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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... according to many scholars1 — fit into the social and political order of the sixteenth and seventeenth cen- turies and helped to transform it . This book , then , is an essay in the lo- cal history of capitalism , viewing this ...
... according to many scholars1 — fit into the social and political order of the sixteenth and seventeenth cen- turies and helped to transform it . This book , then , is an essay in the lo- cal history of capitalism , viewing this ...
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... according to his- tory and therefore according to our relation to the past itself . In conse- quence , we can never actually see the world through the eyes of our sub- jects , although we sometimes insist that we should try . We can ...
... according to his- tory and therefore according to our relation to the past itself . In conse- quence , we can never actually see the world through the eyes of our sub- jects , although we sometimes insist that we should try . We can ...
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... According to Green , a town's autonomy consisted in its freedom to arm its own soldiers and defend its own territory ; elect its own rulers and officials ; draw up its own constitutions and ordinances ; assess , levy , and raise its own ...
... According to Green , a town's autonomy consisted in its freedom to arm its own soldiers and defend its own territory ; elect its own rulers and officials ; draw up its own constitutions and ordinances ; assess , levy , and raise its own ...
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... According to the Elizabethan civil lawyer Thomas Wilson , early modern English cities were highly independent places . " They are not taxed , " he says , " but by their owne officers of the [ ir ] owne brother- hoodes , " and " no other ...
... According to the Elizabethan civil lawyer Thomas Wilson , early modern English cities were highly independent places . " They are not taxed , " he says , " but by their owne officers of the [ ir ] owne brother- hoodes , " and " no other ...
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... according to this model do not completely exclude consideration of change , of course . But change , when it does occur , is understood to come from outside forces . The consequent imbalances in the local social order are then treated ...
... according to this model do not completely exclude consideration of change , of course . But change , when it does occur , is understood to come from outside forces . The consequent imbalances in the local social order are then treated ...
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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