1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453635703321

Autore

Eisenberg Christiane <1956->

Titolo

The rise of market society in England, 1066-1800 / / Christiane Eisenberg ; translated by Deborah Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2013

ISBN

1-78238-259-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Collana

Monographs in British history : publications of the German Historical Institute, London ; ; volume 1

Altri autori (Persone)

CohenDeborah

Disciplina

381.0942

Soggetti

Capitalism - England - History

Electronic books.

England Commerce History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of the Eisenberg's Englands Weg in die Marktgesellschaft.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNICASNAP0466610

Titolo

L'Ordine Teutonico tra Mediterraneo e Baltico: incontri e scontri tra religioni, popoli e culture : atti del Convegno internazionale : Bari-Lecce-Brindisi, 14-16 settembre 2006 / a cura di Hubert Houben e Kristjan Toomaspoeg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Galatina, : M. Congedo, 2008

ISBN

9788880868125

Descrizione fisica

403 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Collana

Saggi e testi / Università degli studi di Lecce, Dipartimento dei beni delle arti e della storia [poi] Università del Salento, Dipartimento dei beni delle arti e della storia [poi] Università del Salento, Dipartimento di beni culturali ; 40

Acta Theutonica ; 5

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Tedesco

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia