Paperback
1971 · Boston
by Polanyi, Karl; MacIver, Robert M. (Foreword)
Boston: Beacon Press, 1971. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 8" X 5 1/4". xii, 315pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and gentle bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Price sticker to front cover. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Very occasional inked and penciled notation to pages. Notation does not obscure text. Binding is sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the "great transformation" of the Industrial Revolution. His analysis explains not only the deficiencies of the self-regulating market, but the potentially dire social consequences of untempered market capitalism. New introductory material reveals the renewed importance of Polanyi's seminal analysis in an era of globalization and free trade.(Publisher). (Inventory #: 10514)
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the "great transformation" of the Industrial Revolution. His analysis explains not only the deficiencies of the self-regulating market, but the potentially dire social consequences of untempered market capitalism. New introductory material reveals the renewed importance of Polanyi's seminal analysis in an era of globalization and free trade.(Publisher). (Inventory #: 10514)