The Economy of Obligation: The Culture of Credit and Social Relations in Early Modern England - Brossura

Muldrew, Craig

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ISBN 10: 134926881X ISBN 13: 9781349268818

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 1998

Riassunto

This book is an excellent work of scholarship. It seeks to redefine the early modern English economy by rejecting the concept of capitalism, and instead explores the cultural meaning of credit, resulting from the way in which it was economically structured. It is a major argument of the book that money was used only in a limited number of exchanges, and that credit in terms of household reputation, was a 'cultural currency' of trust used to transact most business. As the market expanded in the late-sixteenth century such trust became harder to maintain, leading to an explosion of debt litigation, which in turn resulted in social relations being partially redefined in terms of contractual equality.

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Recensione:

'Craig Muldrew has written an imaginatively conceived and richly researched study of the meaning and practice of credit in early modern England.' - David Harris Sacks, Reed College, Journal of Economic History

L'autore:

CRAIG MULDREW is Lecturer in the History Department and member of Queens' College, University of Cambridge. He has been a lecturer at University of Exeter and a Jean Monnet fellow at the European University Institute, Florence.

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 134926881X
• ISBN 13: 9781349268818
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 453