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

• Autore: Lachmann Richard
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.12/2/094
• Soggetto topico: Capitalism - Europe - History; Elite (Social sciences) - Europe - History; Social conflict - Europe - History
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Economic conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-302) 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: Here, Richard Lachmann offers a new answer to an old question: Why did capitalism develop in some parts of early modern Europe but not in others? Finding neither a single cause nor an essentialist unfolding of a state or capitalist system, Lachmann describes the highly contingent development of various polities and economies. He identifies, in particular, conflict among feudal elites--landlords, clerics, kings, and officeholders--as the dynamic which perpetuated manorial economies in some places while propelling elites elsewhere to transform the basis of their control over land and labor. Comp
• Titolo autorizzato: Capitalists in spite of themselves
• ISBN: 0-19-774305-6; 1-280-44242-5; 0-19-536050-8; 1-60129-885-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783366403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II