| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 165 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
| Series |
Monographs in British History: Publications of the German Historical Institute
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Monographs in British History: Publications of the German Historical Institute.
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| Note |
Translation of the Eisenberg's Englands Weg in die Marktgesellschaft. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-161) and index. |
| Contents |
Figures and Tables; Preface; Preface to the German Edition; Introduction -- England and the Process of Commercialization; Chapter 1 -- Medieval Foundations of Market Exchange; Chapter 2 -- Growth and Consolidation of Market Exchange in the Early Modern Period; Chapter 3 -- The Embeddedness of Market Exchange; Conclusion -- Commercialization as an Historical Process; Works Cited; Index. |
| Summary |
Focusing on England, this study reconstructs the centuries-long process of commercialization that gave birth to the modern market society. It shows how certain types of markets (e.g. those for real estate, labor, capital, and culture) came into being, and how the social relations mediated by markets were formed. The book deals with the creation of institutions like the Bank of England, the Stock Exchange, and Lloyd's of London, as well as the way the English dealt with the uncertainty and the risks involved in market transactions. Christiane Eisenberg shows that the creation of a market soc. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
England -- Commerce -- History.
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England. |
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Commerce. |
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History. |
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Capitalism -- England -- History.
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Capitalism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Englands Weg in die Marktgesellschaft. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013029272
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Eisenberg, Christiane, 1956- Englands Weg in die Marktgesellschaft. English. Rise of market society in England, 1066-1800 9781782382584 1782382585 (DLC) 2013017838 |
| ISBN |
1782382593 (electronic book) |
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9781782382591 (electronic book) |
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9781782382584 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1782382585 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
ebc1576558 |
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