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Explores one of the most successful cultures and societies the world has ever seen - capitalism. This third edition takes a student-oriented, problem-based approach, focusing on social problems, such as hunger, poverty, environmental devastation, disease, gender issues, and social conflict.

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• Preface(p. xiii)
• Part I The Consumer, the Laborer, the Capitalist, and the Nation-State in the Society of Perpetual Growth: Introduction(p. 1)
• A Primer On Money(p. 4)
• Step 1 The Development of Commodity Money(p. 7)
• Step 2 The Shift From Commodity to Fiat or Credit Money(p. 9)
• Step 3 The Necessary Conversion of Nonmonetary into Monetary Capital(p. 10)
• Chapter 1 Constructing the Consumer(p. 13)
• Remaking Consumption(p. 15)
• Marketing and Advertising(p. 16)
• The Transformation of Institutions(p. 18)
• The Transformation of Spiritual and Intellectual Values(p. 21)
• The Reconfiguration of Space and Class(p. 24)
• Kinderculture in America: The Child as Consumer(p. 25)
• The Role of Children in Capitalism(p. 25)
• The Social Construction of Childhood(p. 27)
• Exporting the Consumer(p. 35)
• Conclusion(p. 37)
• Chapter 2 The Laborer in the Culture of Capitalism(p. 39)
• A Primer on the Economic Elements of Capitalism(p. 40)
• The Baptism of Money(p. 43)
• The Construction and Anatomy of the Working Class(p. 45)
• Characteristics of the Working Class(p. 45)
• The Growth of Overseas Assembly Plants(p. 51)
• The Creation of Free Labor(p. 54)
• The Segmentation of the Workforce(p. 55)
• Control and Discipline(p. 59)
• Resistance and Rebellion(p. 62)
• Conclusion(p. 63)
• Chapter 3 The Rise of the Merchant, Industrialist, and Capital Controller(p. 65)
• The Era of the Global Trader(p. 68)
• A Trader's Tour of the World in 1400(p. 68)
• The Economic Rise of Europe and Its Impact on Africa and the Americas(p. 74)
• The Rise of the Trading Companies(p. 80)
• The Era of the Industrialist(p. 82)
• Textiles and the Rise of the Factory System(p. 85)
• The Age of Imperialism(p. 87)
• The Era of the Corporation, the Multilateral Institution, and the Capital Controller(p. 92)
• The Rise of the Corporation(p. 93)
• Bretton Woods and the World Debt(p. 96)
• The Power of Capital Controllers(p. 103)
• Conclusion(p. 107)
• Chapter 4 The Nation-State in the Culture of Capitalism(p. 108)
• The Origin and History of the State(p. 110)
• The Evolution of the State(p. 110)
• The History and Function of the Nation-State(p. 111)
• Constructing the Nation-State(p. 114)
• Creating the Other(p. 114)
• Language, Bureaucracy, and Education(p. 116)
• Violence and Genocide(p. 120)
• The Future of the Nation-State(p. 123)
• Transnationalism and Migration(p. 123)
• Will Corporations Rule the World?(p. 127)
• Nongovernmental Organizations(p. 133)
• Conclusion(p. 135)
• Part II The Global Impact of the Culture of Capitalism: Introduction(p. 137)
• A Primer on Market Externalities: Polanyi's Paradox(p. 139)
• Chapter 5 The Problem of Population Growth(p. 145)
• The Malthusians Versus the Revisionists(p. 148)
• The Case of India and China(p. 149)
• The Issue of Carrying Capacity(p. 153)
• The Ideology of Malthusian Concerns(p. 154)
• Demographic Transition Theory(p. 158)
• A Primer on the Determinants of Population Growth and Decline(p. 159)
• Some Examples of Demographic Change(p. 162)
• Population Growth in the Periphery(p. 165)
• Wealth Flows Theory(p. 167)
• The Social Implications of Wealth Flows Theory(p. 169)
• The Question of Gender and Power(p. 170)
• Problems and Prospects(p. 172)
• Conclusion(p. 174)
• Chapter 6 Hunger, Poverty, and Economic Development(p. 175)
• The Evolution of Food Production: From the Neolithic to the Neocaloric(p. 176)
• From Gathering and Hunting to the Neolithic(p. 177)
• Capitalism and Agriculture(p. 179)
• The Neocaloric and the Green Revolution(p. 180)
• The Politics of Hunger(p. 184)
• The Anatomy of Famine(p. 186)
• The Anatomy of Endemic Hunger(p. 188)
• Solutions to Poverty and Hunger(p. 194)
• Economic Development(p. 195)
• Foreign Aid: The Case of Russia(p. 199)
• Targeting Vulnerable Populations: The Grameen Bank and Microcredit(p. 202)
• Conclusion(p. 205)
