Critiques of Capital in Modern Britian and America: Transatlantic Exchanges 1800 to the Present Day

Review
“This collection is an excellent demonstration of the vitality of the new transatlantic history of social thought and social politics.”—Daniel Rodgers, Princeton University


Review
“This collection is an excellent demonstration of the vitality of the new transatlantic history of social thought and social politics.”—Daniel Rodgers, Princeton University


Book Description
This book is an innovative collection of essays by a new generation of British and American historians and political theorists. The volume explores how critical traditions and beliefs have helped to shape capitalism. Chapters follow diverse critiques in Britain and America and explore their Atlantic and imperial exchanges. The volume includes chapters on questions of law and property in the Victorian empire; traditions of land reform in 19th century America and Britain; the influence of American romanticism on British socialism; the role of Britain in American progressivism; American and British consumer protection; the evolution of trusteeship and ideas of cosmopolitan democracy; the 'third way' and narratives of globalization.


About the Author
Mark Bevir is in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Frank Trentmann is at the School of History, Birkbeck College.



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This book is an innovative collection of essays by a new generation of British and American historians and political theorists. The volume explores how critical traditions and beliefs have helped to shape capitalism. Chapters follow diverse critiques in Britain and America and explore their Atlantic and imperial exchanges. The volume includes chapters on questions of law and property in the Victorian empire; traditions of land reform in 19th century America and Britain; the influence of American romanticism on British socialism; the role of Britain in American progressivism; American and British consumer protection; the evolution of trusteeship and ideas of cosmopolitan democracy; the 'third way' and narratives of globalization.


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