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

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Eisenberg, Christiane, 1956-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Monographs in British History: Publications of the German Historical InstitutePublisher: New York : Berghahn, 2013Description: 1 online resource (vii, 165 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1782382593
9781782382591

Uniform titles:

Englands Weg in die Marktgesellschaft. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rise of market society in England, 1066-1800DDC classification:

381.0942 23

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HF3505 .E58413 2013

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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.

Summary: 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.

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

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-161) and index.

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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.

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