The Making of Economic Society - Softcover

Heilbroner, Robert L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135551862 ISBN 13: 9780135551868

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1992

Synopsis

This text surveys the development of the market society and its problems from antiquity to the present. Students will get a familiarity with the history of our economic society and a sense of how dominant institutions came into being in the first place. They will see the institutions, and the problems they create, as part of the ongoing process of our economic life. Coverage of the collapse of the Soviet Communism is included. Each chapter concludes with a summary of key concepts, to help students focus on the important propositions in the chapter. In addition, there are end-of-chapter questions.

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Review:

"On the whole, The Making of Economic Society in my view is the single best, short one-volume introduction to Western economic history in print. The chapters set out issues, problems, and various economic and social paradigms clearly. The language is graceful and always accessible to the general, nonspecialist reader. I am especially appreciative of its solid historical underpinnings and strong thematic format." ― Jay P. Corrin, Boston University

"The strength of the text continues to be those things that make it a classic―Heilbroner's compelling grasp of the development of the world and its formative institutions, and his ability to present that story literally from the dawn of time into the millennium within barely 200 pages." ― Susan Eisner, Ramapo College of New Jersey

"I first read the second edition of this book in a class at the University of Iceland and always liked it. When I started teaching Sociology of Business in 1994, I immediately adopted this text as my main text in the class." ― Gunnar Valgeirsson, California State University, Fresno

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0135551862
• ISBN 13: 9780135551868
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272