The Great Transformation : The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time

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. Title Copyright Contents Foreword Introduction Note on the 2001 Edition Author's Acknowledgements Part One: The International System Chapter 1: The Hundred Year's Peace Chapter 2: Conservative Twenties, Revolutionary Thirties Part Two: Rise and Fall of Market Economy I. Satanic Mill Chapter 3: "Habitation versus Improvement" Chapter 4: Societies and Economic Systems Chapter 5: Evolution of the Market Pattern Chapter 6: The Self-Regulating Market Fictitious Commodities Chapter 7: Speenhamland, 1795 Chapter 8: Antecedents and Consequences Chapter 9: Pauperism and Utopia Chapter 10: Political Economy and the Discovery of Society Chapter 11: Man, Nature, and Productive Organization II. Self-Protection of Society Chapter 12: Birth of the Liberal Creed Chapter 13: Birth of the Liberal Creed (Continued) Chapter 14: Market and Man Chapter 15: Market and Nature Chapter 16: Market and Productive Organization Chapter 17: Self-Regulation Impaired Chapter 18: Disruptive Strains Part Three: Transformation in Progress Chapter 19: Popular Government and Market Economy Chapter 20: History in the Gear of Social Change Chapter 21: Freedom in a Complex Society Notes on Sources Index "In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polonyi 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."--Jacket