Taming capitalism before its triumph : public service, distrust, and 'projecting' in early modern England / Koji Yamamoto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamamoto, Koji, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship--England--London--History--17th century.

Entrepreneurship.

England--Economic conditions--17th century.

England.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This study examines the darker side of England's culture of economic improvement between 1640 and 1720. It is often suggested that England in this period grew strikingly confident of its prospect for unlimited growth. Indeed, merchants, inventors, and others promised to achieve immense profit and abundance. Such flowery promises were then, as now, prone to perversion, however. This volume is concerned with the taming of incipient capitalism - how a society in the past responded when promises of wealth creation went badly wrong. The notion of 'projecting' played a key role in this process. Thriving theatre, literature, and popular culture in the age of Ben Jonson began elaborating on predominantly negative images of entrepreneurs or 'projectors' as people who pursued Crown's and their own profits at the public's expense.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-180230-1

0-19-105968-4