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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... 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 Metalworking Industries , 1532 ...
... 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 Metalworking Industries , 1532 ...
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... industries , which provided the bulk of Bristol's exports , were highly labor - intensive , Bristol was acquiring the high - priced commodities of Europe not only with the resources of its hinterland in the Severn valley , the Midlands ...
... industries , which provided the bulk of Bristol's exports , were highly labor - intensive , Bristol was acquiring the high - priced commodities of Europe not only with the resources of its hinterland in the Severn valley , the Midlands ...
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... industries . But throughout the period the un- derlying theme was the quest for imports , which yielded the highest profits and therefore encouraged the undertaking of risky new ventures . We can see the persistence of this pattern if ...
... industries . But throughout the period the un- derlying theme was the quest for imports , which yielded the highest profits and therefore encouraged the undertaking of risky new ventures . We can see the persistence of this pattern if ...
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... industries , the proportion of those directly engaged in making cloth during the 1530s and 1540s had fallen to something less than 15 percent ( Table 8 ) .12 About a third of these men were weavers , but they produced mainly cheap ...
... industries , the proportion of those directly engaged in making cloth during the 1530s and 1540s had fallen to something less than 15 percent ( Table 8 ) .12 About a third of these men were weavers , but they produced mainly cheap ...
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... industries Woodworking 186 91 6.51 1.29 ཊྛ ° 171 6.28 20 0.73 Professional and service industries 42 3.00 68 2.50 Miscellaneous 21 1.50 15 0.55 Total known 1,398 2,722 Total unknown 7 12 Total 1,405 96.436 2,734 95.866 Women ' 52 3.576 ...
... industries Woodworking 186 91 6.51 1.29 ཊྛ ° 171 6.28 20 0.73 Professional and service industries 42 3.00 68 2.50 Miscellaneous 21 1.50 15 0.55 Total known 1,398 2,722 Total unknown 7 12 Total 1,405 96.436 2,734 95.866 Women ' 52 3.576 ...
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 |
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
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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