Beginnings of Capitalism in Central Europe

Lawrence Krader (1919–1998) was an American philosopher and anthropologist who was best known for his transcription of the ethnological notebooks of Karl Marx and for his writings based on empirical research among the peoples of Central Asia. Cyril Levitt is a professor and former chair in the Department of Sociology, McMaster University, the Director of the Lawrence Krader Research Project and a former student of Krader’s.

• List of Illustrations – List of Tables ­– About the Author and This Book by Cyril Levitt – Preface: Krader in Context by David Levine – Reply to Krader in Context by Cyril Levitt – Translator’s Foreword – Acknowledgements – Author’s Foreword – Author’s Introduction – The Beginnings of Modern Bourgeois Society in Central Europe: The Bourgeois Revolution from the 15th–17th Centuries – Theoretical Conceptions of the Transition from Feudalism to the Modern Era in the History of Central Europe: Marx, Weber and Troeltsch, Sombart and Kulischer, Schumpeter – Labour Processes in Central Europe, 15th–17th Centuries – Machines, Mechanics, Time and Geometry – Mining and Metallurgy – Europe in the World – Capitalism and Developed Culture – From the Social Contract to the Concept of Society – Bibliography – Illustrations – Index.