Table of Contents
List of Figures vii
Preface and Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
1 The Three Hegemonies of Historical Capitalism 28
Hegemony, Capitalism, and Territorialism 28
The Origins of the Modern Interstate System 37
British Hegemony and Free-Trade Imperialism 48
US Hegemony and the Rise of the Free Enterprise System 59
Towards a New Research Agenda 75
2 The Rise of Capital 86
The Antecedents of Systemic Cycles of Accumulation 86
The Genesis of High Finance 97
The First (Genoese) Systemic Cycle of Accumulation 111
The Second (Dutch) Systemic Cycle of Accumulation 130
The Dialectic of State and Capital 148
3 Industry, Empire, and the "Endless" Accumulation of Capital 163
The Third (British) Systemic Cycle of Accumulation 163
The Dialectic of Capitalism and Territorialism 179
The Dialectic of Capitalism and Territorialism (Continued) 200
Reprise and Preview 219
4 The Long Twentieth Century 247
The Dialectic of Market and Plan 247
The Fourth (US) Systemic Cycle of Accumulation 277
The Dynamics of Global Crisis 309
Epilogue: Can Capitalism Survive Success? 336
Postscript to the Second Edition 371
References 387
Index 405
