The Dirty Secret Of Early Modern Capitalism

Author : Kees Boterbloem
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315531595

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The Dirty Secret of Early Modern Capitalism by Kees Boterbloem Pdf

This book shows how the Dutch accumulation of great wealth was closely linked to their involvement in warfare. By charting Dutch activity across the globe, it explores Dutch participation in the international arms trade, and in wars both at home and abroad. In doing so, it ponders the issue of how capitalism has often historically thrived best when its practitioners are ruthless and ignore the human cost of their search for riches. This complicates the traditional Marxist understanding of capitalists as middle-class exploiters in arguing for a much greater agency among lower-class Dutch soldiers and sailors in their efforts to benefit from skills that were in high demand.

Author : Richard Lachmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190281915

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Capitalists in Spite of Themselves by Richard Lachmann Pdf

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. Comparing regions and cities within and across England, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands from the twelfth through eighteenth centuries, Lachmann breaks new ground by showing step by step how the new social relations and political institutions of early modern Europe developed. He demonstrates in detail how feudal elites were pushed toward capitalism as they sought to protect their privileges from rivals in the aftermath of the Reformation. Capitalists in Spite of Themselves is a compelling narrative of how elites and other classes made and responded to political and religious revolutions while gradually creating the nation-states and capitalist markets which still constrain our behavior and order our world. It will prove invaluable for anyone wishing to understanding the economic and social history of early modern Europe. Capitalists in Spite of Themselves was the winner of the 2003 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award of the American Sociology Association.

Author : Richard Lachmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195159608

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Capitalists in Spite of Themselves by Richard Lachmann Pdf

Here, Lachmann offers a new explanation for the origins of nation-states and capitalist markets in early modern Europe. Comparing regions and cities within and across England, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands from the 12th through 18th centuries, he shows how conflict among feudal elites---landlords, clerics, kings, and officeholders---transformed the bases of their control over land and labor, forcing the winners of feudal conflicts to become capitalists in spite of themselves as they took defensive actions to protect their privileges from rivals in the aftermath of the Reformation.

Author : Scott Oldenburg,Kristin M. S. Bezio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000465419

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Religion and the Medieval and Early Modern Global Marketplace by Scott Oldenburg,Kristin M. S. Bezio Pdf

Religion and the Medieval and Early Modern Global Marketplace brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to examine the intersection, conflict, and confluence of religion and the market before 1700. Each chapter analyzes the unique interplay of faith and economy in a different locale: Syria, Ethiopia, France, Iceland, India, Peru, and beyond. In ten case studies, specialists of archaeology, art history, social and economic history, religious studies, and critical theory address issues of secularization, tolerance, colonialism, and race with a fresh focus. They chart the tensions between religious and economic thought in specific locales or texts, the complex ways that religion and economy interacted with one another, and the way in which matters of faith, economy, and race converge in religious images of the pre- and early modern periods. Considering the intersection of faith and economy, the volume questions the legacy of early modern economic and spiritual exceptionalism, and the ways in which prosperity still entangles itself with righteousness. The interdisciplinary nature means that this volume is the perfect resource for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars working across multiple areas including history, literature, politics, art history, global studies, philosophy, and gender studies in the medieval and early modern periods.

Author : M. Jacob,C. Secretan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230613805

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The Self-Perception of Early Modern Capitalists by M. Jacob,C. Secretan Pdf

A collection of essays by leading historians of early modern Europe and the U.S., this books explores how merchants, entrepreneurs, and other early modern capitalists viewed themselves.

Author : Susan Richter,Thomas Maissen,Manuela Albertone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000740523

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Languages of Reform in the Eighteenth Century by Susan Richter,Thomas Maissen,Manuela Albertone Pdf

Societies perceive "Reform" or "Reforms" as substantial changes and significant breaks which must be well-justified. The Enlightenment brought forth the idea that the future was uncertain and could be shaped by human beings. This gave the concept of reform a new character and new fields of application. Those who sought support for their plans and actions needed to reflect, develop new arguments, and offer new reasons to address an anonymous public. This book aims to compile these changes under the heuristic term of "languages of reform." It analyzes the structures of communication regarding reforms in the 18th century through a wide variety of topics.

Author : Sarah L. Bastow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000650952

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Edwin Sandys and the Reform of English Religion by Sarah L. Bastow Pdf

This book examines the complexities of reformed religion in early-modern England, through an examination of the experiences of Edwin Sandys, a prominent member of the Elizabethan Church hierarchy. Sandys was an ardent evangelical in the Edwardian era forced into exile under Mary I, but on his return to England he became a leader of the Elizabethan Church. He was Bishop of Worcester and London and finally Archbishop of York. His transformation from Edwardian radical to a defender of the Elizabethan status quo illustrated the changing role of the Protestant hierarchy. His fight against Catholicism dominated much of his actions, but his irascible personality also saw him embroiled in numerous conflicts and left him needing to defend his own status.

Author : Kees Boterbloem
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793648594

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Russia and the Dutch Republic, 1566–1725 by Kees Boterbloem Pdf

This study examines the close cultural, economic, and military relationship between the Russian Empire and the Netherlands in the early modern period. The author argues that the Netherlands had an outsized impact on Russia's early development into a powerful state.

