The Capitalist Revolution: Fifty Propositions about Prosperity, Equality, & Liberty

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Author(s): Peter L. Berger
Publisher: Basic Books
Year: 1986

Language: English
Pages: 267
City: New York

Contents......Page 5
Introduction (3)......Page 7
1. Capitalism as a Phenomenon (15)......Page 19
2. Material Life: The Horn of Plenty (32)......Page 36
3. Class: The Ladder of Success (49)......Page 53
4. Capitalism and Political Liberties (72)......Page 76
5. Capitalism and Personal Liberation (90)......Page 94
6. Capitalism and Development (115)......Page 119
7. East Asian Capitalism: A Second Case (140)......Page 144
8. Industrial Socialism: A Control Case (172)......Page 176
9. Capitalism and the Dynamics of Myth (194)......Page 198
10. The Shape and Uses of a Theory of Capitalism (210)......Page 214
Notes (225)......Page 229
Index (253)......Page 257