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. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992. 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 i |
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... important place in English history , experiencing events and con- tributing to developments that stirred the nation ... importance in Preface.
... important place in English history , experiencing events and con- tributing to developments that stirred the nation ... importance in Preface.
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... important implications for our understanding of the growth of capitalism in England , for it allows us to see how " merchant capi- tal " —that weak limb of capitalism , according to many scholars1 — fit into the social and political ...
... important implications for our understanding of the growth of capitalism in England , for it allows us to see how " merchant capi- tal " —that weak limb of capitalism , according to many scholars1 — fit into the social and political ...
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... important subjects have had to be presented only as subordinate , not independent , topics . Other books written for different purposes surely will give those subjects the central position and full treatment they deserve , and in such ...
... important subjects have had to be presented only as subordinate , not independent , topics . Other books written for different purposes surely will give those subjects the central position and full treatment they deserve , and in such ...
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... important insights into the study of economic laws and practices . But for all its technical brilliance , it has not solved the historian's main problem , which remains interpre- tive , not statistical . The figures having been ...
... important insights into the study of economic laws and practices . But for all its technical brilliance , it has not solved the historian's main problem , which remains interpre- tive , not statistical . The figures having been ...
Σελίδα xix
... importance of historical causality in shaping events and the possibility that their consequences might have been otherwise . This book proceeds from a similar perspective . It aims to 7 account for historical change without assuming its ...
... importance of historical causality in shaping events and the possibility that their consequences might have been otherwise . This book proceeds from a similar perspective . It aims to 7 account for historical change without assuming its ...
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 |
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