{"product_id":"capital-and-race-the-history-of-a-modern-hydra-hardback-9781509571901","title":"Capital and Race; The History of a Modern Hydra (Hardback) 9781509571901","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCapital and Race\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe History of a Modern Hydra\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSylvie Laurent (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509571901, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 April 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.8 x 3.6 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most important books ever written on racial capitalism. A wonderful book. A must read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Piketty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clarity and ambition rarely come together so seamlessly. Sylvia Laurent delivers a sweeping history of the last five centuries that will be compelling for both experts and newcomers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuinn Slobodian, Boston University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An invaluable text. Laurent deftly shows that the construction of race and racism was always a political and economic project that served two interrelated purposes: the justification of oppression and dispossession, on the one hand, and control over the labor and produce of the oppressed, on the other.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Fletcher Jr, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1492: a year that captivated the world. Columbus's \"discovery\" of a new continent is widely remembered for revealing both the wonders of the earth and the unprecedented capacity of men to free themselves from boundaries. But the invention of America was actually a story untold: the consecration of a new relationship between nature and mankind, which saw capital and race unite irrevocably.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSylvie Laurent tells the story of racial capitalism as a \"two-headed creature\" forged by figures such as Daniel Defoe in \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e, Voltaire, Adam Smith, and Alexis de Tocqueville. Beneath these authors' fantasies of a free-market land of endless riches is the empire of racial capitalism. However powerful, this system has been identified and resisted by a long line of anti-colonial theorists, from Rosa Luxemburg to W. E. B. Du Bois. Against the backdrop of their thinking, and at a time when it is commonplace to oppose class struggles and racial demands, Laurent illuminates the rich and little-known intellectual tradition of overcoming the divide. It's about time, she argues, that Karl Marx and Martin Luther King Jr. get to talk to one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapital and Race: The History of a Modern Hydra\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and gripping intellectual history that will be of interest to historians and general readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eI INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eReuniting Marx and Martin Luther King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII BOOK ONE – Origins\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 - The Birth of America and the Dawn of Capitalist Modernity\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 - The Origin of Racial Views\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII BOOK TWO – Institutions\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 - The Plantation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 - The Academy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 - The Multinationals\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 - The Colonial Contract\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV BOOK THREE - Narratives\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7 - Robinson Crusoe, a Parable of Racial Capitalism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8 - Emancipation through Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV BOOK FOUR - Praxis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9 - The Civilizing Mission of Capitalism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10 - The Rehabilitation of Imperialism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11 - The Fundamental Structures of Racial Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI EPILOGUE - Territories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460695748888,"sku":"9781509571901","price":21.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509571901.jpg?v=1785458710","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/capital-and-race-the-history-of-a-modern-hydra-hardback-9781509571901","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}