Presents recent German language research on Britain as well as research in English. Draws comparisons between the rise of a market society and modern capitalism in England and the circumstances that affected the European continent.
Presents recent German language research on Britain as well as research in English. Draws comparisons between the rise of a market society and modern capitalism in England and the circumstances that affected the European continent.
Christiane Eisenberg is Professor of British History at the Centre for British Studies at the Humboldt University, Berlin. Her interests lie in the comparative social and cultural histories of Germany and Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries. Internationally she is known for her work on the diffusion of modern sport.
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List of Tables List of Illustrations Preface Preface to the Translation Introduction: England and the Process of Commercialization Chapter 1. Medieval Foundations of Market Exchange * Institutions and Law * Social Structure, Mobility, and Social Relations Chapter 2. Growth and Consolidation of Market Exchange in the Early Modern Period * Impulses toward Commercialization: Population Growth, Agrarian Revolution, and Urbanization * Reciprocal Effects between Commerce and Industry * Centralized Production * Urban Trades * Rural Proto-industry * Concentration of Powers: The Financial Revolution of the Eighteenth Century Chapter 3. The Embeddedness of Market Exchange * Generating Trust * Facts, News, and Periodicity * Games, Speculation, and the Culture of Commerce Conclusions: Commercialization as an Historical Process * English Market Society in 1800: Regulatory Mechanisms and Directions of Development * Driving Forces, Path Dependencies, and Development Potential: Perspectives for a Long-term European Comparison Bibliography Image Credits Index
List of Tables List of Illustrations Preface Preface to the Translation Introduction: England and the Process of Commercialization Chapter 1. Medieval Foundations of Market Exchange * Institutions and Law * Social Structure, Mobility, and Social Relations Chapter 2. Growth and Consolidation of Market Exchange in the Early Modern Period * Impulses toward Commercialization: Population Growth, Agrarian Revolution, and Urbanization * Reciprocal Effects between Commerce and Industry * Centralized Production * Urban Trades * Rural Proto-industry * Concentration of Powers: The Financial Revolution of the Eighteenth Century Chapter 3. The Embeddedness of Market Exchange * Generating Trust * Facts, News, and Periodicity * Games, Speculation, and the Culture of Commerce Conclusions: Commercialization as an Historical Process * English Market Society in 1800: Regulatory Mechanisms and Directions of Development * Driving Forces, Path Dependencies, and Development Potential: Perspectives for a Long-term European Comparison Bibliography Image Credits Index
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