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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... port in England . Two centuries before , it had been the first seafaring town from which Englishmen had sailed in search of the Northwest Passage . These facts make it tempting to think of Bristol as destined by geography and history ...
... port in England . Two centuries before , it had been the first seafaring town from which Englishmen had sailed in search of the Northwest Passage . These facts make it tempting to think of Bristol as destined by geography and history ...
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... ports be- came major outlets for English cloth , with Bristol responsible for the largest part of this traffic . Indeed , in Gascony cloth and wine stood in symbiotic relation with one another , with the former serving as the principal ...
... ports be- came major outlets for English cloth , with Bristol responsible for the largest part of this traffic . Indeed , in Gascony cloth and wine stood in symbiotic relation with one another , with the former serving as the principal ...
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... port that dealt with the wine dis- tricts , while , for their part , the English enjoyed advantageous trading rights in Gascony . At various periods , including most of the first half of the fifteenth century , the English were even ...
... port that dealt with the wine dis- tricts , while , for their part , the English enjoyed advantageous trading rights in Gascony . At various periods , including most of the first half of the fifteenth century , the English were even ...
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... Ports 1400-1405 " 1,452 3,853 698 3376 1405-1410 1,255 3,788 1,262 682 € 1410-1415 1,144 5,646 1,420 621 1415-1420 1,357 5,584 1,692d 611 1420-1425 1,940 4,325 831 421 1425-1430 1,129 4,013 665 326 1430-1435 1,258 3,4938 532 659 1435 ...
... Ports 1400-1405 " 1,452 3,853 698 3376 1405-1410 1,255 3,788 1,262 682 € 1410-1415 1,144 5,646 1,420 621 1415-1420 1,357 5,584 1,692d 611 1420-1425 1,940 4,325 831 421 1425-1430 1,129 4,013 665 326 1430-1435 1,258 3,4938 532 659 1435 ...
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... figures for 1485-1487 contain an unspecified number of cloths shippped by Spaniards . * Figures for 1494–1496 are missing . ' Figures for 1498-1500 are missing . TABLE 7 BRISTOL'S CUSTOMS PAYMENTS , 1624-25 Outward Inward Ports.
... figures for 1485-1487 contain an unspecified number of cloths shippped by Spaniards . * Figures for 1494–1496 are missing . ' Figures for 1498-1500 are missing . TABLE 7 BRISTOL'S CUSTOMS PAYMENTS , 1624-25 Outward Inward Ports.
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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