Description
| Product ID: | 9781642591330 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Blood and Money |
| Subtitle: | War, Slavery, Finance, and Empire |
| Authors: | Author: David McNally |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, Social classes, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Economic theory and philosophy, Monetary economics, Political economy, Economic history, Social classes, Marxism & Communism, Economic theory & philosophy, Monetary economics, Political economy, Economic history |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Blood and Money tells the story of money as a history of violence and human bondage. In most accounts of the origins of money we are offered pleasant tales in which it arises to the mutual benefit of all parties as a result of barter. In this groundbreaking study David McNally reveals the true story of money’s origins and development as one of violence and human bondage. Money’s emergence and its transformation are shown to be intimately connected to the buying and selling of slaves and the waging of war. Blood and Money demonstrates the ways that money has “internalized” its violent origins, making clear that it has become a concentrated force of social power and domination. Where Adam Smith observed that monetary wealth represents “command over labor,” this paradigm shifting book amends his view to define money as comprising the command over persons and their bodies. |
| Imprint Name: | Haymarket Books |
| Publisher Name: | Haymarket Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-04-28 |