• Chapter 7 Environment and Consumption(p. 206)
• The Case of Sugar(p. 211)
• Sugar Origins and Production(p. 211)
• Uses of Sugar(p. 212)
• The Development of the Sugar Complex(p. 212)
• The Expansion of Sugar Consumption(p. 214)
• The Mass Consumption of Sugar(p. 215)
• Modern Sugar(p. 216)
• The Story of Beef(p. 217)
• The Ascendancy of Beef(p. 219)
• The Emergence of the American Beef Industry(p. 219)
• Modern Beef(p. 224)
• The Internationalization of the Hamburger(p. 226)
• Environmentally Sustainable Cattle Raising(p. 227)
• Exporting Pollution(p. 228)
• Conclusion(p. 232)
• Chapter 8 Disease(p. 233)
• A Primer on How to Die of an Infectious Disease(p. 236)
• The Relationships Between Culture and Disease(p. 242)
• Gathering and Hunting to Early Agriculture(p. 242)
• "Graveyards of Mankind"(p. 243)
• Diseases of Environmental Change(p. 246)
• Aids and the Culture of Capitalism(p. 250)
• How Did the Disease Spread?(p. 252)
• Who Gets Infected with AIDS?(p. 256)
• Who Gets Blamed?(p. 259)
• Conclusion(p. 260)
• Chapter 9 Indigenous Groups and Ethnic Conflict(p. 262)
• The Fate of Indigenous Peoples(p. 265)
• Some Characteristics of Indigenous Peoples(p. 266)
• The Process of Ethnocide(p. 267)
• The Guarani: The Economics of Ethnocide(p. 274)
• History and Background(p. 275)
• Contemporary Development and Guarani Communities(p. 277)
• Disadvantaged Majorities and Their Revenge(p. 280)
• Leveling Crowds(p. 282)
• Genocide as an Externality of the Market(p. 283)
• Conclusion(p. 290)
• Part III Resistance and Rebellion: Introduction(p. 293)
• A Primer on Terrorism(p. 296)
• Chapter 10 Peasant Protest, Rebellion, and Resistance(p. 301)
• Malaysia and the Weapons of the weak(p. 302)
• Malaysian Peasants and the Green Revolution(p. 303)
• Fighting Back(p. 305)
• Obstacles to Resistance(p. 307)
• Protest and Change(p. 308)
• Kikuyu and the Mau Mau Rebellion(p. 309)
• The British in East Africa(p. 309)
• The White Highlands(p. 311)
• The Roots of the Rebellion(p. 313)
• The Rebellion(p. 315)
• "State of Emergency"(p. 316)
• The Oath and the Detention Camps(p. 318)
• Independence(p. 320)
• The Rebellion in Chiapas(p. 322)
• Poverty and Inequality in Chiapas(p. 323)
• The Rebellion and the Global Economy(p. 325)
• The Revolt and the Reaction of the Mexican Government(p. 326)
• The Future of Peasants(p. 328)
• Conclusion(p. 328)
• Chapter 11 Antisystemic Protest(p. 329)
• Protest as Antisystemic: The two World Revolutions(p. 330)
• The Revolution of 1848(p. 331)
• The Revolution of 1968(p. 333)
• The Protests of Labor: Coal Miners In Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania(p. 335)
• The Coal Industry and the Worker's Life(p. 336)
• Worker Resistance and Protest(p. 339)
• Destroying Worker Resistance(p. 341)
• Global Feminist Resistance(p. 343)
• Gender Relations in the Culture of Capitalism(p. 344)
• Strategies of Protest(p. 347)
• Ecological Resistance Movements(p. 350)
• Earth First!(p. 350)
• Chipko and the Tragedy of the Commons(p. 351)
• Conclusion(p. 354)
• Chapter 12 Religion and Antisystemic Protest(p. 355)
• Indigenous Religious Movements as Protest(p. 357)
• The Ghost Dance(p. 358)
• The Cargo Cults(p. 359)
• Zionism in South Africa(p. 360)
• The Global Challenge of Antisystemic Religious Protest(p. 364)
• Islamic Fundamentalism(p. 366)
• Protestant Fundamentalism in North America(p. 368)
• "Terror in the Mind of God"(p. 374)
• Some Examples of Religious Violence(p. 375)
• Understanding Religious Violence(p. 380)
• Conclusion(p. 381)
• Chapter 13 Constructing the Citizen-Activist(p. 383)
• What Are the Real Dangers?(p. 383)
• The GNP and the Construction of the Doctrine of Perpetual Growth(p. 384)
• The Depletion of Natural Capital(p. 386)
• The Depletion of Political Capital(p. 390)
• The Depletion of Social Capital(p. 393)
• Capital and Public Policy(p. 395)
• Constructing the Citizen-Activist(p. 396)
• Indices and Goals for Well-Being(p. 397)
• The Means and Prospects for Change: Attaining Zero Economic Growth(p. 400)
• Rebuilding and Maintaining Natural Capital(p. 400)
• Restoring Political Capital(p. 401)
• Rebuilding Social Capital(p. 403)
• Conclusion(p. 404)
• References(p. 407)
• Name Index(p. 419)
• Place and Culture Index(p. 422)
• Subject Index(p. 424)
• Credits(p. 432)