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The Economy of Obligation. The Culture of Credit and Social Relations in Early Modern England.
Craig Muldrew
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Description for The Economy of Obligation. The Culture of Credit and Social Relations in Early Modern England.
Paperback. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 470 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
This book is an excellent work of scholarship. It seeks to redefine the early modern English economy by rejecting the concept of capitalism, and instead explores the cultural meaning of credit, resulting from the way in which it was economically structured. It is a major argument of the book that money was used only in a limited number of exchanges, and that credit in terms of household reputation, was a 'cultural currency' of trust used to transact most business. As the market expanded in the late-sixteenth century such trust became harder to maintain, leading to an explosion of debt litigation, ... Read more
This book is an excellent work of scholarship. It seeks to redefine the early modern English economy by rejecting the concept of capitalism, and instead explores the cultural meaning of credit, resulting from the way in which it was economically structured. It is a major argument of the book that money was used only in a limited number of exchanges, and that credit in terms of household reputation, was a 'cultural currency' of trust used to transact most business. As the market expanded in the late-sixteenth century such trust became harder to maintain, leading to an explosion of debt litigation, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern History: Society and Culture
Number of Pages
453
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349268818
SKU
V9781349268818
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About Craig Muldrew
CRAIG MULDREW is Lecturer in the History Department and member of Queens' College, University of Cambridge. He has been a lecturer at University of Exeter and a Jean Monnet fellow at the European University Institute, Florence.
Reviews for The Economy of Obligation. The Culture of Credit and Social Relations in Early Modern England.
'Craig Muldrew has written an imaginatively conceived and richly researched study of the meaning and practice of credit in early modern England.' - David Harris Sacks, Reed College, Journal of Economic History