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The architecture of banking in Renaissance Italy : constructing the spaces of money / Lauren Jacobi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Fine Arts Library NA6245.I8 J33 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobi, Lauren, 1975- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bank buildings--Italy--History.
- Bank buildings.
- Mints--Italy--History.
- Mints.
- Architecture and society--Italy--History.
- Architecture and society.
- Banks and banking--Italy--History.
- Banks and banking.
- Renaissance--Italy.
- Renaissance.
- History.
- Italy.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 241 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingtom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "In this volume, Lauren Jacobi explores some of the repercussions of early capitalism through a study of the location and types of spaces that were used for banking and minting in Florence and other mercantile centers in Europe"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : money at work
- Networked agglomerations
- The technology of money, architecture, and the public good
- Across economic geographies : trade sites beyond the peninsula
- The transcendental economy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781108483223
- 1108483224
- 9781108716567
- 1108716563
- OCLC:
- 1050277074
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