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Capitalists in spite of themselves : elite conflict and economic transitions in early modern Europe / Richard Lachmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lachmann, Richard, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capitalism--Europe--History.
- Capitalism.
- Elite (Social sciences)--Europe--History.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Social conflict--Europe--History.
- Social conflict.
- Europe--Economic conditions.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (327 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Offering a new explanation for the origins of nation-states and capitalist markets in early modern Europe, this book shows how conflict among elites made the winners become capitalists to defend their privileges from rivals.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1 Something Happened; 2 Feudal Dynamics; 3 The Limits of Urban Capitalism; 4 State Formation: England and France; 5 A Dead End and a Detour: Spain and the Netherlands; 6 Elite Defensiveness and the Transformation of Class Relations: England and France; 7 Religion and Ideology; 8 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028191-X
- 0-19-774305-6
- 1-280-44242-5
- 0-19-536050-8
- 1-60129-885-4
- OCLC:
- 228114425
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