellectual trajectory\u003c\/a\u003e in March–April 2009, and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.newleftreview.org\/?view=2814\"\u003ean obituary\u003c\/a\u003e in Nov–Dec 2009—and there are more accounts on his \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sympathytree.com\/giovanniarrighi1937\/\"\u003ememorial website\u003c\/a\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304225919205,"sku":"NP9781844673049","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781844673049.jpg?v=1767740307","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-long-twentieth-century-isbn-9781844673049","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}