State corporatism and proto-industry : the Württemberg Black Forest, 1580-1797
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State corporatism and proto-industry : the Württemberg Black Forest, 1580-1797
（Cambridge studies in population, economy and society in past time, 33）
Cambridge University Press, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 476-498) and index
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Description
State Corporatism and Proto-Industry focuses on an industrial countryside in south-west Germany, where a dense worsted industry dominated the rural economy from 1580 to 1800. This is an example of 'proto-industry', the dense, export-oriented rural manufacturing which arose throughout Europe before factory industrialization. But although the Wurttemberg worsted industry possessed all the features of a classic proto-industry, closer scrutiny throws doubt on basic assumptions about European proto-industrialization. In this book, Sheilagh Ogilvie shows that proto-industries did not break down traditional society. Instead, corporate institutions such as guilds, merchant companies, village communities and manorial systems retained enormous power. This was a result of 'state corporatism': the expanding early modern state granted privileges to favoured groups in return for fiscal and regulatory co-operation. As Ogilvie shows, these corporate privileges profoundly constrained both individual decisions and economic development.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The proto-industrialization debate
- 3. Social institutions in early modern Wurttemberg
- 4. The Black Forest worsted industry
- 5. The finances of the proto-industrial guild
- 6. Labour supply and entry restrictions
- 7. Production volume and output controls
- 8. Population growth and the family
- 9. Corporate groups and economic development
- 10. Corporatism and conflict
- 11. Proto-industry and social institutions in Europe
- 12. Conclusion
- Bibliography, Index.
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