michael perelman wrote: > In The Invention of Capitalism, I mostly dealt with domestic primitive > accumulation in England. In my new book in progress, I treat > primitive accumulation in the colonies as the fuel of the domestic > economy, but also as an ultimately self-defeating project because much > of the surplus was dissipated in imperial wars. As a result, the > great imperial powers, Spain, Portugal, Holland, England ended up as > lesser powers.
England ended up as a lesser power? in which century? -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
