| State Corporatism and Proto-Industry: The Wurttemberg Black Forest, 1580 1797 Contributor(s): Ogilvie, Sheilagh C. (Author), Smith, Richard (Editor), de Vries, Jan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521025842 ISBN-13: 9780521025843 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: State Corporatism and Proto-Industry focuses on the WU rttemberg worsted industry, an example of a "proto-industry" that arose in many parts of Europe preceding factory industrialization. It has been argued that these proto-industries broke down traditional society but this book suggests otherwise. With the help of the state, corporate institutions such as merchant companies and rural guilds, regulated every aspect of rural life and thus profoundly shaped early modern European economic, demographic and social development. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - General - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 9" (1.73 lbs) 540 pages |
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| Publisher Description: State Corporatism and Proto-Industry focuses on the WÜrttemberg worsted industry, an example of a proto-industry that arose in many parts of Europe preceding factory industrialization. It has been argued that these proto-industries broke down traditional society but this book suggests otherwise. With the help of the state, corporate institutions such as merchant companies and rural guilds, regulated every aspect of rural life and thus profoundly shaped early modern European economic, demographic and social development. |