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1	Empire of Capital more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood add to wishlist In this era of globalization, we hear a great deal about a new imperialism and its chief enforcer, the United States. Today, with the US promising an endless war against terrorism and promoting a policy of preemptive defence, this notion seems more plausible than ever. But what does imperialism mean in the absence of colonial conquest and direct ... see all copies from $2.36! new only from $7.60! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood add to wishlist Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that with the collapse of Communism the theoretical project of Marxism and its critique of capitalism is more timely and important than ever. Current intellectual fashions of the left which emphasise 'post-modern' fragmentation, 'difference', contingency and the 'politics of identity' can barely accommodate the idea of ... see all copies from $19.50! new only from $35.37! \| SVS
3	Capitalism and the Information Age Capitalism and the Information Age: The Political Economy of the Global Communication Revolutionthe Political Economy of the Global Communication Revolution more books like this by John Bellamy Foster (Editor), Robert Waterman McChesney (Editor), Ellen Meiksins Wood (Editor) add to wishlist Are the new technologies of the information age reshaping the labor force, transforming communications, changing the potential of democracy, and altering the course of history itself? Capitalism and the Information Age presents a rigorous examination of some of the most crucial problems and possibilities of these novel technologies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Retreat from Class: A New "True" Socialism more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood add to wishlist A survey of influential trends in contemporary Marxist theory which examines the relationship between class, politics and ideology. The introduction discusses the relevance of the text in a post-Soviet world and argues for a re-examination of class politics by academia as an alternative to a cynical acceptance of capitalism. see all copies from $17.25! new only from $24.54! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Communist Manifesto: 150th Anniversary Commemorative Editio more books like this by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Leo Huberman (Editor) add to wishlist THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO (1848) examines the rise of the working class and its inevitable revolution. It eloquently describes capitalism's widespread influence and eventual demise, and sets forth the basis of Marxism. One of the most influential writings in history, it remains highly relevant to contemporary economic and political systems. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Origin of Capitalism more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood add to wishlist Few questions of history have as many contemporary political implications as this deceptively simple one: how did capitalism come to be? In this clarifying work, Ellen Meiksins Wood refutes most existing accounts of the origin of capitalism, which, she argues, fail to recognize capitalism's distinctive attributes as a social system, making it seem ... see all copies from $2.24!
7	Rising from the Ashes?: Labor in the Age of "Global" Capitalism more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood (Editor), Michael Yates (Editor), Peter F Meiksins (Editor) add to wishlist Without parallel in sophistication of coverage for readers curious about labor, Rising from the Ashes? provides sharp analysis of the hottest issues being debated by labor scholars and activists. Topics covered include the changing composition of the international working class, patterns of work under contemporary capitalism, the relationship of ... see all copies from $4.54! new only from $16.74! \| SVS
8	Peasant-Citizen and Slave: The Foundations of Athenian Democracy more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! new only from $24.60! \| SVS
9	Citizens to Lords: A Social History of Western Political Thought from Antiquity to the Middle Ages more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood add to wishlist In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood lays out her innovative approach to the history of political theory and traces the development of the Western tradition from classical antiquity through the late Middle Ages. Her "social history" is a significant departure from other contextual interpretations. Treating canonical thinkers as ... see all copies from $17.46! new only from $18.74! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood add to wishlist Capitalism was born in England, yet the dominant Western conceptions of modernity come from elsewhere, notably from France, the historical model of 'bourgeois' society. In this lively and wide-ranging book, Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that what is supposed to have epitomized bourgeois modernity, especially the emergence of a 'modern' state and ... see all copies from $14.79! new only from $14.79! \| SVS
11 view cover	In Defense of History: Marxism and the Postmodern Agenda more books like this by John Bellamy Foster, Ellen Meiksins Wood add to wishlist What is postmodernism? What are the reasons for its attractiveness? In Defense of History is a compelling challenge to postmodern fashion, written by new intellectuals on the left who are reviving historical materialism as an alternative. see all copies from $8.20! new only from $16.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Mind and Politics: An Approach to the Meaning of Liberal and Socialist Individualism more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood add to wishlist see all copies from $11.25! first editions
13 view cover	Trumpet of Sedition more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood, Neal Wood add to wishlist A Trumpet of Sedition surveys canonical texts by thinkers such as Thomas More, Richard Hooker, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke, as well as the ideas of radicals like the Levellers and Gerrard Winstanley and less well known but important figures. The authors explain these texts in clear and lively prose, while situating them in their social and ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $25.00! \| first editions
14	Why Not Capitalism: Socialist Register 1995 by Leo Panitch (Editor), Ellen Meiksins Wood (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $7.50! first editions
15 view cover	In Defense of History in Defense of History: Marxism and the Postmodern Agenda Marxism and the Postmodern Agenda more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood, John B Foster add to wishlist What is postmodernism? What are the reasons for its attractiveness? In Defense of History is a compelling challenge to postmodern fashion, written by new intellectuals on the left who are reviving historical materialism as an alternative. see all copies from $49.12! new only from $61.25!
16 view cover	Pristine Culture of Capitalism: Historical Essay on Old Regimes & Modern States more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood, Ellen Meiksins-Wood add to wishlist The US has been subjected to the ruthless and unrelenting tyranny of the world's most advanced capitalism, permeating every aspect of American life. The chief difference from other tyrannies is its facelessness, its dependence on impersonal coercive power more than on direct violence and terror against its subjects. A frightening irony of this new ... see all copies from $18.00!
17	Class Ideology & Ancient Political Theory more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood, N Wood add to wishlist see all copies from $90.49!
18	Class Ideol & Ancient Pol Theory more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood add to wishlist see all copies from $179.33!
19 view cover	Trumpet of Sedition: Political Theory and the Rise of Capitalism, 1509-1688 more books like this by Ellen Meiksins Wood, Neal Wood add to wishlist The period from 1509 to 1688 was one of great social turbulence in Britain, and a key period in the history of political thought. This work covers the major themes of the time, including conceptions of the state and of natural rights, consent and property. It provides an examination of the main texts, situating them in their social and historical ... see all copies from $25.37! new only from $161.34! \| first editions
20	In Defence of History: Marxism and the Postmodern Agenda by Ellen Meiksins Wood (Editor), John Bellamy Foster (Editor) add to wishlist Presents essays that speak directly to the underlying assumptions of postmodernism and offer a critique of its usefulness in both understanding and critiquing the historical epoch. see all copies from $29.90! new only from $29.90! \| first editions

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