Concepts Of Value In European Material Culture 1500 1900

Author : Bert De Munck,Dries Lyna
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317162391

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Concepts of Value in European Material Culture, 1500-1900 by Bert De Munck,Dries Lyna Pdf

In contemporary society it would seem self-evident that people allow the market to determine the values of products and services. For everything from a loaf of bread to a work of art to a simple haircut, value is expressed in monetary terms and seen as determined primarily by the 'objective' interplay between supply and demand. Yet this 'price-mechanism' is itself embedded in conventions and frames of reference which differed according to time, place and product type. Moreover, the dominance of the conventions of utility maximising and calculative homo economicus is a relatively new phenomenon, and one which directly correlates to the steady advent of capitalism in early modern Europe. This volume brings together scholars with expertise in a variety of related fields, including economic history, the history of consumption and material culture, art history, and the history of collecting, to explore changing concepts of value from the early modern period to the nineteenth century and present a new view on the advent of modern economic practices. Jointly, they fundamentally challenge traditional historical narratives about the rise of our contemporary market economy and consumer society.

Author : Bert De Munck,Dries Lyna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Capital market
ISBN : 1315573318

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Concepts of Value in European Material Culture, 1500-1900 by Bert De Munck,Dries Lyna Pdf

Author : Bert De Munck Dries Lyna
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 147245197X

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Concepts of Value in Material Culture 1500 1900 by Bert De Munck Dries Lyna Pdf

The dominance of economic repertories of value is a relatively new phenomenon, and one which directly correlates to the steady advent of capitalism in early modern Europe. This volume brings together scholars with expertise in a variety of related fields, including economic history, the history of consumption and material culture, art history, and the history of collecting, to explore changing concepts of value from the early modern period to the nineteenth century and present a new view on the advent of modern economic practices. Jointly, they fundamentally challenge traditional historical narratives about the rise of our contemporary market economy and consumer society.

Author : Bert De Munck,Dries Lyna
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317162407

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Concepts of Value in European Material Culture, 1500-1900 by Bert De Munck,Dries Lyna Pdf

In contemporary society it would seem self-evident that people allow the market to determine the values of products and services. For everything from a loaf of bread to a work of art to a simple haircut, value is expressed in monetary terms and seen as determined primarily by the 'objective' interplay between supply and demand. Yet this 'price-mechanism' is itself embedded in conventions and frames of reference which differed according to time, place and product type. Moreover, the dominance of the conventions of utility maximising and calculative homo economicus is a relatively new phenomenon, and one which directly correlates to the steady advent of capitalism in early modern Europe. This volume brings together scholars with expertise in a variety of related fields, including economic history, the history of consumption and material culture, art history, and the history of collecting, to explore changing concepts of value from the early modern period to the nineteenth century and present a new view on the advent of modern economic practices. Jointly, they fundamentally challenge traditional historical narratives about the rise of our contemporary market economy and consumer society.

Author : Audrey Horning
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350226678

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A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment by Audrey Horning Pdf

A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1600 to 1760, a time marked by the movement of people, ideas and goods. The objects explored in this volume –from scientific instrumentation and Baroque paintings to slave ships and shackles –encapsulate the contradictory impulses of the age. The entwined forces of capitalism and colonialism created new patterns of consumption, facilitated by innovations in maritime transport, new forms of exchange relations, and the exploitation of non-Western peoples and lands. The world of objects in the Enlightenment reveal a Western material culture profoundly shaped by global encounters. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects examines how objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years. Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object. The themes covered in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects; object worlds. Audrey Horning is Professor at William & Mary, USA, and at Queen's University Belfast, UK. Volume 4 in the Cultural History of Objects set. General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte

Author : Jan Dirk Baetens,Dries Lyna
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004291997

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Art Crossing Borders by Jan Dirk Baetens,Dries Lyna Pdf

Art Crossing Borders offers a thought-provoking analysis of the internationalisation of the art market during the long nineteenth century. Twelve experts, dealing with a wide variety of geographical, temporal, and commercial contexts, explore how the gradual integration of art markets structurally depended on the simultaneous rise of nationalist modes of thinking, in unexpected and ambiguous ways. By presenting a radically international research perspective Art Crossing Borders offers a crucial contribution to the field of art market studies.

