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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970562703321

Autore

Lachmann Richard

Titolo

Capitalists in spite of themselves : elite conflict and economic transitions in early modern Europe / / Richard Lachmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-028191-X

0-19-774305-6

1-280-44242-5

0-19-536050-8

1-60129-885-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

330.12/2/094

Soggetti

Capitalism - Europe - History

Elite (Social sciences) - Europe - History

Social conflict - Europe - History

Europe Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Something Happened; 2 Feudal Dynamics; 3 The Limits of Urban Capitalism; 4 State Formation: England and France; 5 A Dead End and a Detour: Spain and the Netherlands; 6 Elite Defensiveness and the Transformation of Class Relations: England and France; 7 Religion and Ideology; 8 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a new explanation for the origins of nation-states and capitalist markets in early modern Europe, this book shows how conflict among elites made the winners become capitalists to defend their privileges from rivals.