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Joel Wainwright, professor at Ohio State, is author of Geopiracy and Decolonizing Development, which won the Blaut award.

• PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF MARXIAN NATURAL HISTORY 1. Marx before Darwin2. Darwin and the destruction of teleology3. Marx after DarwinPART II: READING CAPITAL AS NATURAL HISTORY 4. Labor, nature, and technology5. From population to commodity fetishismPART III: ELABORATIONS OF MARXIAN NATURAL HISTORY 6. A natural history of capitalism7. Philosophical implications of Marxian natural history8. Prospect of an end

This thought-provoking study argues that Marx's study of Charles Darwin led him to develop a distinctively Marxian concept of natural history that provides crucial direction for promoting an eco-socialist alternative to capitalism. An incisive work that is likely to spur lively discussion and debate.