Author : Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer,Joel F. Harrington
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789202113

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Names and Naming in Early Modern Germany by Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer,Joel F. Harrington Pdf

Throughout the many political and social upheavals of the early modern era, names were words to conjure by, articulating significant historical trends and helping individuals and societies make sense of often dramatic periods of change. Centered on onomastics—the study of names—in the German-speaking lands, this volume, gathering leading scholars across multiple disciplines, explores the dynamics and impact of naming (and renaming) processes in a variety of contexts—social, artistic, literary, theological, and scientific—in order to enhance our understanding of individual and collective experiences.

Author : Karen Tranberg Hansen,Jennifer Le Zotte
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000545029

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Global Perspectives on Changing Secondhand Economies by Karen Tranberg Hansen,Jennifer Le Zotte Pdf

Providing interdisciplinary and global perspectives, this book examines historical and contemporary changes in secondhand economies, including the emergence and specialization of secondhand venues, the materials involved, as well as the cultural significance of secondhand things and the professions associated with them. The objects in focus range from used clothing, scrap and waste materials, to antiquities and used cars, thrift stores and circular economies. Growing concerns with sustainability in the West have helped bring about the ‘rediscovery’ of practices of clothing re-use, re-purposing and re-cycling at the same time as major high-street retailers are establishing programs to return used clothing to their stores for re-sale or recycling. As the contributions to this edited volume demonstrate, recent concerns with the fast pace and adverse effects of global commodity flows have increased the scholarly attention to secondhand economies, both in terms of their history and their significance for livelihoods and sustainability. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, Business History.

Author : Mat Callahan,Jim Rogers
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786991164

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A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property by Mat Callahan,Jim Rogers Pdf

Ours is an era when human genes can be copied and patented. From genetically modified foods to digital piracy, the concept of intellectual property (IP) and the laws upholding it play a foundational role in our society, but its political and ideological dimensions have rarely been understood outside of specialist circles. This collection cuts through the legal jargon that so often surrounds IP, to provide both a comprehensive history and analysis that explores the corporate interests that shape its conception and the movements that are developing alternatives. As the nature of industry changes, we might ask: what are the wider implications of the concept of IP, be it for agribusiness and pharmaceutical companies or the film and music industries? Has IP law has been used to safeguard and assert the ownership of ideas and creativity, or is it an essential foundation of our culture? Today, with mounting challenges from the growth of free software and open source movements, this collection provides an accessible and alternative guide to IP, exploring its significance within the wider struggle between capital and the commons.

Author : Ilja Van Damme,Bert De Munck,Andrew Miles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351681797

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Cities and Creativity from the Renaissance to the Present by Ilja Van Damme,Bert De Munck,Andrew Miles Pdf

This volume critically challenges the current creative city debate from a historical perspective. In the last two decades, urban studies has been engulfed by a creative city narrative in which concepts like the creative economy, the creative class or creative industries proclaim the status of the city as the primary site of human creativity and innovation. So far, however, nobody has challenged the core premise underlying this narrative, asking why we automatically have to look at cities as being the agents of change and innovation. What processes have been at work historically before the predominance of cities in nurturing creativity and innovation was established? In order to tackle this question, the editors of this volume have collected case studies ranging from Renaissance Firenze and sixteenth-century Antwerp to early modern Naples, Amsterdam, Bologna, Paris, to industrializing Sheffield and nineteenth-and twentieth century cities covering Scandinavian port towns, Venice, and London, up to the French techno-industrial city Grenoble. Jointly, these case studies show that a creative city is not an objective or ontological reality, but rather a complex and heterogenic "assemblage," in which material, infrastructural and spatial elements become historically entangled with power-laden discourses, narratives and imaginaries about the city and urban actor groups.

Author : Jon Stobart,Vicki Howard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317199502

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The Routledge Companion to the History of Retailing by Jon Stobart,Vicki Howard Pdf

Retail history is a rich, cross-disciplinary field that demonstrates the centrality of retailing to many aspects of human experience, from the provisioning of everyday goods to the shaping of urban environments; from earning a living to the construction of identity. Over the last few decades, interest in the history of retail has increased greatly, spanning centuries, extending to all areas of the globe, and drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives. By offering an up-to-date, comprehensive thematic, spatial and chronological coverage of the history of retailing, this Companion goes beyond traditional narratives that are too simplistic and Euro-centric and offers a vibrant survey of this field. It is divided into four broad sections: 1) Contexts, 2) Spaces and places, 3) People, processes and practices and 4) Geographical variations. Chapters are written in an analytical and synthetic manner, accessible to the general reader as well as challenging for specialists, and with an international perspective. This volume is an important resource to a wide range of readers, including marketing and management specialists, historians, geographers, economists, sociologists and urban planners.

