__NOTOC__ ''Le livre noir du Capitalisme'' (''The Black Book of Capitalism'') is a 1998 French book published in reaction to ''

The Black Book of Communism ''The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression'' is a 1997 book by Stéphane Courtois, Andrzej Paczkowski, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Margolin, and several other European academics documenting a history of political repression by co ...

'' (1997). Unlike the earlier work, ''Le livre noir du capitalismes primary goal is not to try to attribute a number of victims to the political system in question. Rather, the body of the book comprises a series of independent works from various writers who each voice their critique on various aspects of

capitalism Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, price system, private ...

. Topics covered range from the

African slave trade Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa. Systems of servitude and slavery were common in parts of Africa in ancient times, as they were in much of the rest of the ancient world. When the trans-Saharan slave trade, Indian Ocean ...

globalization Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. The term ''globalization'' first appeared in the early 20t ...

. An appendix provides an incomplete list of 20th-century death-tolls which editor

Gilles Perrault Gilles Perrault (born Jacques Peyroles; 9 March 1931) is a French writer and journalist. Biography Born in Paris, Perrault attended the Collège Stanislas de Paris and then studied at the Institut d'études politiques, eventually becoming a l ...

attributes to the capitalist system.The list includes certain death-tolls covering the two World Wars. Contributors to the book include

historians A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

sociologists This is a list of sociologists. It is intended to cover those who have made substantive contributions to social theory and research, including any sociological subfield. Scientists in other fields and philosophers are not included, unless at lea ...

, economists,

trade unionists A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (su ...

and writers such as Caroline Andréani, François Arzalier, Roger Bordier, Maurice Buttin, François Chesnais, Maurice Cury, François Delpla, François Derivery, André Devriendt, Pierre Durand, Jean-Pierre Fléchard,

Yves Frémion Yves Frémion (born 1947 in Lyon) is a French author and former editor of the French science fiction magazine ''Univers''. He has also edited a number of anthologies and has worked for the comic and humour magazine ''Fluide Glacial''. Most rece ...

, Yves Grenet, Jacques Jurquet, Jean Laïlle, Maurice Moissonnier, Robert Pac, Philippe Paraire, Paco Peña, André Prenant, Maurice Rajsfus,

Jean Suret-Canale Jean Suret-Canale (27 April 1921 – 23 June 2007) was a French historian of Africa, Marxist theoretician, political activist, and World War II French Resistance fighter. Suret-Canale was born to father Victor Suret-Canale (1883–1958), an engra ...

, Subhi Toma, Monique and Roland Weyl, Claude Willard and

Jean Ziegler Jean Ziegler (; born Hans Ziegler, 19 April 1934) is a Swiss former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne, Paris, and former vice-president of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He ...

.:: La Maison dédition :: > Translations of the book have appeared in Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Czech.

Notes

References

Perrault, Gilles (ed.) (1998): ''Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme'', Le Temps des cerises, 427 pages, , .

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Les Temps des Cerises

Summary of casualties

François Delpla's chapter of book: La Seconde Guerre Mondiale
{{DEFAULTSORT:Livre Noir du Capitalisme 1998 non-fiction books Books critical of capitalism Political books French books

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