{"product_id":"blood-and-money-war-slavery-finance-and-empire-9781642591330","title":"Blood and Money: War, Slavery, Finance, and Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn most accounts of the origins of money we are offered pleasant tales in which it arises to the mutual benefit of all parties as a result of barter. In this groundbreaking study David McNally reveals the true story of money's origins and development as one of violence and human bondage. Money's emergence and its transformation are shown to be intimately connected to the buying and selling of slaves and the waging of war. \u003ci\u003eBlood and Money\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the ways that money has \"internalized\" its violent origins, making clear that it has become a concentrated force of social power and domination. Where Adam Smith observed that monetary wealth represents \"command over labor,\" this paradigm shifting book amends his view to define money as comprising the command over persons and their bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642591330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David McNally","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36664246829212,"sku":"9781642591330","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e1bf8d35-f8bd-45a9-860f-c3f258e13649.jpg?v=1603906161","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blood-and-money-war-slavery-finance-and-empire-9781642591330","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}