Full Description
In this collection British and Argentinian historians analyze the Asiatic, Germanic, peasant, slave, feudal, and tributary modes of production by exploring historical processes and diverse problems of Marxist theory. The studies treat an array of pre-capitalist social formations, including medieval Iceland and Norway, Byzantium, the Roman Empire, ancient Egypt, medieval Len and Castile, and the Castilian later Middle Ages.
Contents
Preface , Carlos Astarita
Introduction to Studies on Pre-Capitalist Modes of Production: Debates, Controversies and Lines of Argument, Laura da Graca and Andrea Zingarelli
1. Asiatic Mode of Production: Considerations on Ancient Egypt, Andrea Zingarelli
2. The Slave Roman Economy and the Plantation System, Carlos García Mac Gaw
3. Origins of the Medieval Craftsman, Carlos Astarita
4. Passages to Feudalism in Medieval Scandinavia, Chris Wickham
5. Peasant Mode of Production and the Evolution of Clientelar Relations, Laura da Graca
6. Mode of Production, Social Action, and Historical Change: Some Questions and Issues, John Haldon
7. Simple Commodity Production and Value Theory in Late FeudalismOctavio Colombo
References
Index
