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- Title
The Genie and the Troll: Capitalism in the Early American Republic.
- Authors
Larson, John Lauritz
- Abstract
This essay reviews the efforts of modern historians to explain the rise and development of capitalism in the early United States. Often assumed to be synonymous with democracy and freedom, capitalism as a system of social and economic organization has presented historians with an interpretive dilemma—suggested by the allusion to "the genie and the troll." The rich historiography from the 20th and early 21st centuries is surveyed here.
- Subjects
CAPITALISM; HISTORY of capitalism; UNITED States economy; DEMOCRACY; LIBERTY; SOCIAL history; UNITED States history, 1783-1815
- Publication
Journal of the Early Republic, 2022, Vol 42, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0275-1275
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/jer.2022.0079