The book was written with the aim of providing a systematic overview of existing theories on the emergence of capitalism, thereby contributing to a better understanding of this issue among both the scholarly community and the wider public. Accordingly, its primary objective is to offer a detailed insight into the positions of various theoretical schools—Marxist, world-systems, Weberian, institutionalist, and others—on one of the central questions of historical sociology, making the book a useful resource for sociology students interested in this topic and strengthening the field of historical sociology in the domestic context.