- Economics, Economic conditions, Social history, History
"In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polonyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the "great transformation" of the Industrial Revolution.
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- Author
- Karl Polanyi
- First published
- February 2, 1983
- Pages
- 315
- Publisher
- Campus, Gollancz, Farrar & Rinehart, inc.
- Editions
- 33
- Language
- French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9788535250763
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“An eminent economic historian, reviewing the reception and influence over the years of The Great Transformation, remarked that "some books refuse to go away."”
Karl Paul Polanyi was an Austro-Hungarian economic historian, economic anthropologist, economic sociologist, political economist, historical sociologist and social philosopher.
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