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The history of bankruptcy : economic, social and cultural implications in early modern Europe / edited by Thomas Max Safley.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge explorations in economic history.
- Routledge explorations in economic history ; 60
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bankruptcy--Europe--History.
- Bankruptcy.
- Europe--Economic conditions.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 250 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume takes up bankruptcy in early modern Europe, when its frequency made it not only an economic problem but a personal tragedy and a social evil. Using legal, business and personal records, the essays in this volume examine the impact of failure on business organizations and practices, capital formation and circulation, economic institutions and ethics, and human networks and relations in the so-called ""transition"" to modern society, from the early-sixteenth to the early-nineteenth century. One group of essays concentrates on the German-speaking world and show
- Contents:
- pt. I. Social contexts
- pt. II. Business practices
- pt. III. Institutional developments.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781283972673
- 1283972670
- 9780203066836
- 0203066839
- 9781135076603
- 113507660X
- OCLC:
- 828741413
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