The relationship between race and capitalism is one of the most
enduring and controversial historical debates. The concept of
racial capitalism offers a way out of this impasse. Racial
capitalism is not simply a permutation, phase, or stage in the
larger history of capitalism—since the beginning of the Atlantic
slave trade and the colonization of the Americas, capitalism, in
both material and ideological senses, has been racial, deriving
social and economic value from racial classification and
stratification. Although Cedric J. Robinson popularized the term,
racial capitalism has remained undertheorized for nearly four
decades. Histories of Racial Capitalism brings together for the
first time distinguished and rising scholars to consider the
utility of the concept across historical settings. These scholars
offer dynamic accounts of the relationship between social relations
of exploitation and the racial terms through which they were
organized, justified, and contested. Deploying an eclectic array of
methods, their works range from indigenous mortgage foreclosures to
the legacies of Atlantic-world maroons, from imperial expansion in
the continental United States and beyond to the racial politics of
municipal debt in the New South, from the ethical complexities of
Latinx banking to the postcolonial dilemmas of extraction in the
Caribbean. Throughout, the contributors consider and challenge how
some claims about the history and nature of capitalism are
universalized while others remain marginalized. By theorizing and
testing the concept of racial capitalism in different historical
circumstances, this book shows its analytical and political power
for today’s scholars and activists.
General
| Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism |
| Release date: |
February 2021 |
| First published: |
2021 |
| Editors: |
Justin Leroy
• Destin Jenkins
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-19075-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-231-19075-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780231190756 |
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