| The Culture of Capital: Property, Cities, and Knowledge in Early Modern England Contributor(s): Turner, Henry (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415929245 ISBN-13: 9780415929240 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2002 Annotation: "The Culture of Capital" brings together leading literary critics and historians to reassess one of the defining features of early modern England-the idea of "capital." The collection reevaluates the different aspects of the concept as it emerged amidst the profound economic, social, and technological changes typical of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. As the essays move from the birth of private property and the rise of cities to the appearance of the printed book and the claims of modern science, the contributors reveal the nuanced relationships among economic value and other forms of religious, cultural, political, and intellectual value, as well as the persistence of objects, activities, and concepts that resisted becoming "capital" in a modern sense. Offering exemplary models of rigorous theoretical, literary, and historical work, the volume maps the ground for a new, enriched, interdisciplinary history of early modern England. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Finance - General |
| Dewey: 332.040 |
| LCCN: 2001058709 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.32" W x 9.2" (1.31 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Leading literary critics and historians reassess one of the defining features of early modern England -the idea of "capital." The collection reevaluates the different aspects of the concept amidst the profound changes of the period. |