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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810464503321

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

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