The Widening Gate: Bristol and the Atlantic Economy, 1450-1700University of California Press, 28 Απρ 2023 - 450 σελίδες The history of capitalism is not to be explained in mere economic terms. David Harris Sacks here demonstrates that the modern Western economy was ushered in by broad processes of social, political, and cultural change. His study of Bristol as it opened it gate to national politics and the Atlantic economy reveals capitalism to be not just a species of economic order but a distinct form of life, governed by its own ethical norms and cultural practices. Availing himself of the methods of "thick description," socio-economic analysis, and political theory, Sacks examines the dynamics by which early modern Bristol moved from a medieval commercial economy to an early capitalist one. Throughout the period, the life of the city depended heavily on the successes of its great overseas merchants. But their quest for a monopoly of trade with the outside world, from the Atlantic seaboard to the Levant, came into conflict with the concerns of Bristol's artisans and retail shopkeepers. The battles of the two factions conditioned social and cultural developments in Bristol for two centuries. Locally, the conflict set the terms for developing conceptions of justice and authority. On a larger scale, it drew the community firmly into the great affairs of the realm and the wider world of expanding markets beyond. |
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... Bristolians in the Leather Industries ( Production and Secondary Use ) , 1532-1542 and 1626-1636 108 13. Bristolians in the Textile Industries ( Production and Secondary Use ) , 1532-1542 and 1626-1636 110 14. Bristolians in the ...
... Bristolians in the Leather Industries ( Production and Secondary Use ) , 1532-1542 and 1626-1636 108 13. Bristolians in the Textile Industries ( Production and Secondary Use ) , 1532-1542 and 1626-1636 110 14. Bristolians in the ...
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Bristol and the Atlantic Economy, 1450-1700 David Harris Sacks. 15. Bristolians in Major Commercial and Entrepreneurial Occupations , 1532-1542 and 1626-1636 16. Occupations into Which Bristolians and Non - Bristolians Were Apprenticed ...
Bristol and the Atlantic Economy, 1450-1700 David Harris Sacks. 15. Bristolians in Major Commercial and Entrepreneurial Occupations , 1532-1542 and 1626-1636 16. Occupations into Which Bristolians and Non - Bristolians Were Apprenticed ...
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... Bristolians themselves called " feats of marchaundises . " 2 Innovations , when they came , were more often the consequence of makeshift efforts to cope with immediate social and economic problems than the result of heroic actions by ...
... Bristolians themselves called " feats of marchaundises . " 2 Innovations , when they came , were more often the consequence of makeshift efforts to cope with immediate social and economic problems than the result of heroic actions by ...
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... Bristolians could not control . 6 Throughout the later Middle Ages Gascony was Bristol's principal market . From the very start the demand for wine was at the heart of this traffic . It was imported through the city at least as early as ...
... Bristolians could not control . 6 Throughout the later Middle Ages Gascony was Bristol's principal market . From the very start the demand for wine was at the heart of this traffic . It was imported through the city at least as early as ...
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... Bristolians.12 11 In the mid - fifteenth century , these ties were rent asunder by the En- glish defeat in the Hundred Years ' War . The final stages took more than fifteen years to complete . Until 1438 , the Bordelais itself had been ...
... Bristolians.12 11 In the mid - fifteenth century , these ties were rent asunder by the En- glish defeat in the Hundred Years ' War . The final stages took more than fifteen years to complete . Until 1438 , the Bordelais itself had been ...
Περιεχόμενα
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Organizing the Society | 85 |
In a Worshipful State 14501650 | 129 |
The Navel of the World | 131 |
The Sanctification of Power | 160 |
Little Businesses | 194 |
Looking Backward | 225 |
A Shoemakers Holiday | 251 |
Registering the Pilgrimage | 278 |
The Spirit World | 304 |
The Widening Gate of Capitalism | 331 |
Abbreviations | 363 |
Notes | 365 |
Index | 453 |
The Capitalism of the Spirit 16501700 | 249 |
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The Widening Gate: Bristol and the Atlantic Economy, 1450-1700 David Harris Sacks Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 1991 |
The Widening Gate: Bristol and the Atlantic Economy, 1450-1700 David Harris Sacks Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 1991 |
The Widening Gate: Bristol and the Atlantic Economy, 1450-1700 David Harris Sacks Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2023 |
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