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For a short history of the Austrian school, take a look at Ludwig von Mises’s monograph:

https://mises.org/sites/default/files/Historical%20Setting%20of%20the%20Austrian%20School%20of%20Economics_3.pdf

Here is a short monograph on capitalism by Mises:

http://mises.org/library/capitalism

For a more extensive treatment of capitalism, take a look at Mises’s book Human Action, chapter 15:

https://mises.org/sites/default/files/Human%20Action_3.pdf