Author : Bert De Munck,Thomas Max Safley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350078246

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A Cultural History of Work in the Early Modern Age by Bert De Munck,Thomas Max Safley Pdf

Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities In the early modern age technological innovations were unimportant relative to political and social transformations. The size of the workforce and the number of wage dependent people increased, due in large part to population growth, but also as a result of changes in the organization of work. The diversity of workplaces in many significant economic sectors was on the rise in the 16th-century: family farming, urban crafts and trades, and large enterprises in mining, printing and shipbuilding. Moreover, the increasing influence of global commerce, as accompanied by local and regional specialization, prompted an increased reliance on forms of under-compensated and non-compensated work which were integral to economic growth. Economic volatility swelled the ranks of the mobile poor, who moved along Europe's roads seeking sustenance, and the endemic warfare of the period prompted young men to sign on as soldiers and sailors. Colonists migrated to Europe's territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, while others were forced overseas as servants, convicts or slaves. The early modern age proved to be a “renaissance” in the political, social and cultural contexts of work which set the stage for the technological developments to come. A Cultural History of Work in the Early Modern Age presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure.

Author : Istituto internazionale di storia economica F. Datini. Settimana di studio
Publisher : Firenze University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9788864534916

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I Prezzi Delle Cose Nell'età Preindustriale by Istituto internazionale di storia economica F. Datini. Settimana di studio Pdf

La dinamica dei prezzi è uno degli argomenti classici della storia economica. L'attenzione per questo tema fu particolarmente viva a partire dagli anni trenta del novecento, in tutti i paesi europei. I materiali raccolti e pubblicati a quell'epoca continuano a costituire una base documentaria importante per ogni ricerca sull'andamento economico delle economie pre-industriali. L'interesse per i prezzi si ridusse dagli anni settanta agli anni novanta. È ripreso, tuttavia, negli ultimi quindici-venti anni come conseguenza della rinnovata attenzione per il tema della crescita e per i cambiamenti di lungo periodo nelle economie del passato. Il confronto fra i livelli di sviluppo di economie diverse, come quella europea e quella asiatica, insieme con l'uso di strumenti statistici più avanzati nel campo della storia economica, ha rafforzato l'interesse per i prezzi. I contributi presenti in questo volume si articolano intorno a due macro-temi: La formazione dei prezzi nelle economie e società pre-industriali durante i secoli dal XII all'inizio del XIX e il movimento dei prezzi nel lungo periodo, nonché il rapporto esistente con quello di altre variabili economiche e non-economiche, quali la popolazione, la massa monetaria, il prodotto, la produttività, la velocità di circolazione della moneta, i cambiamenti nelle istituzioni.

Author : Sebastian Felten
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781009098847

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Money in the Dutch Republic by Sebastian Felten Pdf

Offers a distinctive history of money as an everyday social technology in the Dutch Republic from 1600 to 1850.

Author : Mark Westgarth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000050622

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The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850 by Mark Westgarth Pdf

Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815–1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the nineteenthcentury antique and curiosity markets. Set against the recent ‘art market turn’ in scholarly literature, this volume examines the role, activities, agency and influence of antique and curiosity dealers as they emerged in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. This study begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when dealers began their wholesale importations of historical objects; it closes during the 1850s, after which the trade became increasingly specialised, reflecting the rise of historical museums such as the South Kensington Museum (V&A). Focusing on the archive of the early nineteenth-century London dealer John Coleman Isaac (c.1803–1887), as well as drawing on a wide range of other archival and contextual material, Mark Westgarth considers the emergence of the dealer in relation to a broad historical and cultural landscape. The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer was part of the rapid economic, social, political and cultural change of early nineteenth-century Britain, centred around ideas of antiquarianism, the commercialisation of culture and a distinctive and evolving interest in historical objects. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, histories of collecting, museum and heritage studies and nineteenth-century culture.