Richard H. Robbins, State University of New York at Plattsburgh
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Sixth edition
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 410 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
26 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-391) and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
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pt. 1. The Consumer, the Laborer, the Capitalist, and the Nation-State in the Society of Perpetual Growth. Constructing the Consumer -- The Laborer in the Culture of Capitalism -- The Rise and Fall of the Merchant, Industrialist, and Capital Controller -- The Nation-State in the Culture of Capitalism
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pt. 2. The Global Impact of the Culture of Capitalism. Population Growth, Migration, and Urbanization -- Hunger, Poverty, and Economic Development -- Environment and Consumption Health and Disease -- Indigenous People and Ethnic Conflict
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pt. 3. Resistance and Rebellion : Introduction. Peasant Protest, Rebellion, and Resistance -- Anti-systemic Protest -- Religion and Anti-systemic Protest -- Solving Global Problems : Some Solutions and Courses of Action