New Books Catalogue Autumn/Winter 2011 - Pluto Press

New series: The Future of World CapitalismThe Birth of CapitalismA 21st Century PerspectiveHenry HellerSeries: The Future of World CapitalismIn the light of the deepening crisis of capitalism and continued non-Western capitalist accumulation, Henry Heller re-examines the debatessurrounding the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe andelsewhere.Focusing on arguments about the origin, nature and sustainabilityof capitalism, Heller offers a new reading of the historical evidenceand a critical interrogation of the transition debate. He advances theidea that capitalism must be understood as a political as well as aneconomic entity. This book breathes new life into the scholarship,taking issue with the excessively economistic approach of RobertBrenner, which has gained increasing support over the last ten years.It concludes that the future of capitalism is more threatened than everbefore.The new insights in this book make it essential reading for engagedstudents and scholars of political economy and history.Henry Heller is a Professor of History at the University of Manitoba,Canada. He is the author of The Cold War and the New Imperialism: A GlobalHistory, 1945-2005 (2006); The Bourgeois Revolution in France (2006) andLabour, Science and Technology in France 1500-1620 (1996).August 2011320pp 215mm x 135mmPb 978-0-7453-2959-8 £19.99Hb 978-0-7453-2960-4 £65NEXT READMarx’s ‘Capital’Ben Fine and Alfredo Saad-FilhoPb 978-0-7453-3016-7 £12.99Economics TransformedDiscovering the Brilliance of MarxRobert AlbrittonPb 978-0-7453-2657-3 £17.99www.plutobooks.com PlutoPress 19