The Origin of Capitalism

Confronts easy narratives about the inevitability or unfettered natural appearance of Capitalism, along with its relation to urbanization, imperialism, and modernity. Compelling in a lot of points, despite being short it is an expansion of an article and repeats itself at times.

Among the best historical works I've read. A compelling rebuttal to both the idea that capitalism was a natural step in the progression of history and the idea that capitalism arose from an intensified commercialism. Easy to follow along (at least for someone with Marxist jargon down). Especially found the section lengths to be perfect: not too long where it feels like a real time investment if I want to be able to stop at the end of a section/chapter, but not too short where it feels meaningless to even have section headings.