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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... Apprentices , 1532-1542 and 1626-1636 58 9. John Smythe's Trading Profits , 19 January 1540 to 27 September 1543 74 10. John Smythe's Profits and Losses on Sales , 24 March 1540 to 27 September 1543 75 11. John Smythe's List of " Such ...
... Apprentices , 1532-1542 and 1626-1636 58 9. John Smythe's Trading Profits , 19 January 1540 to 27 September 1543 74 10. John Smythe's Profits and Losses on Sales , 24 March 1540 to 27 September 1543 75 11. John Smythe's List of " Such ...
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... apprentice to Hugh Eliot , the business part- ner of Robert Thorne the elder , and later as his factor in Seville he used Thomas Maillard , who was a regular business partner of the younger Robert Thorne . Like Withypoll , Monox , and ...
... apprentice to Hugh Eliot , the business part- ner of Robert Thorne the elder , and later as his factor in Seville he used Thomas Maillard , who was a regular business partner of the younger Robert Thorne . Like Withypoll , Monox , and ...
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... apprentices who came to the capital without wives and children and usually with little more than a small stake or the hope of an inheritance , these established Bristolians had substantial personal fortunes as well as deeply rooted ...
... apprentices who came to the capital without wives and children and usually with little more than a small stake or the hope of an inheritance , these established Bristolians had substantial personal fortunes as well as deeply rooted ...
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... apprenticeship records , which give us a rough idea of the demand for labor in particu- lar industries , the proportion of those directly engaged in making cloth during the 1530s and 1540s had ... APPRENTICES , 1532-1542 Mere Merchants 57.
... apprenticeship records , which give us a rough idea of the demand for labor in particu- lar industries , the proportion of those directly engaged in making cloth during the 1530s and 1540s had ... APPRENTICES , 1532-1542 Mere Merchants 57.
Σελίδα 58
... Apprentice Book , 1626–1640 , ff . 1 ' - 333 ' . " Percentage of known men . " Percentage of total . " The occupations of female apprentices in Bristol were almost completely gender - specific in 1532-1542 and 1626-1636 . Women were ...
... Apprentice Book , 1626–1640 , ff . 1 ' - 333 ' . " Percentage of known men . " Percentage of total . " The occupations of female apprentices in Bristol were almost completely gender - specific in 1532-1542 and 1626-1636 . Women were ...
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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