Studies on Pre-Capitalist Modes of Production (Historical Materialism Book)

In Studies on Pre-Capitalist Modes of Production British and Argentinian historians analyse the Asiatic, Germanic, peasant, slave, feudal, and tributary modes of production by exploring historical processes and diverse problems of Marxist theory. The emergence of feudal relations, the origin of the medieval craftsman, the functioning of the law of value and the conditions for historical change are some of the problems analysed. The studies treat an array of pre-capitalist social formations: Chris Wickham works on medieval Iceland and Norway, John Haldon on Byzantium, Carlos García Mac Gaw on the Roman Empire, Andrea Zingarelli on ancient Egypt, Carlos Astarita and Laura da Graca on medieval León and Castile, and Octavio Colombo on the Castilian later Middle Ages.

Contributors include: Chris Wickham, John Haldon, Carlos Astarita, Carlos García Mac Gaw, Octavio Colombo, Laura da Graca, and Andrea Zingarelli.

Laura da Graca, Ph.D. (2005), is Professor of Medieval History at the University of La Plata (Argentina). She has published several works on medieval Castile, including “Poder político y dinámica feudal. Procesos de diferenciación social en distintas formas señoriales (siglos XIV-XVI)” (Valladolid, 2009).

Andrea Zingarelli, Ph.D. (2003), is Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History and Egyptology at the University of La Plata. She has published several works on ancient Egyptian society and economy, including “Trade and Market in New Kingdom Egypt” (Oxford, 2010).