Preface to the English edition
1. What Does Capitalism Mean? : The emergence of a controversial concept
Three classics : Marx, Weber, and Schumpeter
Other voices and a working definition
2. Merchant Capitalism : China and Arabia
Europe : Dynamic latecomer
Interim findings around 1500
3. Expansion : Business and violence : Colonialism and world trade
Joint-stock company and finance capitalism
Plantation economy and slavery
Agrarian capitalism, mining, and proto-Industrialization
Capitalism, culture, and enlightenment : Adam Smith in context
4. The Capitalist Era : The contours of industrialization and globalization since 1800
From ownership to managerial capitalism
5. Analysis and Critique.