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SECOND EDITION
S E C O N D E D I T I O N
Global Problems and the
Culture of Capitalism
Richard H. Robbins
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Allyn and Bacon
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Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Robbins, Richard Howard
Global problems and the culture of capitalism / Richard H. Robbins.—2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-205-33634-5
1. Economics history—1990- 2. Social problems. 3. Capitalism. 4. Consumption
(Economics) 5. Poverty. I. Title.
HC59.15R63 2001
330.12'2—dc21
2001033580
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
05 04 03 02 01
Photo credits appear on the page 422, which constitutes a continuation of the copyright page.
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CONTENTS
Preface ix
PART ONE The Consumer, the Laborer,
the Capitalist, and the Nation-State in the
Society of Perpetual Growth 1
I Capitalism and the Making of the Consumer 3
The Focus of this Book 8
Culture and the Construction of the Consumer
The Construction of the Consumer 12
10
Kinderculture in America: The Child as Consumer
The Role of Children in Capitalism 21
The Social Construction of Childhood
21
23
Conclusion 31
The Laborer in the Culture of Capitalism 32
A Primer on the Economic Elements of Capitalism
The Baptism of Money 37
34
The Construction and Anatomy of the Working Class
Characteristics of the Working Class 38
The Growth of Overseas Assembly Plants 45
The Creation of Free Labor 47
The Segmentation of the Workforce 49
Control and Discipline 52
Resistance and Rebellion 55
38
Conclusion 57
The Rise of the Merchant, Industrialist,
and Capital Controller 59
The Era of the Global Trader 62
A Trader's Tour of the World in 1400 62
iii
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IV C O N T E N T S
4 The Economic Rise of Europe and Its Impact on Africa and the Americas
The Rise of the Trading Companies 74
68
The Era of the Industrialist 76
Textiles and the Rise of the Factory System 79 The
Age of Imperialism 81
The Era of the Corporation, the Multilateral Institution, and the
Capital Controller 86
The Rise of the Corporation 87 Bretton
Woods and the World Debt 90 The
Power of Capital Controllers 97
Conclusion 100
The Nation-State in the Culture of Capitalism 102
104
The Origin and History of the State
The Evolution of the State 104
The History and Function of the Nation-State
Constructing the Nation-State 108
Creating the Other 108
Language, Bureaucracy, and Education 110
Violence and Genocide 114
105
The Future of the Nation-State 117
Transnationalism and Migration 119
Will Corporations Rule the World? 122
Nongovernmental Organizations 128
Conclusion 129
PART TWO The Global Impact of the
Culture of Capitalism 131
The Problem of Population Growth 133
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The Malthusians versus the Revisionists 136
The Case of India and China 137
The Issue of Carrying Capacity 141
The Ideology of Malthusian Concerns 142
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Transition Theory 146
A Primer on the Determinants of Population Growth and Decline
147
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