Author : Peter Thaler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000767421

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Protestant Resistance in Counterreformation Austria by Peter Thaler Pdf

Protestant Resistance in Counterreformation Austria examines Austrian Protestants who actively resisted the Habsburg Counterreformation in the early seventeenth century. While a determined few decided early on that only military means could combat the growing pressure to conform, many more did not reach that conclusion until they had been forced into exile. Since the climax of their activism coincided with the Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War, the study also analyzes contemporary Swedish policy and the resulting Austro-Swedish interrelationship. Thus, a history of state and religion in the early modern Habsburg Monarchy evolves into a prime example of histoire croisée, of historical experiences and traditions that transcend political borders. The book does not only explore the historical conflict itself, however, but also uses it as a case study on societal recollection. Austrian nation-building, which tenuously commenced in the interwar era but was fully implemented after the restoration of Austrian statehood in 1945, was anchored in a conservative ideological tradition with strong sympathies for the Habsburg legacy. This ideological perspective also influenced the assessment of the confessional period. The modern representation of early modern conflicts reveals the selectivity of historical memory.

Author : Drew D. Gray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000047929

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Prosecuting Homicide in Eighteenth-Century Law and Practice by Drew D. Gray Pdf

This volume uses four case studies, all with strong London connections, to analyze homicide law and the pardoning process in eighteenth-century England. Each reveals evidence of how attempts were made to negotiate a path through the justice system to avoid conviction, and so avoid a sentence of hanging. This approach allows a deep examination of the workings of the justice system using social and cultural history methodologies. The cases explore wider areas of social and cultural history in the period, such as the role of policing agents, attitudes towards sexuality and prostitution, press reporting, and popular conceptions of "honorable" behavior. They also allow an engagement with what has been identified as the gradual erosion of individual agency within the law, and the concomitant rise of the state. Investigating the nature of the pardoning process shows how important it was to have "friends in high places," and also uncovers ways in which the legal system was susceptible to accusations of corruption. Readers will find an illuminating view of eighteenth-century London through a legal lens.

Author : Nick Ridley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000546880

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Maurits of Nassau and the Survival of the Dutch Revolt by Nick Ridley Pdf

This book describes the crucial period in the monumental eighty-year Dutch struggle against the Spanish Empire, through which a small nation gained its independence from one of the mightiest European powers. Dr. Ridley shows how even though the Dutch Revolt was at its lowest point, Maurits of Nassau and the Dutch fought on and the Revolt survived. It was a turbulent time, with complex diplomacy and shifting alliances, assassination plots, France torn by civil war, Spain spearheading the Counter-Reformation, England facing invasion and Europe eventually convulsed with the Thirty Years' War. In all these, the Dutch Revolt was a significant factor. The book also explores subsequent insurgencies over the following three centuries where nationalist groups revolted against European powers, and analyzes and identifies essential factors for a successful insurgency. The key roles of finance and international relations in insurgencies are emphasized. This volume will be informative and compelling reading for readers and students of history, international relations, and insurgencies.

Author : Alexander Murdoch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000051759

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Making the Union Work by Alexander Murdoch Pdf

Making the Union Work: Scotland, 1651–1763, explores and analyses existing narratives of Jacobitism and Unionism in late seventeenth to mid-eighteenth century Scotland. Using in-depth archival research, the book questions the extent to which the currency of kinship patronage politics persisted in Scotland as the competing ideologies of Scottish Jacobitism and British Whiggism grew. It discusses the connection between the manifest corruption of patronage politics and the efflorescence of the Scottish Enlightenment. It also examines the stance taken by David Hume and Adam Smith in defining themselves as philosophers first, Whigs second, but Scots above all else, and analyses whether they achieved international success because of or despite the parliamentary union with England in 1707. Organised chronologically and concluding with an assessment of the newly formed United Kingdom in the decades following the 1707 union, Making the Union Work: Scotland, 1651–1763 will be of great interest to researchers and academics of early modern Scotland.

Author : Eric MacPhail
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000767469

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Religious Tolerance from Renaissance to Enlightenment by Eric MacPhail Pdf

This new study examines the relationship of atheism to religious tolerance from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment in a broad array of literary texts and political and religious controversies written in Latin and the vernacular primarily in France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The main authors featured are Desiderius Erasmus, Sebastian Castellio, Jean Bodin, Michel de Montaigne, Dirck Coornhert, Justus Lipsius, Gisbertus Voetius, the anonymous Theophrastus redivivus, and Pierre Bayle. These authors reflect and inform changing attitudes to religious tolerance inspired by a complete reconceptualization of atheism over the course of three centuries of literary and intellectual history. By integrating the history of tolerance in the history of atheism, Religious Tolerance from Renaissance to Enlightenment: Atheist’s Progress should prove stimulating to historians of philosophy as well as literary specialists and students of Reformation history.

Author : John A. Hobson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:901104206

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The Evolution of Modern Capitalism by John A. Hobson Pdf

Author : Colin Crouch,Wolfgang Streeck
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761956530

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Political Economy of Modern Capitalism by Colin Crouch,Wolfgang Streeck Pdf

In the wake of Maastricht neo-liberalism and de-regulation have come to dominate national and international political economy. Political Economy of Modern Capitalism addresses this convergence and provides a comprehensive overview for the future of capitalist diversity.